Debbie Gibson

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Debbie Gibson (2009)

Deborah Ann "Debbie" Gibson (born August 31, 1970 in New York City ) is an American singer , actress and songwriter who had some hits, especially in the 1980s.

Life

Debbie Gibson was born in Brooklyn and grew up on Long Island in Merrick , a district of Hempstead, the third of four daughters of Joseph and Diane Gibson. She was on stage with her sister at the age of five and wrote her first songs. At this age she also taught herself to play the piano. According to her mother, she played by ear and only later learned to read music from a piano teacher. At eight she was a member of the Metropolitan Opera Choir in New York, and at twelve she starred in the lead role of Annie in the musical of the same name on Broadway .

At the age of 16 she received her first record deal with Atlantic Records and was able to place her first self-written hits in the charts worldwide from mid-1987: Only in My Dreams and Shake Your Love . Other hits followed, including her US number one hits Foolish Beat (1988) and Lost in Your Eyes (1989). With her second album Electric Youth , released in early 1989, and the hit single of the same name, as well as the singles No More Rhyme and We Could Be Together , she was also successful in Europe and Japan.

In 1992 she gave a three-month guest appearance in the Broadway production Les Misérables as Eponine. In 1993, then her breakthrough as a musical star in Grease in London's West End , where she appeared in the lead role next to the former neighbor actor Craig McLachlan took over the role of Sandy. This was followed by leading roles in the Broadway productions Funny Girl , Beauty and the Beast , Gypsy , Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , Cinderella , Chicago and Cabaret .

In the meantime she devoted herself to music and released various albums. There were also several appearances in some television productions, including the series Beverly Hills, 90210 and roles in films such as My Girlfriend's Boyfriend and Teen Queen , for which she also wrote the film music. Deborah Gibson has had her own record label called Golden Egg Productions since the mid-1990s, where she not only produces other singers, but also writes songs for them. Her mother Diane is still her manager. She was also in the trash films Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009, directed by Jack Perez) and Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (2011, directed by Mary Lambert ). 2011 Gibson appeared in the music video Last Friday Night (TGIF) by Katy Perry on as their mother.

In 2015 and 2016 she was seen as the leading actress in two films with a musical framework on US television: The Music in Me and Summer of Dreams each also offered new songs by Gibson. A sequel to Summer of Dreams followed in September 2018 with Wedding of Dreams .

In April 2018 Gibson was honored with a star on the "Palm Springs Walk of Stars".

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1987 Out of the blue - - - UK26th
gold
gold

(35 weeks)UK 		US7th
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(89 weeks)US
First published: August 18, 1987
1989 Electric Youth DE48 (5 weeks)
DE 		- CH21 (3 weeks)
CH 		UK8th
gold
gold

(16 weeks)UK 		US1
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(51 weeks)US
First published: January 24, 1989
1990 Anything is possible - - - UK69 (1 week)
UK 		US41
gold
gold

(17 weeks)US
First published: November 20, 1990
1993 Body Mind Soul - - - - US109 (3 weeks)
US
First published: January 19, 1993

more publishments

  • 1995: Think With Your Heart
  • 1996: Deborah
  • 2001: MYOB
  • 2003: Colored Lights: The Broadway Album
  • 2010: Ms. Vocalist

Compilations

year title Remarks
1995 Greatest hits First published: September 1, 1995
2003 Lost In Your Eyes And Other Hits First published: October 10, 2003
2005 Memory Lane, Volume 1 First published: January 2005
Memory Lane, Volume 2 First published: October 2005

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1987 Only In My Dreams
Out Of The Blue 		- - - UK11 (12 weeks)
UK 		US4th
gold
gold

(28 weeks)US
First published: February 1987
Shake Your Love
Out Of The Blue 		- - CH19 (7 weeks)
CH 		UK7 (8 weeks)
UK 		US4th
gold
gold

(22 weeks)US
First published: September 1987
1988 Out Of The Blue
Out Of The Blue 		- - - UK19 (7 weeks)
UK 		US3 (17 weeks)
US
First published: January 1988
Foolish Beat
Out Of The Blue 		- - CH10 (10 weeks)
CH 		UK9 (9 weeks)
UK 		US1 (20 weeks)
US
First published: April 1988
Staying Together
Out Of The Blue 		- - - UK53 (2 weeks)
UK 		US22 (12 weeks)
US
First published: September 1988
1989 Lost in Your Eyes
Electric Youth 		- - - UK34 (7 weeks)
UK 		US1
gold
gold

(19 weeks)US
First published: January 1989
Electric Youth
Electric Youth 		DE18 (14 weeks)
DE 		- - UK14 (8 weeks)
UK 		US11
gold
gold

(13 weeks)US
First published: April 1989
No More Rhyme
Electric Youth 		- - - - US17 (14 weeks)
US
First published: June 1989
We Could Be Together
Electric Youth 		- - - UK22 (8 weeks)
UK 		US71 (6 weeks)
US
First published: August 1989
1990 Anything Is Possible
Anything Is Possible 		- - - UK51 (2 weeks)
UK 		US26 (12 weeks)
US
First published: November 1990
1993 Losin 'Myself
Body Mind Soul 		- - - - US86 (5 weeks)
US
First published: January 1993
Shock Your Mama
Body Mind Soul 		- - - UK74 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: March 1993
You're the One That I Want - - - UK13 (6 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: July 1993
with Craig McLachlan

Video albums

  • 1988: Out Of The Blue (US:platinumplatinum)
  • 1989: Live In Concert - The Out Of The Blue Tour (US:Double platinum× 2Double platinum )
  • 1990: Live Around the World (US:platinumplatinum)

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) Gold record icon.svg 5 × gold5 Platinum record icon.svg 9 × platinum9 7,900,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 200,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Gold record icon.svg 7 × gold7th Platinum record icon.svg 9 × platinum9

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Debbie Gibson  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry at filmreference.com
  2. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4285126/
  3. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6008686/
  4. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8351424/?ref_=nm_knf_i1
  5. ↑ http://debbiegibsonofficial.com/debbiegibsongoldenpalmstar/
  6. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
personal data
SURNAME Gibson, Debbie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gibson, Deborah Ann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer, actress and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City , New York , United States