Alanis Morissette was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on June 1, 1974. She is the daughter of Georgia Mary Ann Feuerstein, a Hungarian-born teacher, and Alan Richard Morissette, a French-Canadian high school principal. Alanis Morissette has a twin brother, Wade, and an older brother, Chad. At the age of six, she began playing the piano, and realized she wanted to express herself through the arts. At a New York City audition, Morissette landed a spot on Star Search, a popular American talent competition on which she used the stage name of Alanis Nadine, her first and middle names. Alanis Morissette flew to Los Angeles to appear on the show, but lost after one round. In 1988, she signed a publishing deal with MCA Publishing, which helped to fund her record deal with one of its independent subsidiary labels. MCA Records released Morissette’s debut album, Alanis, in Canada only in 1991, and Morissette co-wrote every track on the album with its producer, Leslie Howe. By the time it was released, she had dropped her stage name and was credited simply as Alanis. The pop album went platinum. Alanis Morissette released Jagged Little Pill internationally in 1995. After the success of "You Oughta Know," the album’s other hit singles helped send Jagged Little Pill to the top of the charts. "All I Really Want" and "Hand In My Pocket" followed, but the fourth U.S. single, "Ironic", became Morissette’s biggest hit. Alanis has since gone on to release four more albums.
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Trey Songz was born Tremaine Aldon Neverson on November 28, 1984, in Petersburg, Virginia. Record producer Troy Taylor discovered Trey Songz during a talent show, which led him to a record contract with Atlantic Records. In July of 2005, he released his debut album, I Gotta Make It at the age of twenty. It features the singles "Gotta Make It" and "Gotta Go" and has guest appearances by Twista, Aretha Franklin, and Juvenile. The album has since sold around three hundred thousand copies. Trey Songz than followed it up with the release of his sophomore album, Trey Day. The album debuted at number 11 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart with 73,000 copies sold in its first week and has spawned the singles "Wonder Woman", "Can’t Help but Wait", "Last Time" and "Missin’ You". Trey Songz is currently working on his newest album, Ready, scheduled to be released in August of 2009. Possible collaborators on Ready include Fabolous, Ne-Yo, J. Holiday, Drake, Chris Brown, The Game, Nelly, Soulja Boy, and Gucci Mane. Confirmed producers include co-executive producer Johnta Austin, StarGate, Jermaine Dupri, Troy Taylor, Bryan-Michael Cox, and Eric Hudson. In April 2009, "I Need A Girl" and "Brand New" was released for digital download on iTunes.
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Cherish started off as a quintet consisting of the sisters Farrah King (born February 17, 1984), Neosha King (born January 26, 1986), twins Felisha and Fallon King (born June 5, 1987), and close friend Shay Johnson (born December 16,1985). Originally hailing from Maywood, Illinois, the four sisters moved to Atlanta. Cherish’s first single, entitled "Miss P", was produced by Jermaine Dupri, written by Kandi and featured Da Brat. They also recorded three songs for The Powerpuff Girls: Power Pop soundtrack, called "Chemical X", "Power of a Female", and "Me and My Girls". In 2006, Cherish released their debut album Unappreciated. It debuted and peaked at number four on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 91,000 copies in its first week and spawned the U.S. top twenty single "Do It to It". In 2008 they then went on to release their second studio album, The Truth. The first single is "Killa", featuring rapper Yung Joc and produced by Don Vito and Blade. The single is featured in the movie Step Up 2 the Streets and its Original Soundtrack.
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Born on September 24, 1984 in Ontario Canada, Avril Lavigne is an accomplished singer, songwriter and fashion designer. Her name means April in french and was given to her by her french born father John. She started her career by winning a contest to sing with Shania Twain on her first concert tour. In November of 2000 she was signed to Arista records and in the summer of 2002, she released her first album Let Go. The album peaked at number two in the U.S and made it all the way to number one in Australia and the United Kingdom. It went platinum many times over on the U.S, U.K and Australian charts. It has also been certified Diamond on the Canadian Albums Chart. Avril Lavigne followed the critical success of her debut album with the release of Under My Skin. It’s first week it sold over 381,000 copies and debuted on the charts at the number one position. It spawned several hit singles including Don’t Tell Me, My Happy Ending and Nobody’s Home. By January of 2006 the album had been certified triple platinum. In April of 2007 she released her third album, The Best Damn Thing. It debuted at number one in the United States and became her third album to reach number one in the United Kingdom.
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