Celebrities Who Released Music: Brie Larson

Welcome to another edition of my “Celebrities Who Released Music” series which covers celebrities (such as actors, actresses, models, etc) who released music that you might not even know existed. Today, this entry covers actress Brie Larson.

In the 2010s, Brie Larson is known for her roles in films such as “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” “Room,” “Kong: Skull Island,” “21 Jump Street”, “Captain Marvel” & “Avengers: Endgame”, but during the 2000s, she had a short-lived music career as a teen pop singer.

Brie became interested in music when she was 11 years old when she learned how to play the guitar. A music executive encouraged her to start writing her own songs, and she began self-recording & uploading tracks to her own website.

After she was not cast in the role of Wendy Darling in the 2003 film, “Peter Pan,” Brie wrote & recorded a song called “Invisible Girl” which received airplay on the KIIS-FM radio station. She soon signed a record deal with Tommy Mottola’s Casablanca Records label. (At the time, she and Lindsay Lohan were the only artists signed to the label.)
In October of 2005, Brie released an album called “Finally Out of P.E.” which sold a total of 4,000 copies in the United States.

She worked with various songwriters on the album such as Holly Brook (also known as singer-songwriter Skylar Grey), Pam Sheyne (who has written songs for artists such as Christina Aguilera & Dream) and Lindy Robbins (who has written songs for artists such as Demi Lovato & Fifth Harmony) along with writing her own songs as well.
The lead single from the album, “She Said” peaked at #31 on Billboard’s Hot Single Sales chart and the music video received some airplay on MTV’s “Total Request Live.” The song was also featured on the soundtrack to the Disney Channel Original Movie, “Go Figure.”
However, the follow-up single from the album, “Life After You” failed to make any impact on the charts at all.

Brie went on tour with Jesse McCartney and performed in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade; however, she later became disillusioned with her music career and went on to focus on acting full-time. According to her: “I wanted to write all my own songs, and [the recording company] were afraid of that. I wanted to wear sneakers and play my guitar—they wanted heels and wind blown hair.”

Although she hasn’t released a new album in the years since, Brie still continues to sing every now and then (according to research); in 2019, she posted cover versions of songs by Miley Cyrus and Ariana Grande on her Instagram account.

To see the music video for “She Said,” go to:

To see a video for “Life After You,” go to:

To see a video of Brie performing “Finally Out of P.E.”, go to:

To see a video of Brie’s cover version of Miley Cyrus’s song, “Slide Away,” go to:

To see a video of Brie’s cover version of Ariana Grande’s song, “God Is a Woman,” go to:

Celebrities Who Released Music: Carmen Electra

Welcome to another edition of my “Celebrities Who Released Music” series which covers celebrities (such as actors, actresses, models, etc) who released music that you might not even know existed. Today, this entry covers model/actress/TV personality Carmen Electra.

Before she became popular on the hit TV show, “Baywatch” and well-known for her marriage to former NBA player, Dennis Rodman, Carmen started her career as a singer & dancer, which first began in 1990. In 1991, she moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota where she met Prince and signed a record deal with Prince’s Paisley Park Records label.
In February of 1993, Carmen released her self-titled album which was designed by Prince to promote her as his latest protégée at the time as a sexy female rapper.
However, the album was not well-received, failing to make any album charts at all. The only song from the album to make the charts was “Everybody Get On Up” which peaked at #33 on Billboard’s Hot Dance Music\Club Play chart.

Two more songs from the album, “Fantastia Erotica” & “Go Go Dancer” were released as singles, but didn’t make the charts at all.

In interviews, Carmen pointed out that during the time of her album’s release, Prince was having issues with Paisley Park Records, which could’ve possibly contributed to its failure on the charts. After her recording career came to a pause, she occasionally performed with The Pussycat Dolls as a dancer.

Although Carmen resumed her recording career in the 2010s, releasing four singles: “I Like It Loud” (in 2012) & “Bigger Dick” (in 2013), “WERQ” & “Around the World” (both in 2014), she has not released a new studio album since the ’90s.

To see a video for “Everybody Get On Up,” go to:

To see a video for “Fantasia Erotica,” go to:

To see a video for “Go Go Dancer,” go to:

To see a video for “I Like It Loud,” go to:

To see a video for “Bigger Dick,” go to:

To see a video for “WERQ,” go to:

To see a video for “Around the World,” go to:

Celebrities Who Released Music: Sissy Spacek

Welcome to another edition of my “Celebrities Who Released Music” series which covers celebrities (such as actors, actresses, models, etc) who released music that you might not even know existed.

Today, this entry covers actress Sissy Spacek, who you might know from films such as “Carrie,” “Raggedy Man,” “JFK,” “Crimes of the Heart,” “The River” and as Loretta Lynn in the 1980 biographical film, “Coal Miner’s Daughter” (in which she won an Academy Award for “Best Actress.”)
Sissy sang a majority of the songs on the soundtrack to “Coal Miner’s Daughter” which got her a Grammy Award nomination for “Best Female Country Vocal Performance.” Her version of “Coal Miner’s Daughter” peaked at #24 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart, staying on the chart for 11 weeks.
In 1983 (three years after starring in “Coal Miner’s Daughter”), she released an album, “Hangin’ Up My Heart” which peaked at #17 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart on the Atlantic America record label. The album was produced by musician Rodney Crowell.
The lead single from the album, “Lonely but Only for You” peaked at #15 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart (staying on the chart for 17 weeks), making it her highest charting single to date. It also managed to peak at #10 on Billboard’s Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.

The follow-up singles from the album, “If I Could Just Get Through the Night” (which peaked at #57) and “If You Could Only See Me Now” (which peaked at #79) were moderately successful on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart. Since then, Sissy hasn’t released any more music, but she remains active with her acting career.

To see a video for “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” go to:

To see a video for “Lonely but Only for You,” go to:

To see a video for “If I Could Just Get Through the Night,” go to:

To see a video for “If You Could Only See Me Now,” go to:

Celebrities Who Released Music: Kim Fields & Lisa Whelchel

Welcome to another edition of my “Celebrities Who Released Music” series which covers celebrities (such as actors, actresses, models, etc) who released music that you might not even know existed.

Today, this entry covers actresses Kim Fields and Lisa Whelchel, who are well-known for their roles on the popular 1979-1988 television series, “The Facts of Life.”
In 1984, during her time on “The Facts of Life,” Kim Fields released a cover version of Michael Jackson’s 1975 song, “Dear Michael” on the Critique Records label which peaked at #55 on Billboard’s Hot Black Singles chart, staying on the chart for 8 weeks.
During that same year, she released another single, “He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not” on the Critique Records label which peaked at #30 on Billboard’s Hot Dance/Disco chart, staying on the chart for 7 weeks.

After that, Kim didn’t release any more singles nor an album, but according to research, she continued to perform music in later years.

She performed rap & R&B music with a group called Impromp 2, sang with singer Carvin Winans on a song called “Only Here For A Season”, was part of an 80-voice all-star choir on the 1992 compliation album, “Handel’s Messiah: A Soulful Celebration”, appeared in the music video for Boyz II Men’s song, “On Bended Knee” and provided guest vocals on singer Kirk Whalum’s 2007 album, “Roundtrip” on the track, “In A Whisper.”
Also in 1984 (around the time Kim Fields was releasing music during her time on “The Facts of Life”), Lisa Whelchel released a Christian pop music album called “All Because of You” on the Nissi Records label, which peaked at #17 on Billboard’s Contemporary Christian Music chart.
Although one of the tracks from the album, “Love Believer” (which was released as a single) didn’t make the charts, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for “Best Inspirational Performance”, but lost out to Donna Summer’s “Forgive Me.”

Since then Lisa has not released any more music, but she made a cameo appearance in the music video for contemporary Christian musician Steve Taylor’s song, “Meltdown (at Madame Tussaud’s).”

To see a video for “Dear Michael,” go to:

To see a video for “He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not,” go to:

To see a video for “Love Believer,” go to:

To see a video for “All Because of You,” go to:

Celebrities Who Released Music: Naomi Campbell

Welcome to another edition of my “Celebrities Who Released Music” series which covers celebrities (such as actors, actresses, models, etc) who released music that you might even know existed.

Today, this entry covers supermodel Naomi Campbell, who dabbled in the music business during the 1990s.
In 1991, she was featured on Vanilla Ice’s song, “Cool as Ice (Everybody Get Loose)” which was featured on the soundtrack to the film, “Cool as Ice.” The song peaked at #81 on the Billboard Hot 100.
In 1994, Naomi released a solo album called “Baby Woman” on Epic Records. The album managed to peak at #75 on the UK Albums chart and received mixed reviews by critics; however, it was successful in Japan where it sold over 1 million copies worldwide.

The lead single from the album, “Love & Tears” peaked at #40 on the UK Singles chart, but the follow-up single, “I Want to Live” failed to make the charts at all.
Naomi’s last music appearance was in 1996 when she was featured on Japanese R&B singer Toshinobu Kubota’s song, “La La La Love Song” which was successful in Japan. Since then, Naomi has not released any more music and continues to be active in the fashion business.

To see a video for “Love and Tears,” go to:

To see a video for “I Want to Live,” go to:

To see a video for “Cold as Ice (Everybody Get Loose)” [with Vanilla Ice], go to:

To see a video for “La La La Love Song” [with Toshinobu Kubota], go to:

Celebrities Who Released Music: Countess Vaughn

Welcome to my “Celebrities Who Released Music” series which covers celebrities (actors, actresses, models, etc) who released music that you might not even know existed.

The first entry will be on actress Countess Vaughn, who is well-known for her roles in television shows such as “227”, “Moesha” and especially “The Parkers.”

As a child, Countess appeared on “Star Search” and even became the junior vocalist champion with her version of the Jackson 5’s song, “I’ll Be There.”
In 1992, she released an album called “Countess” on the Charisma Records label. Even thoug the album didn’t appear to make the charts, it sold 3,000 copies (according to research).
The only song to chart from the album was her cover version of James Brown’s song, “It’s A Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World” which managed to peak at #67 on Billboard’s Hot R&B Singles chart.
Another track from the album, “Wait For Me” was released as a single & a music video was made for the song, but it didn’t chart.

Since then, Countess hasn’t appeared to have released a new album as far as I know, but according to research, it appears as if she’s still active in singing.

In 2007, she appeared on MTV’s “Celebrity Rap Superstar”, but an illness took her out of the competition and in 2016, she released a music video called “Wifey (Do You Love Him).”

To see a video for “It’s A Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World,” go to:

To see a video for “Wait For Me,” go to:

To see a video for “Wifey (Do You Love Him)”, go to:

To see Countess’ performance of “I’ll Be There” on “Star Search” (starting at 2:15), go to: