In the short amount of time that Ciara has been in the music industry she has made a name for herself.

Ciara Princess Harris was born on Oct. 25, 1985 in Austin, Texas. to a military family. When she was a student at Riverdale High School, she was motivated to be a singer after seeing and listening to the all-female group Destiny’s Child.

In a recent interview with Vh1.com, Ciara said her superstardom dream would only come from sacrifice. She dedicated herself to her dream and sacrificed fun for music.

“I cut out going to the movies. I cut out hanging with my friends; I actually told some of my friends, ‘This month were not gonna hang out or talk on the phone.” Ciara said in the interview with VH1.com

After leaving the all female group, Hersay , Ciara got a publishing deal. Soon after receiving her publishing deal she caught the attention of Atlanta producer Jazze Pha.

Jazze Pha and Ciara worked together for five days when he decided to sign her to his label Sho Nuff Records. Ciara refers to Jazze Pha as her “musical soulmate”.

“God really put him in my life for a reason-Our vibe is incredible,” Ciara said in the VH1 interview.

After all Jazze helped her get the title of Princess of Crunk and B.

Crunk and B is a new genre of music that combines the energy of crunk music with the subject matter of an R&B song. Even though given the title, Ciara mentioned that she was not really excited about it.

“Some people wanna give me this title of the princess, the queen, the first lady-I mean it’s cool to know that I was the first to do something good-But that’s just me, just being who I am,” Ciara told MTV.com in a recent interview.

Despite how she may feel about her title, Ciara still managed to sell over 2 million copies of her album “Goodies”.

In September, “Goodies” debuted at number three on the Billboard 200.

Local sales of her debut album garnered more attention than expected. According to Jerome Robinson, manager of J&B Music Connection in Greensboro, the album sold roughly 300 copies of the 320 that they received.

“It did real good. It was like the number one CD selling around Christmas,” Robinson said. “Every girl, every little girl wanted it for Christmas.”

In Ciara’s biography on the Vh1 Web site it says, “The album is a complete work of art and a masterful mixture of messages for the young and not so young.”

“My goal is to deliver a positive message and let people know they’re not the only one going through things.” Ciara said on the Web site.

Ciara is not limiting herself on plans for the future.

As far as plans of acting, Ciara would like to be in a movie as well as featured on the movie’s soundtrack. This idea came about after making a song for the “Coach Carter” soundtrack.

According to MTV News, Ciara would like to write and sing music that has an old-school feel. She claims that she loves that type of music.

“I wasn’t born in the ’70’s-But I have an old-school soul, and I know what I feel like when I listen to those old-school records-It feels so good and it feels so real, and I just want to take it there.” Ciara told MTV news.

 

 

 

• Jason Pugh