Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson
got her first major break as a youngster on the
television program Kids Incorporated. Born in 1975,
she did voice work for The Charlie Brown and Snoopy
Show, as well as commercials, prior to becoming a
Kids Incorporated regular from 1984 through 1989.
Along with Stefanie Ridel and fellow Kids
Incorporated alum Renee Ilene Sandstrom, Ferguson
formed Wild Orchid, a teen pop group that released a
pair of albums during the late '90s. A few years
after the group's split, Ferguson joined the Black
Eyed Peas in time to record 2003's Elephunk. She
became central to the group's mainstream success
("Let's Get It Started," "My Humps") and released
her first solo album, The Dutchess, during September
2006.
Elliott Yamin :
Top
Song :
Wait for You
In 2006, Yamin quit his
job at the pharmacy to audition for American Idol in
Boston, MA. Singing Leon Russell's "A Song for You"
-- made famous by Yamin's personal idol, soul singer
Donny Hathaway -- Yamin made it through the first
round of auditions and moved on to the second and
all-important Hollywood round. A likable performer
with a knack for romantic soul ballads and a
laid-back stage presence, Yamin was a fan favorite
from the start and ultimately made it to the
final-three round along with eventual runner-up
Katharine McPhee and eventual winner Taylor Hicks.
In December of 2006, Yamin announced he had signed a
publishing deal with Sony, and he released a cover
of Donny Hathaway's "This Christmas" on iTunes. In
2007, Yamin released his self-titled solo album
Akon :
Top Song : Don't Matter
Although he was born in St. Louis, Aliaune Thiam --
aka Akon -- grew up in Senegal before he and his
family (including his father, jazz percussionist Mor
Thiam) returned to the United States and settled in
New Jersey when he was seven. There he discovered
hip-hop for the first time, as well as crime. He was
eventually jailed, but he used the time to work on
his musical ideas. Upon release, Akon began writing
and recording tracks in a home studio. The tapes
found their way to SRC/Universal, which eventually
released Trouble, Akon's debut LP, in June 2004. The
album was an interesting hybrid of Akon's raps and
silky, West African-styled vocals with East Coast-
and Southern-styled beats. The success of the song
"Locked Up" raised Akon's profile, and he followed
up in the fall of 2006 with Konvicted. Soon enough,
two of the album's singles, "I Wanna Love You" and
"Smack That," had made their way to the upper
regions of the Billboard charts
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