Tracie Spencer
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| Tracie Spencer | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Tracie Spencer | |
| Born | July 12, 1978 (age 28) | |
| Origin |  Waterloo, Iowa, United States |
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| Genre(s) | R&B and Pop | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer,songwriter, actress, model | |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals | |
| Years active | 1987-1992 1996-present |
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| Label(s) | Capitol Records | |
Tracie Spencer (born July 12, 1978[1][2]) is an American,multi cultural R&B singer-songwriter, actress, model.
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[edit] Biography
Born July 12, 1978, Tracie had her first brush with fame by winning the CBS television talent show Star Search in 1987, singing Whitney Houston's 1986 hit "How Will I Know". Shortly after, she signed a record deal with Capitol Records and released her self-titled debut album in 1988, all at the tender age of 10. She found some success with the singles "Hide and Seek", "Symptoms of True Love" and her remake of "Imagine" (originally composed by John Lennon). Her second album, Make the Difference, was released on August 27, 1990 . The first single, "Save Your Love", showed an impressive standing at #7 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. Her following single, "This House", became her biggest hit to date reaching #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Tender Kisses", one of her best known ballads, hit #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks and made her the youngest female artist to receive the ASCAP songwriter of the year award. The other singles, "This Time Make It Funky" and "Love Me", charted relatively well on The Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. As a child, Tracie attended St. Marys Grade School and continued her education at Columbus High School. Tracie,who also served on the board for the Children's Defense Fund as a teen and was given the Martin Luther King Christian Leadership Award for being a positive role model to our youth and traveling across the US and abroad as part of a "Stay In School" program, she made a guest appearance on the hit ABC sitcom, Family Mattersin 1993 and recorded the song "I'll be There for You" for the 1997 film, Good Burger, "The Rain" for "A Smile Like Yours" starring Ashley Judd and Greg Kinnear, "Down In The Delta", and "Girlfight" starring Michelle Rodriquez. She also kept busy by doing some modeling for Tommy Hilfiger,Chanel and Dollhouse, which lead her to being apart of New York and LA's fashion week in 99-2000 being stylized by Derek Khan and signed to "NEXT" modeling agency . On June 29, 1999, she fully resurfaced with Tracie and found success with the hit singles "It's All About You (Not About Me)" peaking in the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart selling more than 500,000 copies and "Still In My Heart", the latter showcasing her elastic soprano vocals. In the 2000s, she started singing background vocals on Hip-Hop songs for rappers such as Kanye West, 50 Cent, and Eve. She acted in the short film, A Tale of Two Sisters; in 2004 and in 2006, she performed in a play called Choices in Los Angeles and as of recently, she has been working on a new project.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Title | US | US R&B |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Tracie Spencer | 146 | 57 |
| 1990 | Make the Difference | 107 | 38 |
| 1996 | The Best of Tracie Spencer | - | - |
| 1999 | Tracie | 114 | 19 |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Album | US | US R&B |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | "Hide and Seek" | Tracie Spencer | - | 32 |
| 1988 | "Symptoms of True Love" | Tracie Spencer | 38 | 11 |
| 1989 | "Imagine" | Tracie Spencer | 85 | 31 |
| 1990 | "Save Your Love" | Make The Difference | - | 7 |
| 1990 | "This House" | Make The Difference | 3 | 7 |
| 1991 | "This Time Make It Funky" | Make The Difference | 54 | 31 |
| 1991 | "Tender Kisses" | Make The Difference | 42 | 1 |
| 1992 | "Love Me" | Make The Difference | 48 | 2 |
| 1999 | "It's All About You (Not About Me)" | Tracie | 18 | 6 |
| 2000 | "Still In My Heart" | Tracie | 88 | 36 |
