Angel Faith

Angel Faith
Birth name Angel Marie Faith
Born (1988-01-08) January 8, 1988
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres R&B, pop, urban
Occupation(s) Singer, Songwriter
Years active 2000–2007
Labels Jive Records (2000–2003)
Midas Records (2003–2007)
Website

Angel Marie Faith (born January 8, 1988 in Burbank), known by the stage name Angel, is a former American pop/R&B singer and songwriter. Before pursuing an unsuccessful solo career, she was originally from the now defunct girl group No Secrets where she sang half of the lead vocals.[1][2]

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Early years

Faith began performing when she was very young. At just about 4 years old, she took ballet and voice lessons and many other performing classes.

Music career

2000–03: No Secrets

In 2000 Faith was the fourth girl to join the group, No Secrets, singing lead vocals alongside Jessica Fried. She sang the lead vocals on about half the songs on the group's self-titled debut album. The other members were Erin Tanner, Carly Lewis and Jade Ryusaki. Their first single, "That's What Girls Do", was a hit and was also used in The Powerpuff Girls Movie.

In 2002 after much success with the group, they toured alongside Aaron Carter on his "Oh Aaron tour" as a part of a jive records collaboration. they made an appearance at the fifteenth annual Kids Choice Awards, and shot 3 more music videos after this.

In 2003, the group recorded a cover of Atomic Kitten's hit single "Whole Again" without Faith, who then left the group to pursue a solo career. In early 2004, the remaining four members of No Secrets recorded "Once Upon A Dream" for the DVD release of Disney’s Sleeping Beauty and Disneymania 2. They parted ways shortly thereafter in the band's final year, 2005.

2004–05: Solo project and Believe in Angels

After Faith left No Secrets in early 2003, she was quickly got signed to Midas Records for where she began singing and writing an entire new selection of songs of her own. she released a new single "That's Just The Way I Am" in early 2004 before the release of her first studio album Believe in Angels... Believe in Me After a successful launch of the album and E.P, angel went on tour touring the west coast of the United States. The Tour was for promotional purposes and served as a message about her new style of music. She went to over 150 different middle and high schools where she performed selected songs from her album (and some upcoming songs from the second album twisted) for the students. This tour increased her albums popularity as well with the teenage audience. After the tour ended she did not take a break and immediately began getting ready to release more work.


2006–07: Twisted and musical retirement

After coming back from a 6 month tour, Faith returned and began recording a second album. Her new collection of songs included new releases and old leftover tracks from "Believe in Angels". She worked with a new staff of producers at Midas records and got promoted to one of the companies representative singers. After spending over a year of recording and releasing a few singles the album was never released. Faith later announced via her official website that she was retiring from the music industry to follow her dreams of animal care. Faith then went on to pursue an education at UCLA in veterinary science, graduating magna cum laude in June 2009. She later completed her graduate education in 2013.

Discography

Studio album

Singles

No Secrets:

Solo:

References

  1. ↑ Joel Whitburn's ... Billboard Music Yearbook – 2002 Page 42 NO SECRETS ☆ Female vocal group from Florida: Angel Faith, Jessica Fried, Erin Tanner, ...
  2. ↑ New York – Volume 35 -2002 Page 19 " However, the girls— Angel Faith, Carly Lewis, Erin Tanner, Jessica Fried, and Jade .."
  3. ↑ ELLEgirl – Oct–Nov 2004 – Page 76 ELLEGIRL celebrates Angel's debut album Believe in Angels... Believe in Me (and her super glam style) with an amazing FREE offer. For a limited time, get the fab Nail Lacquer Angel Pink from Nicole by OPI (created just for Angel) FREE from ...

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