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 Born
July 13, 1974, Deborah Cox is a Canadian R&B singer-songwriter
and actress. Her 1998 song "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here"
held the record for longest-running number one single on Billboard's
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart (14 weeks), a record held for
nearly eight years. She has achieved nine number-one hits on Billboard's
Hot Dance Club Play chart, and is often cited as Canada's top
R&B artist.
Having conquered the R&B, pop
and dance charts as another of ace record executive Clive Davis'
discoveries and starred on Broadway in Elton John's and Tim Rice's
"Aida," the Toronto-born singer/actress now returns
to the world of R&B, where it all started for her, with her
new album THE PROMISE.
THE PROMISE is a very personal album
that touches on the life stories that everyone goes through on
a daily basis. "What is so great about this album is that it was
a complete collaborative effort, so everyone brought something
to the table. Everyday life and people, friends talking to me
about their life and relationships, the good and the bad all helped
inspire some of these songs. At the end of the day, it is just
an honest collection of songs that everyone can find meaning in."
 '"Did
You Ever Love Me' is a song is a poignant, soulful slow-burning
R&B song that is meant to feel like a conversation about a
relationship that has just ended." says Deborah. "That moment
after a relationship is over and you wonder what the relationship
meant to the other person."
Working with Grammy Award-winning
singer and songwriter John Legend on the title track, "The Promise,"
Cox's rich voice floats over a beautiful, simple ballad describing
where Deborah is today in her life.
And in the spirit of the legendary
Aretha Franklin and Annie Lennox duet, "Sisters Are Doin' It for
Themselves,"
Her first album, DEBORAH COX was released
in 1995, achieved platinum status, leading Deborah to becomeone
of the most popular dance artists in the world. She has scored
an impressive nine #1 hits on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play
chart.
Her second Arista release, ONE WISH
(1998) also achieved platinum sales, garnering the two smash hits,
"We Can't Be Friends" and "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here." 2002
saw the release of THE MORNING AFTER for Davis's J Records label
and later an album compiling all of her best dance remixes entitled
DEBORAH COX: REMIXED.
In 2007, she paid effusive tribute
to a childhood idol of hers, the beloved Dinah Washington, with
her Decca album, Destination Moon. The album garnered Deborah
a Grammy Award nomination in 2008.
 And
so now, six years and two children after her last studio album
of new material, another new chapter in Deborah Cox's career beckons
- the return to where it all began - the world of
R&B music.
"This is a complete labor of love,"
Deborah says of the album. "I am so excited to share my music
with everyone that has been on this journey with me through the
years and hopefully all of the new people who will discover THE
PROMISE.
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