Sheena Easton

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Born:
April 27, 1959, she's 53 and Scottish (U.S. citizen).
Birthname:
Sheena Shirley Orr.
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An Artist with 69 releases, and credited 18 times on others' music. 10 collaborations.

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Sheena Easton (born Sheena Shirley Orr; 27 April 1959) is a Scottish recording artist who achieved worldwide fame in the 1980s. Easton became famous for being the focus of an episode in the British television program The Big Time, which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract, and got her a deal with EMI Records. In the UK Sheena Easton achieved 3 top 40 albums and 8 top 40 singles to date.

Easton rose to fame in the early 1980s with the pop hits "9 to 5" - known as "Morning Train" in the US - and "For Your Eyes Only". She went on to become more successful in the US and Japan and concentrated on her career in the US, working with Prince, Kenny Rogers, Luis Miguel, and many other top vocalists and producers.

Easton is a international two-time Grammy Award winner and achieved 7 Gold US albums and 2 US Platinum and has sold over 4 million albums in the US alone, and over 20 million records worldwide. She has recorded 16 studio albums, released 23 US singles, 45 singles in all, and has 15 Top 40 hits on the US Billboard Hot 100. Sheena Easton is the only artist in the history of the US Billboard charts to have a top 5 hit on each of the Billboards key charts: Adult Contemporary, Dance, Pop, Country, and R&B.

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Adult Contemporary, Female Vocalist, Lounge,
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Discography

86 releases – 69 under her own name and 18 credits on others' music Edit
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Ice out in the rain - Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton - For your eyes only - high quality!
Sheena Easton - You Could Have Been With Me
Sheena Easton - Days Like This
Sheena Easton - Strut
Sheena Easton - What Comes Naturally
Sheena Easton - Morning Train (Nine To Five)
Sheena Easton - The Lover In Me
Sheena Easton - Sugar Walls
Sheena Easton - Just Another Broken Heart 1981
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  • Ice out in the rain - Sheena Easton
  • Sheena Easton - For your eyes only - high quality!
  • Sheena Easton - You Could Have Been With Me
  • Sheena Easton - Days Like This
  • Sheena Easton - Strut
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