Tiffany Renee Darwish was born on October 2, 1971 in Norwalk, California. The daughter of a pilot, Tiffany released her first pop record in 1987 at the age of 15.
The self-titled album included her hit songs “I think we are alone now,” The brand gained attention in part because of her tour of U.S. shopping malls.
In 2000, Tiffany made a low-key comeback with the release of The Color of Silence. In April 2002, she posed nude for Playboy magazine. In 2005, Dust Off And Dance was independently published, and in 2006, she held a concert tour.
She has recently appeared in commercials, guest-starred on television, and performed at LGBT rights events.
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- Name: Tiffany
- Year of birth: 1971
- Date of Birth: October 2, 1971
- State of Birth: California
- Birth City: Norwalk
- Country of birth: United States
- Gender: Female
early life
Tiffany Renee Darwish was born on October 2, 1971, in the Los Angeles suburb of Norwalk, California, to Janie Wilson and James Robert Darwish, whose parents divorced when she was 14 months old.
Tiffany’s father is Lebanese and her mother is Irish with Native American ancestry.
Tiffany has been singing since she was four years old, when she learned the Tanya Tucker song “Delta Dawn”
After her parents divorced, she lived with her father and attended Norwalk High School for her freshman and sophomore years before transferring to Leffingwell Christian High School in Norwalk.
Personal life
In 1992, Tiffany married makeup artist Bulmaro Garcia. Their only child, Elijah, was born in September 1992. In 2003, the couple divorced.
She married British businessman Ben George in 2004. They separated in 2018 while working on Pieces of Me and subsequently divorced.
Profession
In 1981, Tiffany made her debut with country music performer Jack Reeves at the Narods, a country-western music venue in Chino, California.
She then passed a hat around in the audience and received her first career payout of $235.
Hoyt Axton and his mother, Mae Axton, discovered Tiffany singing at the Palomino Club. Mae drove her to Nashville, Tennessee, where she sang Juice Newton’s “Queen of Hearts” and Tammy Wynette’s “Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad” on WSMV’s The Ralph Emory Show.
Tiffany signed a record deal with George Tobin in 1984 after hearing her demo tape.
In 1985, she competed on the talent show The Talent Scout with Ed McMahon, finishing in second place. In 1986, she signed a deal with Tobin that gave him full control of her career, released her debut studio album, and signed a contract with MCA.
“Tiffany” was released in 1987, but the album’s first single “Danny,” Failed to make the list. “Danny,” Tobin sent Tiffany on “Beautiful You: A Celebration of the Good Life Mall Tour 1987,” a statewide tour of malls. The tour began at Bergen Mall in Paramus, New Jersey.
Her second single, “I think we are alone now.”, a cover of the hit by Tommy James and the Shondells, reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song remains her biggest hit.
The Ballad of TiffanyCould have” topped the Billboard charts in February 1988. Tiffany renamed it “I saw him standing there” version of The Beatles’I saw her standing there” peaked at number seven on the Hot 100. “Feelings of Forever” was also a hit on the chart.
Tiffany broke the record for the youngest female artist to top the Billboard charts with her debut album, and later that year she toured with New Kids on the Block as an opening act.
In 1988, at the height of her career, Tiffany became embroiled in a controversy in which Tobin battled her mother and stepfather for control of her career and income. Tiffany then attempted to declare herself an emancipated teenager in court.
The court rejected the request, but the judge allowed her to leave her mother’s home and her grandmother (who supported Tiffany during the trial) became her temporary guardian. Tiffany released her second studio album, Hold an Old Friend’s Hand, in late 1988, but it was not as well received as her debut.
Although it did not produce a number one single, the song “All This Time” reached the top 10. The album received critical acclaim and was certified platinum almost immediately.
Tiffany quit Tobin’s management job shortly after turning eighteen and signed with Dick Scott and Kim Glover, managers of the then-successful boy band New Kids on the Block.
Tiffany performing at the Las Vegas Hilton in 1993
In the early 1990s, as musical tastes shifted from dance pop to hard rock and rap, Tiffany’s career began to struggle.
Some admirers didn’t like the more soulful, sensual sound Tiffany took on her third studio album, the urban-influenced Inside (1990).
Despite numerous television appearances to promote it, most notably on the fantasy sitcom Out of This World, “New Inside” received mixed reviews from music critics and failed to chart.
Tiffany participated in the recording of this song “Voice of Caring” In 1991, the song peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Tiffany reunites with Tobin on album Dreams Never Die (1993)composed the song “If love is blind and”Can’t you see?” in a brief comeback attempt in the early 1990s.
In the summer of 1993, she performed a concert at the Las Vegas Hilton before breaking up with Tobin again.
In 1995, Tiffany moved to Nashville to further her career as a songwriter and return to the country music scene.
Tiffany’s sixth album, Dust Off and Dance, was released on CD Baby in May 2005 and later released digitally on iTunes.
The song was dedicated to her new husband, but was also recorded as a thank you to her fans (especially her gay and European fans) for making her realize how much fun her work can bring her.
Discography
- Tiffany (1987)
- Holding Hands with Old Friends (1988)
- New Insider (1990)
- Dreams Never Die (1993)
- The Color of Silence (2000)
- Dust and Dance (2005)
- Only Me (2007)
- Rose Tattoo (2011)
- A Million Miles (2016)
- My Fragments (2018)
- Shadow (2022)
Social Media
- YouTube: @tiffanytunes
- TikTok: @tiffanytunes
net worth
Tiffany Darwish, aka “Tiffany” is an American singer and former teen idol who is worth $4 million.
