long before teenage superstars britney spears and christina aguilera exploded onto the entertainment
scene there was tiffany the singer songwriter and actress was the teen pop princess that every child
who sang in front of their mirror with a hairbrush wanted to be born tiffany renee darwish in the los
angeles suburb of norwalk california her origins stem from a mixed background including lebanese
irish and native american roots before she celebrated her second birthday tiffany's
parents would divorce and she'd go on to live with her father she launched herself
into music by learning the words to tanya tucker's delta dawn at the tender age of four
by the age of nine tiffany was singing at the legendary palomino club in northern hollywood
when she was spotted by country singer hoyt axton and his mother mae a talented songwriter herself
they encouraged her to head to nashville where she performed on a long-running local tv program
after he heard her demo tape tiffany signed a contract with her manager george tobin that
contract gave him total control over her career a move that would later drive a wedge between
tiffany and her family the seven-year deal called for a 50-50 split of record royalties
after expenses plus a 20 cut of all of tiffany's non-royalty revenue including money from concerts
personal appearances merchandising and endorsement deals early on in tiffany's career george
would frequently be seen by her side during tv interviews purporting himself to be her producer
he was along with being her manager her stylist her songwriter and arranger and the director of
her music videos he was in charge of everything he also famously encouraged her to seek legal
emancipation from her mother and stepfather in a hugely public lawsuit when she was 17.
this was rejected by the court but the judge did allow her to move out of her mother's home and her
grandmother became her temporary guardian years later tiffany would speak about her life before
meeting george not being easy her mother was an alcoholic and her stepfather was very strict
she recalls after he recognized her musical talent he pushed her into the spotlight as a small child
of the legal battle with her family tiffany says she doesn't regret trying to break away from them
but she does regret the public nature of the caves at just 15 tiffany released her self-titled debut
album in september 1987. the first single dany did not do well following its failure she embarked
on a nationwide tour of shopping malls to promote the album and generate a following
her second single a cover of tommy james and the shondell's hit i think we're alone now
shot all the way to number one on the billboard hot 100 chart and remains her biggest hit today
the love ballad could have been became the project's third single and also rose to number
one this accomplishment put tiffany in the record books for the youngest female artist to top the
billboard charts with a debut album in late 1988 she released her second album hold an old friend's
hand it was less successful than her first and didn't produce any number one hits the album did
receive positive reviews from critics though and immediately went platinum this project would be
the last collaboration for a while between tiffany and george shortly after turning 18 she left his
management inevitably tiffany's career suffered as musical tastes changed in the early 90s moving
away from dance and pop towards harder edged rock and rap not surprisingly some of her fans
found the new soulful and sultry tiffany that she debuted on her third album the urban influence new
inside less appealing than earlier work a couple of years later tiffany walked down the aisle for
the first time with makeup artist bomaro garcia their only son was born that same year they were
divorced just over a decade later during a brief early 90s comeback attempt tiffany reunited with
her old manager george tobin on her fourth album dreams never die the reunion didn't last long and
they shortly parted ways again before tiffany moved to nashville to develop her career as a
songwriter and try her hand at becoming a country music artist tiffany kicked off the new millennium
with a new body of work her fifth studio album titled the color of silence the reviews were
very favorable and billboard even described it as one of the best pop albums of the year
however since it wasn't heavily promoted it didn't achieve any commercial success as they often did
with blast from the past playboy reached out and tiffany jumped at the chance to be featured in the
popular men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine she posed for the publication in april 2002.
years later she would have no regrets and even admit that she would do it again in a heartbeat
so why did she do it she told billboard.com in 2015 more than about being naked it was about
being seen as a woman as soon as i posed we couldn't stop the phone from ringing it worked
tiffany gave marriage another try in 2004 when she connected with british businessman ben george
sadly 14 years later during the writing process of her latest album 2018's pieces of me the
couple mutually agreed to separate and have since divorced tiffany did a lot of experimenting and
showcasing her talent in a variety of musical genres over the coming years by releasing dance
rock and country influence projects in may 2019 the mixtape tour which tiffany participated in
commenced in cincinnati ohio it was the perfect opportunity to showcase her updated rock version
of her hit i think we're alone now that was released the month before headlined by new kids
on the block other performers on the tour included sultan peppa naughty by nature and once assumed
rival of tiffany's debbie gibson in reality the two chart-toppers had no beef with each other
whatsoever tiffany spoke to et canada in 2019 about just how wrong the press had been about
their relationship all that rivalry was not true we really didn't know each other we leave little
notes here and there see each other on carpets but it was so fast now we have a friendship the teen
idols even appeared in a movie together 2011's monster science fiction disaster film mega python
vs gatoroid it was during filming that tiffany and debbie finally got a chance to spend time together
and they've kept in touch ever since after more than 30 years in the game tiffany finally released
her first original holiday music in 2020. she co-wrote and recorded the original song
angels in her home studio in nashville frustrated at being unable to interact with her fans via
the usual method of touring during the pandemic tiffany hit upon a novel alternative instead she
started a cooking club her monthly subscription lets food with tiffany allows fans to join her at
home and on the road as she prepares her favorite meals for herself and others every entertainer
at some point in their career are going to have a bad moment or several on stage right
but that doesn't mean that they would take it out on their fans well
tiffany did just that in november 2021 while struggling through a live performance of
her hit i think we're alone now in lake park florida she yelled an expletive at the crowd
once media outlets picked up the story her representative explained that she had lost her
voice and was frustrated with her performance later tiffany herself addressed the event
on twitter i panicked it's not often that i lose my voice and i got up there and
just absolutely had a panic attack and out of my frustration i said things that i don't mean at all
i love you guys so very very much over the years tiffany's tried a number of side hustles
she's done a bit of acting opened a clothes shop in nashville and spent several years on
the celebrity reality tv circuit appearing on everything from celebrity wife swap
celebrity cook-off celebrity fit club and hulk hogan's celebrity championship wrestling
when asked in an interview with fox news in 2019 how she was able to avoid the so-called
child star curse her answer was simple i just think that for me i always had that vision
of my career plus i was looked at as somebody teenagers looked up to and parents looked up to
so i had to be very careful but definitely i had people coming and exposing me to a lot of stuff
you go to parties things are there drugs all kinds of stuff but i took my career seriously and when i
had my son that was it my whole life changed today her goal is to continue writing songs for herself
and others cementing her status in the industry as a powerhouse hit maker and go-to songwriter
tiffany's 11th studio album titled shadows will be released in december 2022
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