Bianca Ryan

Bianca Ryan at the We Are Kings premiere in September 2014

Bianca Taylor Ryan (* 1. September 1994 ) is an American singer from Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , which the NBC -Talentwettbewerb America's Got Talent won in the first season. Ryan's first CD Bianca Ryan was released on November 14, 2006 and landed in the American Top 200 at number 57.

Life

Bianca Ryan is the second of four children to Shawn and Janette Ryan and is half Irish on her father's side and half Japanese on her mother's side . Ryan has an older brother named Shawn and two younger siblings named Isabella and Jagger.

At the age of eight, Ryan developed a taste for rhythm and blues and gospel . In addition, her parents noticed that she has an exceptional voice. From then on she practiced in the basement of her parents' house. Ryan counts Yolanda Adams , Mariah Carey , Kelly Clarkson , Jennifer Hudson and Patti LaBelle among her favorite singers.

Career

First appearances / acting career

Bianca Ryan began performing as a tap dancer . She surprised her parents when the nine-year-old announced that she was going to audition for Star Search in 2003 . She sang The Impossible Dream from The Man from La Mancha (musical) , got twelve stars from the jury and narrowly missed the win. Ryan also appeared on Showtime at the Apollo and The Tom Joyner Show . Her television appearances have included commercials for the Chuck E. Cheese fast food restaurant and the Philadelphia Zoo.

America's Got Talent

While searching the internet for singing competitions in 2006, Ryan discovered that an American Idol judge , Simon Cowell , was executive producer on a new competition called America's Got Talent .

For her first audition, she chose Bill Condon's Dreamgirls melody And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going , originally sung by Jennifer Holiday. She left both the audience and the judges speechless with her powerful voice. Brandy Norwood gave Ryan a standing ovation and called her "my favorite contestant in the competition . " Piers Morgan commented:

“Change your hairstyle, change your clothes, change your shoes, and you will win this competition. [...] You came on stage and blew us away. "

The third jury member, David Hasselhoff , called on the audience to give a standing ovation .

Debut CD

On August 24, 2006, Ryan announced on her website that she had flown to New York to meet with representatives from a major music publisher and some of the best composers and songwriters. The Northeast Times reported on the same day that Ryan was meeting Grammy Award producer David Foster and being managed by Peter Rudge .

The following month, Ryan was in Los Angeles to record her first CD with covers of The Rose and R. Kelly's I Believe I Can Fly and original songs like I Wish That and Pray for a Better Day . The Bianca Ryan album was released on November 14, 2006 in the United States. It sold 44,230 times on the first day. Eight days later, the album landed at number 57 on the US Top 200 Billboard Album Charts . The album is now also available in Germany.

The Bianca Ryan album is the first of five signed record deals . Ryan is the first US woman to sign with Columbia Records / SYCO .

On December 12, 2007, Ryan released an exclusive Christmas album called Christmas Everyday! . However, this was only given to the "WalMart" department store chain.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2006	Bianca Ryan	DE45 (7 weeks) DE	AT46 (6 weeks) AT	CH28 (8 weeks) CH	-	US57 (4 weeks) US	First published: November 14, 2006

more publishments

• 2006: Christmas Everyday!
• 2009: True Meaning of Christmas

More singles

• 2006: You Light Up My Life
• 2006: Why Couldn't It Be Christmas Every Day?

swell

1. ↑ VH1.com: News: Game Clobbers Akon, Takes Albums Chart . vh1.com. Retrieved November 22, 2006.
2. ↑ 11-year-old singing sensation Bianca Ryan shows us why she's got talent . bobrivers.com. Retrieved August 21, 2006.
3. ^ ^{A b} O'Sullivan, Jeannie: Bianca hits the high notes for the Eagles . northeasttimes.com. Archived from the original on May 15, 2007. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 21, 2006. 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Takiff, Jonathan: Ryan's hope - Mayfair preteen and talent show winner launches career with new albums . philly.com. Retrieved on November 14, 2006.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Sony Music Store: Bianca Ryan BIANCA RYAN [CD ] . sonymusicstore.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 19, 2006. 
6. ^ Philly 11-Year-Old Wows Judges . nbc10.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2006. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 21, 2006. 
7. ^ ^{A b} Bianca Ryan The Official Site (News) . biancaryan.com. Retrieved August 21, 2006.
8. ↑ Fritsky, Lauren: Million Dollar Baby! . northeasttimes.com. Archived from the original on May 3, 2007. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 2, 2006. 
9. ↑ Bianca Ryan, 12-year-old Winner of America's Got Talent , First US Signing to Columbia Records / SYCO . biz.yahoo.com. Retrieved September 25, 2006.
10. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH US

Web links

Commons : Bianca Ryan  - Collection of Images

• Official website of Bianca Ryan
• Bianca Ryan in theInternet Movie Database(English)