Tiffany (singer, 1971)
Tiffany Renee Darwish (born October 2, 1971 in Norwalk , California ) is an American pop singer and actress . She became internationally known from the summer of 1987 with a few teen pop hits.
Career
With her debut single I Think We're Alone Now , Tiffany made her breakthrough in the summer of 1987 at the age of almost 16. The song, written by Ritchie Cordell, had been a top 4 hit in the US for Tommy James & the Shondells 20 years earlier . Tiffany pop version reached both in the US and in the UK No. 1 on the charts.
The second single Could've Been , written by Lois Blaisch, was also a big hit, again reaching number 1 in the US and number 4 in the UK. Her debut album Tiffany also topped the US charts, reaching four-times platinum and threw another top 10 hit with I Saw Him Standing There , a cover version of the Beatles song I Saw Her Standing There .
But already the second album Hold an Old Friend's Hand , released in autumn 1988, could not continue the flight. The single All This Time made it into the top 10 again, but the album itself did not sell well. When the third album New Inside completely flopped in the fall of 1990 , her career in the USA was over for the time being. From then on it was only able to hold its own on the Asian market.
It wasn't until the summer of 2000 that she returned with new releases and albums. Her comeback album The Color of Silence was highly rated by critics from Billboard Magazine and the Rolling Stones . The American music channel VH1 aired a program about Tiffany's life for the release of the album. In addition, a revealing photo series of her was published in the April 2002 issue of American Playboy . Tiffany's album Just Me was released in mid-2007 ; In parallel, she released the dance single Higher , which made it to number 19 on the Billboard Dance Charts and was her first Billboard success in around 18 years.
Her last studio album, Pieces of Me , was released in October 2018.
Television appearances
In 2005 she participated in the British show Hit Me Baby One More Time in part - the original format and in Germany at ProSieben broadcast comeback show - and won the first season to collect all the finals. There she had to admit defeat together with her competitors Shakin 'Stevens . She also took part in the US version of this show, but lost there in the first round against Arrested Development .
As an actress, she appeared in a few films and series episodes.
From January 28, 2018, she was a participant in the fourth season of the Australian reality show I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! . She was the only US participant of this season. After two candidates had already left the camp early, Tiffany was chosen as the first participant by the audience.
Filmography (selection)
- 1990: Jetsons : The Movie (voice)
- 2008: How I Met Your Mother , Season 3, Episode 16 (Music Video Sandcastles in the Sand )
- 2009: Blood Snow (Necrosis)
- 2010: Mega Piranha (TV movie)
- 2011: Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (TV movie)
Discography
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1987 | Tiffany |
DE37 (8 weeks) DE |
- |
CH17 (6 weeks) CH |
UK5
gold
(21 weeks)UK |
US1 × 4
(69 weeks)US |
First published: September 15, 1987
|
1988 | Hold on to Old Friend's hand | - | - | - |
UK56
silver
(6 weeks)UK |
US17th
platinum
(29 weeks)US |
First published: October 21, 1988
|
more publishments
- 1990: New Inside
- 1993: Dreams Never Die
- 2000: The Color of Silence
- 2005: Dust Off and Dance
- 2007: Just Me
- 2011: Rose Tattoo
- 2016: A Million Miles
- 2018: Pieces of Me
Compilations
year | title | Remarks |
---|---|---|
1996 | All the best | First published: February 21, 1996 |
Greatest hits | First published: October 22, 1996 | |
2007 | I Think We're Alone Now: '80s Hits and More | First published: April 3, 2007 |
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1987 |
I Think We're Alone Now Tiffany |
DE14 (20 weeks) DE |
AT24 (2 weeks) AT |
CH10 (9 weeks) CH |
UK1
gold
(13 weeks)UK |
US1 (24 weeks) US |
First published: August 1987
|
Could've been Tiffany |
- | - | - |
UK4 (9 weeks) UK |
US1 (20 weeks) US |
First published: November 1987
|
|
1988 |
I saw him standing there Tiffany |
DE40 (6 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK8 (7 weeks) UK |
US7 (14 weeks) US |
First published: March 1988
|
Feelings of Forever Tiffany |
- | - | - |
UK52 (2 weeks) UK |
US50 (9 weeks) US |
First published: June 1988
|
|
All This Time Hold on Old Friend's Hand |
- | - | - |
UK47 (3 weeks) UK |
US6 (21 weeks) US |
First published: November 1988
|
|
Radio Romance Hold on Old Friend's Hand |
- | - | - |
UK13 (11 weeks) UK |
US35 (9 weeks) US |
First published: November 1988
|
Awards for music sales
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
|||||
Canada (MC) | - | 2 × gold2 | 7 × platinum7th | 800,000 | musiccanada.com |
United States (RIAA) | - | - | 5 × platinum5 | 5,000,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | silver1 | 2 × gold2 | - | 660,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | silver1 | 4 × gold4th | 12 × platinum12 |
Web links
- Tiffany Official Website
- Tiffany at Allmusic (English)
- Tiffany at Discogs
- Tiffany in the Internet Movie Database (English)
swell
- ↑ https://tenplay.com.au/channel-ten/im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here/celebrities/tiffany
- ↑ http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/reality-tv/im-a-celebrity/im-a-celebrity-australia-tiffany-first-contestant-voted-off/news-story/3336c7474d9de93442f12b5496a8f5f7
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Tiffany |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Darwish, Tiffany Renee (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American pop singer and actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd October 1971 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Norwalk , California, United States |