A famous and bright star, on which high hopes are placed not only by compatriots, but also by fans around the world. She was born on December 5, 1982 in a small town in Georgia, not far from Atlanta, in a simple family.
Carey Hilson's childhood and youth
Already as a child, the future singer-songwriter showed her restless character. Her attraction to everything new and the inability to sit still gave rise to her first recognition. She became a member of the swim team and starred in television projects.
No matter how hard her mother (a music teacher in the piano class) tried, the girl was not interested in playing musical instruments, she wanted to sing.
Nevertheless, she studied piano and vocals, and then became a member of one of the local bands of the town By D'Signe. Devoting all her time to this occupation, already at the age of 18 she acted as a backing vocalist.
Moreover, her talent is not limited to vocals. Excellent creative data was noticed by famous stars, who with great pleasure used the compositions written by her for their hits.
The first steps of Keri Hilson in a career
After leaving school, the young talent entered the University in Atlanta (Emory University), where she received a specialization in theater.
Despite being located in her hometown, she left her first group but started a collaboration with Polow Da Don.
Show business continued to interest Carey, her career continued to develop rapidly. A fatal acquaintance with Timbaland, who was the owner of a huge recording studio, is an incredible gift of fate.
After a very short period of time, the producer invited Carey to sign a contract to record her first solo album.
Collaboration with famous studios, hit songs Wait a minute and Like a boy, thanks to which the singer has earned worldwide recognition.
Her desire for fame only increased. Carey not only created worldwide hits, but also continued her work as a composer and arranger.
Since 2001, the singer began to write songs professionally. Paying considerable attention to writing lyrics for famous artists such as Britney Spears, with whom she actively collaborated, the singer gave her vocal career a secondary role.
Until 2004, the artist spent most of her time writing musical compositions, but her performance with the song Hey Now at the international MTV Europe Awards was the real start of her vocal career.
The press and media talk about her as a rising star, her incredible voice and a promising future.
The secret of success and career development of the singer
Carey herself, answering the question of how she was able to achieve such success, says that there is no “formula”, everything is very simple and banal.
She does not hide that for her it is a simple constant desire to fulfill her desires, improve herself, self-realization and constant growth.
Her painstaking work allowed her to write texts for world stars at the age of 18. After all, few people can boast of such, right? Carey calls Timbaland her ideological inspiration - it was he who gave her the first opportunity and the start of a further solo career.
The singer was not going to stop. Already in 2006, she took part in the filming of Nelly Furtado's video clip for the song Promiscuous. The appearance of such compositions as After love and Help, was the result of her another collaboration with Lloyd Banks and Diddy.
Carey's next breakthrough
And yet, the main year in her solo career was 2007, when, thanks to the same Timbaland, the singer appeared on the world stage as a solo performer.
Her compositions were immediately recognized as world hits. Despite the overwhelming success, she continued to collaborate with Britney Spears, performed as a backing vocalist and continued to write lyrics.
At the end of May 2008, Carey released her first single, Energy, which was produced for her by The Runaways.
In 2009, her prolific work led to the release of such a long-awaited album. The name of the album In a perfectworld became a reflection of all the sensual compositions that were included in it.
It combined not only beautiful romantic stories, but also texts that created an atmosphere of experience.
In addition to the magnificent and poignant lyrics, the main feature was the voice of the singer herself, which fully expressed and perfectly combined everything written in them, creating a complete "immersion" in the music.
Immediately after the appearance of the album, several video clips followed, which also did not leave anyone indifferent, conquering the top of the charts and remaining there to this day.
In 2010, Carey received two Grammy Award nominations for Best Rap Work and Best Newcomer.
In addition to achievements in the musical field, the singer replaced Jennifer Hudson, becoming the new face of the cosmetics company Avon.
The life of an artist today
Today she continues to delight with her hits, and the demand for her songs is only increasing. Many world stars want to get access to her composer creations and become part of her creative world.
