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Debelah Morgan

Debelah Morgan on the cover of I Remember

Debelah Morgan (born September 29, 1977, Detroit, Michigan) is an American r&b singer and songwriter.

Debelah was born to an Indian mother and an African-American father. She started taking piano lessons at the age of 3. She also learned to sing in many different languages besides English (French, Italian, German, Hindi, and Portuguese.) Later she and her family moved to Arizona where she won beauty pageants at the age of fifteen and organized a gospel choir in her high school. She majored in Vocal Performance.

At the age of seventeen she signed to Atlantic Records and released her debut album titled Debelah. This album is her rarest, it wasn't released worldwide, only in the US and Japan, and even there it wasn't really promoted. Her label dropped her after the release.

She signed to Motown and released her second album titled It's Not Over in 1998. Half of the tracks were co-written by her and some were co-written by her brother Giloh. Again it wasn't released worldwide, only in Europe and Asia. Her songs I Love You and Yesterday were moderate hits. Motown was bought by Universal, and they wanted Debelah to record an urban album. Debelah didn't want to be just another black hip-hop artist, she wanted to do a pop-r&b album that appeals to all races, so she left them.

In 1998 and 1999 Debelah was featured on three soundtrack albums ("Fame L. A.," "Our Friend Martin" and "Stuart Little".) On the Our Friend Martin soundtrack she sang a new song written by Diane Warren, the other soundtracks featured songs from her It's Not Over album.

Debelah had to file for bankruptcy, but she didn't give up and began to work on a new album. All the tracks were written by her and her brother. She presented the material to her first label Atlantic, who signed her again (didn't even remembering she was signed to them before). The album called Dance With Me was released in 2000, and the title track, a tango style song, became a hit, peaking at No. 8 on the Billboard Singles chart and gaining popularity all over the world. In Spain it was also released with Spanish lyrics, titled Baila Conmigo. She also released a second single called I Remember.

One of her songs from the Dance With Me album was featured on the Spyder Games soundtrack, while a new Diane Warren ballad was on the soundtrack for Osmosis Jones.

Debelah is reportedly working on a new album.

Discography

Albums

  • Debelah (Atlantic, 1994)
  • It's Not Over (Motown, 1998)
  • Dance With Me (Atlantic, 2000)

Singles

  • Take It Easy (1994)
  • I Love You (1998)
  • Yesterday (79th on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Chart, 1998)
  • Dance With Me (8th on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Chart, 2000)
  • I Remember

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Debelah is reportedly working on a new album. They are working on a greatest hits album as their first compilation that is currently untitled, they'll release it sometime in 2005 and they might be working on their 8th album that will be released probably late in the same year. One of her songs from the Dance With Me album was featured on the Spyder Games soundtrack, while a new Diane Warren ballad was on the soundtrack for Osmosis Jones. Their latest is Splinter. She also released a second single called I Remember.. Although Smash was the album that originally brought The Offspring into commercial success and wide recognition, it was the release of "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)" from the 1998 album Americana which established the band as a regular feature on MTV and established The Offspring as a regular chart presence. In Spain it was also released with Spanish lyrics, titled Baila Conmigo. Songs like "Jennifer Lost The War" and "Kill The President" on The Offspring, "L.A.P.D" on Ignition, "It'll Be A Long Time" and "Not the One" on Smash, and "Meaning Of Life" and "Change the World" on Ixnay On The Hombre, communicated the band's general position on social and political issues (though the band has not been known to be outspoken or active politically, especially by punk standards).

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Debelah had to file for bankruptcy, but she didn't give up and began to work on a new album. In 1996, The Offspring jumped ship from Epitaph and signed with Columbia Records. A.," "Our Friend Martin" and "Stuart Little".) On the Our Friend Martin soundtrack she sang a new song written by Diane Warren, the other soundtracks featured songs from her It's Not Over album. It was 1994's Smash that brought Offspring into the mainstream; that album sold over eleven million copies worldwide. In 1998 and 1999 Debelah was featured on three soundtrack albums ("Fame L. Although their first album, The Offspring, was very similar to late 1980s punk, the next album, Ignition, saw them move away from more traditional punk, heading into the punk of the mid-1990s with songs like "Dirty Magic". Debelah didn't want to be just another black hip-hop artist, she wanted to do a pop-r&b album that appeals to all races, so she left them. Atom Willard was in Rocket From The Crypt for ten years and more recently played with Moth, the Alkaline Trio and Melissa Auf Der Maur.

Motown was bought by Universal, and they wanted Debelah to record an urban album. On March 18, 2003, Ron Welty left The Offspring to devote all his energies on a new band "Steady Ground". The Offspring held hundreds of auditions for a new drummer, finally deciding to announce Atom Willard as the new drummer. Her songs I Love You and Yesterday were moderate hits. and Ron Welty on drums (pre 2003) replaced by Atom Willard on drums (post 2003). Again it wasn't released worldwide, only in Europe and Asia. The Offspring are a popular American punk rock band consisting of vocalist and guitarist Dexter Holland, Kevin 'Noodles' Wasserman (also on guitar), bassist Greg K. Half of the tracks were co-written by her and some were co-written by her brother Giloh. "Americana" (The DVD), 1999.

She signed to Motown and released her second album titled It's Not Over in 1998. "Huck It", 2000. Her label dropped her after the release. "(Can't Get My) Head Around You", 2004. This album is her rarest, it wasn't released worldwide, only in the US and Japan, and even there it wasn't really promoted. "Hit That", 2003. At the age of seventeen she signed to Atlantic Records and released her debut album titled Debelah. "Defy You" (from Orange County), 2002.

She majored in Vocal Performance. "Want You Bad", 2001. She also learned to sing in many different languages besides English (French, Italian, German, Hindi, and Portuguese.) Later she and her family moved to Arizona where she won beauty pageants at the age of fifteen and organized a gospel choir in her high school. "Million Miles Away", 2001. She started taking piano lessons at the age of 3. "One Fine Day", 2000. Debelah was born to an Indian mother and an African-American father. "Original Prankster", 2000.

Debelah Morgan (born September 29, 1977, Detroit, Michigan) is an American r&b singer and songwriter. "She's Got Issues", 1999. I Remember. "The Kids Aren't Alright", 1999. Dance With Me (8th on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Chart, 2000). "Why Don't You Get A Job", 1999. Yesterday (79th on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Chart, 1998). "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)", 1999.

I Love You (1998). "I Choose", 1997. Take It Easy (1994). "Meaning Of Life", 1997. Dance With Me (Atlantic, 2000). "Gone Away", 1997. It's Not Over (Motown, 1998). "All I Want", 1997.

Debelah (Atlantic, 1994). "Smash It Up" (from Batman Forever), 1995. "Bad Habit", 1995. "Gotta Get Away", 1995. "Come Out And Play", 1994.

"Self Esteem", 1994. "I'll Be Waiting/Blackball", 1987. "Baghdad", 1991.