her debut single put her on the map and let the opposite sex know that she was tired of dealing
with their bs she would also get tired of dealing with bs in the music industry that led to long
absences from the spotlight at one point she got so frustrated and depressed that she thought she
would never create music again let's find out what happened to r b singer sunshine anderson sunshine
jocelyn's cyan anderson was born june 7th 1974 in winston-salem north carolina
her family later moved to charlotte one day she was singing while standing in the cafeteria line
at north carolina central university where she was studying criminal justice someone was listening
that would play a very important role in getting her on the professional track he just happened
to be friends with singer songwriter and record producer mike city who is also an alum of the
school and decided to introduce them to one another american r b soul singer songwriter
macy gray would enter the picture after hearing sunshine's music she liked what she heard so
much she decided to take over the role of manager during the recording of sunshine's first album by
1999 sunshine would sign with la-based r b hip-hop label soul life distributed under atlantic records
her debut single and smash hit heard it all before would drop two years later it peaked
at number 18 on the hot 100 and shot all the way to number three on the r b hip hop songs chart
two months later her debut album titled your woman debuted at the number 8 position on billboard's
200 chart and was certified gold later that year unfortunately the follow-up single called
lunch or dinner didn't do anywhere near as well sunshine and macy gray would ultimately part ways
sunshine said that she doesn't know where the rumors that have circulated over the years about
macy ruining her career came from she's always said she will forever be indebted to macy for all
that she did for her after their partnership ended her record label went through a merge as a result
she found herself pushed aside so she asked to be released from her contract
the next period of her life would be an extremely trying one full of depression and debauchery but
um yeah it was a very bad period i hung black sheets up on the windows you know
i can honestly remember you know not taking a bath for a couple of days and just only opening
the door for the domino pizza man i never did no cocaine and i ain't definitely shot nothing
in my arms okay but i've had my fun i i got to a point where i was just tired of being high
like it's got to be something better than this i remember telling my mom that i need some help
and i'm going to either hurt myself i'ma hurt somebody eventually she created her own label
called shining star inc and also signed on with matthew knowles music world entertainment in 2004.
her first single called something i want to give you was released in december 2006. her second
album titled sunshine at midnight dropped at the top of the year a couple of follow-up singles were
released later on but like the first they barely made a dent on the charts according to sunshine
the cause was due to lack of promotion it was very hard for her to accept that the album tanked
since she figured she'd have guaranteed success aligning herself with beyonce's daddy
sunshine was able to deal with the disappointment a little easier since she had something else
cooking in the oven at the time she was about to become a mom that same year she would also marry
her longtime boyfriend kansas city chiefs tackle christopher terry another major bright spot during
her downtime was the completion of her cosmetology training yes sunshine anderson can sing
and lay some hair she initially enrolled in hair school before work on her second album began
she put everything on hold to complete that project and then went back when the time was right
she went on to become a stylist at one of the hottest salons in atlanta she's well aware that
the haters would have something to say but she never feels the need to explain anything to anyone
she grew up with the notion of the importance of having quote a few irons in the stove so she
figures people can say whatever they want about her but one thing they can never say is that she's
broke it wouldn't be until september 2010 before word of more music was announced sunshine let her
fans know that her new single called lie to kick it had been released to radio two months later
her third studio album titled the sun shines again with her new label ver forecast was released in a
2010 interview with you know igotsoul.com sunshine spoke about the inspiration behind the album title
the last album was sunshine at midnight i was kinda in a dark place or in a situation
where i kinda wanted to let people know that you could shine even in the darkest of night
but now with the sun shines again i'm back i am woman hear me roar
also in that interview she went in depth about her biggest
challenge the urban adult contemporary versus urban mainstream dynamic
she expressed how frustrated she gets not hearing her music on the radio
i ain't mad at adult contemporary but to me and i might not supposed to say this but to me if your
record ain't played on mainstream radio the masses don't know it's out so because they don't know
it's out then you work 20 times as hard in between her second and third album she also experienced
the breakdown of her marriage surprisingly in a may 2021 interview with highly dish functional
she revealed that she's actually still married even though they've been separated for 13 years
of their 14-year union she's been a true single parent for all this time as well
since christmas 2020 was the first time her ex even met their daughter
three years later you know i got seoul.com caught up with sunshine again to find out what she was
up to she mentioned that she was working on some music and confessed that she was actually
trying to decide whether or not she wanted to get back into the cut throat industry she also spent
a year and a half as a radio personality on her hometown station power 98 in charlotte her segment
called sunshine situations was taken over to her friend's blogtalk radio show called real girls
rock in october 2019 sunshine's first single in nearly a decade was released called level up as
of the making of this video there hasn't been any word on whether this will lead to a full album
the worldwide pandemic in 2020 hit sunshine hard she spoke about it to
kelly v from orlando r b hip-hop radio station the beat 104.5 in february 2021
she went from performing nearly every weekend to just a handful of shows for the entire year
however she picked herself up dusted herself off and carried on music isn't the only thing
that sunshine anderson has had in the works she can now add the title of author to her resume
her book titled one hit wonder seven steps to reinvent yourself launched on may 17 2021
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