Ciara was born in Austin, Texas; She is the only child of Jackie (née Smith) and Carlton Clay Harris. She grew up on Army bases in Germany, New York, Utah, California, Arizona, and Nevada, since her father was in the United States Army. During her teens, Ciara and her family settled in Atlanta. Ciara said that watching Destiny's Child perform on a television program while staying home from school inspired her to pursue a career in music. Then, Ciara joined a girl group called Hearsay and worked on her songwriting. The group recorded demos, but began to have differences. Eventually, she left the group, got a publishing deal, and found a "musical soulmate" when she met producer Jazze Pha. Ciara graduated from Riverdale High School in Riverdale, Georgia in 2003 and was signed by LaFace Records executive L.A. Reid with the help of Jazze Pha.
GOODIES
Goodies was the first album from Ciara an was released on September 28th 2004 in the states and received an international release in January 2005. It features vocal appearances from Ludacris, Missy Elliott, Petey Pablo, and R. Kelly. Goodies was the lead single and was number 1 on the billboard chart, number 1 in the UK , number 10 in Germany and other successes in other countries. 1, 2 step was the second single. It reached the top ten in several countries worldwide and reaching number 2 in the states and number 3 in the UK. 'OH' was the album's third album and was another hit single reaching number 2 in the states and number four in the UK, becoming Ciara's thrid consecutive top ten hit. And I is the fourth single and is Ciara's lowest charting single, reaching 27 in the states.
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