But she's stern when she cautions against neglecting those who came first. Working.' I love working off other people's energy."Īs a singer, meanwhile, she cites Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans as role models, and has rightly drawn critics' comparisons with Mariah Carey, Beyoncé and Mary J. The duration of this track is 3:46 and was released on February 12. People say, 'Why don't you try this?,' or 'That second verse isn't This song is track 1 in This Is Who I Am by Heather Headley, which has a total of 12 tracks. Songs are clearly the key for Headley, whoĬhooses to collaborate when it comes to writing them. The reggae-tinged Fallin’ For You was co-written by Headley and features Jamaican dancehall master Chuckie Star, all of which guarantees that your. The couple just celebrated the arrival of. The overriding theme of this album is love, from the highs of He Is, a joyful gospel-tinged, body-moving homage to good men, to the lows of Fulltime, a straight-talking ballad. Congratulations are in order for Tony Award-winning singer Heather Headley and her husband, Brian Musso. Lable] gets mad because I sing whatever I want to. Heather Headley and Husband Welcome Third Child. "So I was never pigeonholed in what I listened to - and I think [my Who was also exposed to classical, country, gospel, r&b, and evenīollywood music before moving with her family to Ft. Heather Headley Read more about this and other GRAMMYs news at. The island was the music - calypso, soca, reggae," explains Headley, Shaggy and is one of several Headley co-writes. Hence the prominent reggae-flavored album track "Rain," which features Start in the Caribbean, of course, since Headley hails from Trinidad. From there it was an easy jump to her Grammy-nominated 2002 RCA debut album, This is Who I Am, and with her new follow-up, In My Mind, she demonstrates the wide range of her influences and abilities. She also appeared on America’s Got Talent with Il Divo in September 2013, singing from The Lion King, Can You Feel the Love Tonight.
Heather Headley took her star-making turn as lioness Nala in the Broadway musical version of The Lion King to a 2000 Tony Award-winning stint in the title role of the Elton John/Tim Rice musical Aida. On 25 September 2012, Headley releases her album One on the World, A Little While.