Ciara

The album was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and received two nominations at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards.

She was named after the Revlon fragrance Ciara which was introduced in 1973.

During her teens, Ciara and her family settled in College Park, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, where she attended North Clayton High School before graduating from Riverdale.

In her mid-teens, Ciara formed the all-girl group Hearsay with two of her friends.

The group recorded demos, but as time went on, they began to have differences and eventually parted ways.

Despite this setback, Ciara signed a publishing deal as a songwriter.

Her first writing credit was on Blu Cantrell's debut album, So Blu, for the song "10,000 Times".

She also wrote the song "Got Me Waiting" for R&B singer Fantasia Barrino's debut album, Free Yourself.

It was when she was writing songs that she met music producer Jazze Pha, whom she called her "music soulmate".

Ciara Princess Wilson ( Harris; born October 25, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, businesswoman, dancer, model, and actress.

Ciara Princess Harris was born in Fort Hood, Texas, on October 25, 1985, the only child of Jackie and Carlton Clay Harris.

An army brat, she grew up in Georgia, New York, Utah, California, Arizona, and Nevada.

In 2002, the two recorded four demos: "1, 2 Step", "Thug Style", "Pick Up the Phone", and "Lookin' at You", which all appeared on her debut album that was released two years later.

"1, 2 Step" was the second single released from the album and it was a hit.

After graduating from Riverdale High School in Riverdale, Georgia, in 2003, she was signed by LaFace Records executive, L.A. Reid, whom she was introduced to by Jazze Pha.

She began production on her debut album later that year.

She rose to prominence with her debut studio album, Goodies (2004) and its lead single of the same name (featuring Petey Pablo), which peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart.

Follow-up singles from the album included "1, 2 Step" (featuring Missy Elliott) and "Oh" (featuring Ludacris), both of which peaked at number two on the former chart.

In early 2004, she wrote a demo with record producer, Sean Garrett, which came to the attention of Lil Jon and became her debut single "Goodies".

Lil Jon stated later that he knew it would be big seeing how it sounded similar to Usher's international hit, "Yeah!".

Ciara released her debut album Goodies on September 28, 2004.

The album debuted at number three on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 125,000 copies in its initial week and topped the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Following the release of the album, Ciara was called the "First Lady of Crunk&B".

Ciara also guest featured on the 2005 singles "Lose Control" by Missy Elliott and "Like You" by Bow Wow, both of which peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100.

Her second studio album, Ciara: The Evolution (2006), topped the Billboard 200 and spawned the top-ten single "Get Up" (featuring Chamillionaire) and the top 20 singles "Promise" and "Like a Boy."

In her acting career, she has appeared in the films All You've Got (2006), Mama, I Want to Sing! (2012), That's My Boy (2012), and the television series

Goodies had a 71-week run on the Billboard 200, and was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on October 10, 2006.

Charting at twenty-two on the Canadian Albums Chart, it was certified Platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association.

Ciara's third studio album, Fantasy Ride (2009) produced the top-ten single "Love Sex Magic" (featuring Justin Timberlake), which received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.

Her fourth studio album, Basic Instinct (2010) spawned the single "Ride" (featuring Ludacris), which received platinum certification by the RIAA.

After the album's commercial underperformance, Ciara signed with Epic Records in 2011 to release her eponymous fifth (2013) and sixth album, Jackie (2015).

The former peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 and spawned the double platinum-certified single "Body Party", while the latter spawned the platinum-certified single "I Bet".

The following year, Ciara signed a modeling contract with IMG, became a Global Brand Ambassador for the cosmetics company Revlon, and married quarterback Russell Wilson.

The Game (2013).

Ciara starred in the 2023 remake of The Color Purple as Nettie.

Ciara has received multiple accolades, including a Grammy Award, two BET Awards, the Woman of the Year award from Billboard Women in Music, two MTV Video Music Awards, eight Soul Train Awards, and fifteen Ascap Music Awards.

Her seventh album, Beauty Marks (2019), included the platinum-certified single "Level Up".

She signed with Uptown Records, an imprint of Republic Records through a partnership with her own label, Beauty Marks Entertainment in 2022.

Ciara's debut extended play (EP), CiCi (2023) spawned the singles "How We Roll" (with Chris Brown) and "Forever" (featuring Lil Baby).

As of 2019, Ciara's worldwide sales total over 45 million.