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Nivea - 83% match to Cherish

Nivea Hamilton, 24 March 1982, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. This multi-talented urban diva broke into the US charts in late 2002 with the highly catchy ‘Don’t Mess With My Man’. Nivea followed the typical route to success of American soul singers, performing with her local church choir from an early age. Inspired to pop stardom by seeing Mariah Carey perform on tele Read more

Ashanti - 80% match to Cherish

Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas, 13 October 1980, Glen Cove, New York, USA. For urban R&B singer Ashanti it has been a case of third time lucky. Her honey-toned voice and striking looks landed her a recording contract with Jive Records at the age of 14, then again with Epic Records at 17, but neither of those deals came to fruition. It was when she was noticed by Murder Inc. m Read more

Christina Milian - 72% match to Cherish

Christine Flores, 26 September 1981, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. Urban pop singer Milian was born to Cuban native parents in New Jersey and raised in Waldorf, Maryland. The child prodigy relocated to California to make her first foray into entertainment in the musical Annie Warbucks, thereafter landing a junior journalist position on the Disney Channel’s The Movie Sur Read more

Brooke Valentine - 70% match to Cherish

Houston, Texas, USA. This R&B vocalist’s solo career was launched in 2005 with the provocative ‘Girlfight’, a minor hit that earned more notoriety for its subject matter than any intrinsic artistic value. Valentine grew up singing in the church choir but earned her mother’s disapproval when, while still at high school, she was enlisted by Houston-base Read more

Ciara - 70% match to Cherish

Ciara Princess Harris, 25 October 1985, Austin, Texas, USA. R&B vocalist Ciara enjoyed immediate commercial success when her debut ‘Goodies’, climbed up the US charts to reach the peak position in September 2004. As a child of a military family, Ciara spent an itinerant childhood moving around Europe and the USA. She settled in Atlanta, Georgia, and after leavi Read more

Monica - 68% match to Cherish

Monica Denise Arnold, 24 October 1980, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Alongside Brandy, Monica was the most successful of the new breed of urban R&B female vocalists to emerge in the mid-to late 90s. Monica Arnold grew up in the College Park suburb of Atlanta, and was immersed in gospel music from an early age. Her mother was a church singer, and by the age of 10 Monica was the Read more

Danity Kane - 67% match to Cherish

This all-female urban pop group emerged in 2006 from the third series of the popular MTV reality television show, Making The Band. The show, which was created by rap mogul P. Diddy, had previously spawned the boy bands O-Town and Bad Boy’s Da Band aka Da Band. The final line-up of Danity Kane, chosen in season two of the ongoing series, comprised Aubrey Morgan O’Day ( Read more

Michelle Williams - 67% match to Cherish

Tenetira Michelle Williams, 23 July 1980, Rockford, Illinois, USA. Best known as a member of Destiny’s Child, vocalist Williams was first a backing singer for other recording artists, before joining the aforementioned, chart-topping soul pop group. Although she sang with artists such as R&B vocalist Monica, Williams’ musical background was in the church, appear Read more

Mya - 66% match to Cherish

Mya Harrison, 10 October 1979, Washington, DC, USA. Growing up in suburban Maryland, Harrison took up tap-dancing and ballet as a child. She appeared with the TWA (Tappers With Attitude) troupe, and went to New York to study with choreographer Savion Glover (best known for the Broadway hit Bring In ’Da Noise, Bring In ’Da Funk) in a residency with the Dance Theater Read more

Cheri Dennis - 63% match to Cherish

10 August 1982, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. This New York City-based urban singer grew up in the housing projects of Cleveland, gaining her first musical experiences as a member of the vocal group Spoiled. She moved to New York at the end of the 90s where she established a career as a session vocalist on Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs’ Bad Boy Entertainment label, notably appea Read more

Kelly Rowland - 63% match to Cherish

Kelendria Trene Rowland, 11 February 1981, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Rowland found pop fame as one third of the chart-topping US R&B vocal group Destiny’s Child. Late in 2001, the trio issued a holiday recording, 8 Days Of Christmas, before disclosing to the public that they were going on a temporary hiatus to pursue solo projects. Rowland’s debut solo single,
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Paula Deanda - 61% match to Cherish

3 November 1989, San Angelo, Texas, USA. Born and raised on the Mexican border, DeAnda was one of several Mexican-American pop singers to cross over into the mainstream US charts in the mid-00s. She learned to sing and play the piano at an early age and by her early teens was being pushed by her ambitious parents to become a solo artist. Now based in Corpus Christi, she was Read more

Tamia - 59% match to Cherish

Keyshia Cole - 58% match to Cherish

15 October 1981, Oakland, California, USA. R&B vocalist Cole made a favourable impression with her 2005 debut The Way It Is, a rich reward after the singer had spent several years working behind the scenes as a session vocalist. Cole grew up in inner city Oakland and showed an interest in music from an early age. By the age of 12 she had already appeared on recordings wi Read more

Destiny's Child - 55% match to Cherish

This US vocal quartet was formed by Beyoncé Knowles (4 September 1981, Houston, Texas, USA), LeToya Luckett (b. 11 March 1981, Houston, Texas, USA), LaTavia Roberson (b. 1 November 1981, Houston, Texas, USA) and Kelly Rowland (b. Kelendria Trene Rowland, 11 February 1981, Atlanta, Georgia, USA). Knowles and Roberson first began singing together when they were only 10 Read more