Before Ciara’s talented evolution

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Ciara was born in Austin, Texas to Carlton Clay Harris and Jackie Smith. During her childhood her father was in the military and she has lived in several countries but claims Atlanta, Georgia as her hometown. She has said that seeing a televised performance by Destiny’s Child inspired her to pursue a career in music.

In her early teens, she formed the goal to become a professional singer. She joined a girl group called Hearsay, worked on her songwriting, eventually left the group, got a publishing deal, and found a “music soul mate” when she met producer Jazze Pha.

Career

Ciara’s debut single, “Goodies”, became a hit, reaching the top of the United States pop charts, and also charting in the United Kingdom (in January 2005, also reaching number one), Australia, Germany, Sweden, and New Zealand. With help from Jazze Pha, Sean Garrett, and Lil Jon, Ciara released her debut album, Goodies on September 28, 2004. It entered the Billboard 200 chart at #3, and sold over two million copies in the USA alone.

The second single, “1, 2 Step”, featuring Missy Elliott, reached the top five in the U.S., peaking at #2 in early 2005. The single was released in the U.K. on April 11 the same year, and reached #3, benefiting from the fact that it was the first week that downloads were incorporated into the singles chart. Ciara charted one place higher than she would have done if downloads had not been included in the chart formula; she would have instead swapped places with Elvis Presley’s re-issue of “The Wonder of You”.

In May 2005, Ciara’s third single, “Oh” featuring Ludacris, reached #2 on the Hot 100 and #4 on the U.K. charts. In July of 2005 she released her DVD of all three of her music videos, the makings of two of them, commentaries of two of them, behind the scenes footage of her rehearsals for the Soul Train Awards, and multi-angle shots of Goodies, entitled Goodies: The Videos & More.

Furthermore Ciara was featured on Missy Elliott’s #3 hit “Lose Control”, taken from the rapper’s sixth album, The Cookbook. Because of this collaboration she can be considered a two-way artist, meaning she can both rap and sing equally well. In the fall of 2005, she was featured singing alongside past love interest, Bow Wow, on the second single from his third album Wanted entitled “Like You”. The duet also reached a peak of #3. In the meantime her fourth single, “And I”, was released and peaked at #96 which was relatively poor compared to the first three singles.

In the December of 2005 Ciara joined Gwen Stefani on her “Harajuku Lovers Tour”, before going on tour with Bow Wow and Chris Brown for the “Holladay Jam” which stopped at cities like New York and Atlanta. On February 8, 2006 Ciara won her first Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video along with Missy Elliott. She also performed a duet with Maroon 5’s Adam Levine during the show in tribute to the legendary R&B musician Sly Stone, a cover of Sly & the Family Stone’s 1968 classic “Everyday People”. Afterwards Ciara finished a MTV coming-of-age film, entitled All You’ve Got.

Ciara released a new single entitled Get Up in July 2006 which will be featured on the soundtrack for the movie Step Up.

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1. Ice Cream says:
   February 3rd, 2007

   you need to add alot more than that!

2. Cora Harris says:
   February 10th, 2007

   hi,
   is that true your birth name is ciara harris? so i wonder whom family sides of harris? cuz i has a lot family from harris’s let me know if u want keep contact me here my yahoo wildsexycandi@yahoo.com thanks

3. Janae` Williams says:
   February 23rd, 2007

   hi this is tay tay I pretty much look up to you i luv yo dancis thay are so tight so i luv u girl send yo luv peace out gurl i luv yo music!

4. Whitney aka GOLDEN PRINCESS says:
   March 15th, 2007

   hey…….ciara you are my role model……….i love your music………..but what inspires me is your inner beauty…..it shows when you sing as well as dance and speak……….alot of people say oh you look like ciara……….i try to keep up with your hair color………..but yea a couple of people mistake me as you when im at the mall…………….well get in touch if you can…………………princesswhit@optonline.net

5. Courtney aka Mizzez Beautiful says:
   March 20th, 2007

   Hey Ciara, gurl u have da best moves and vocals. I have been watchin your videos and dance moves and I have learned a whole lot of moves from you. People see me in da streets and at parties dancin and say u got dem moves like Ciara. And I say I kno…… But gurl at skool we doin dis project on our favorite celebrity and I chose u. I look up to u now and in da future you are mii role model.

6. Brenda aka Mrs.D.Wade says:
   June 1st, 2007

   Hey Ciara I am your number 1 fan. because u are so beautiful on the in and out, u have a beatiful, nice body, and ur an awesome dancer. i mean your just beautiful u even a great personality. your my role model i mean i look up to u, i think i might like u more thanmy mom.

   P.S You know about that bow wow breaking up with you thing I bet he regrets it because your totally hot

7. Spicey Girl All The Time says:
   June 5th, 2007

   whats goin on Ciara u r my biggest fan!
   i wish i could hang out w/ u someday!
   is it true that u go w/ 50 cent cause i don’t know who to believe!
   SEE YA

8. Cassie! says:
   July 22nd, 2007

   Heya!!..Ciara luv ur music ur 1 of my fav singers!!…bt u need 2 add alot more 2 ur biography not jst about ur music history bt more about now!!…luv yaz!!..xxx

9. ciara harris says:
   September 4th, 2007

   hey cassie who ever u are dont judge my song right

10. NaTasha Rhodes says:
    September 27th, 2007

    hi ciara i luv ur songs and by da way mi cuzin luvs u like u

11. NaTasha Rhodes says:
    September 27th, 2007

    i luv u ciara and all ur songs ur kool 2 me i luv u

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