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BIRTHDAY: June 19, 1962
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BIGGEST SINGLE: "Rush Rush" (1991)
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BIGGEST LP: Forever Your Girl (1988)
button.gif (123 bytes) BILLBOARD: '100 Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Artists': 76
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GRAMMY AWARDS: 1
button.gif (123 bytes) "My choreography suits men very well, and the women who can do it are damn hard, strong dancers." - Paula Abdul

 
TIMELINE

Paula Abdulbutton.gif (123 bytes) Paula Abdul was born on June 19, 1962 in California. The Syrian-Brazilian/French-Canadian singer was once a member of the Los Angeles Lakers cheerleaders (a "Laker Girl"), but began to make her mark in the entertainment field with her choreography skills for other artists like Janet Jackson, ZZ Top, George Michael, Duran Duran, Pointer Sisters, and for The Tracey Ullman Show on TV and the movie Coming To America.

1986...

September
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography (Janet Jackson's "Nasty" video) and an Emmy for Award for Best Choreography of a TV Series (The Tracey Ullman Show).

1988...

Paula Abdul - Forever Your GirlJune 5: Paula released her debut LP, Forever Your Girl after using $35,000 in savings to record a demo tape. After a slow start, the LP eventually became a huge commercial success for Paula after the third single "Straight Up" topped the pop charts. The single became the first of Paula's 6 #1 hits.

1989...# 2 Singles Artist of the Year (# 1 Female Artist of the Year)

button.gif (123 bytes) Paula also became popular with the video channels, always presenting new dance routines and imaginative visuals. Successive singles, "Forever Your Girl," "Cold Hearted," "Opposites Attract, " and "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" kept Paula on the radio and video channels into the new decade.

January
Paula Abdul - "Straight Up" (Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Paula hit the Top 10 with "Straight Up."

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula hit #1 for 3 weeks with "Straight Up."
button.gif (123 bytes) Forever Your Girl was certified gold and the single "Straight Up" was certified gold.

March
button.gif (123 bytes) Forever Your Girl was certified platinum and the single "Straight Up" was certified platinum.


button.gif (123 bytes) Abdul hit the Top 40 and
Top 10 with "Forever Your Girl."

May
button.gif (123 bytes) Abdul hit
#1 for a week with "Forever Your Girl."
button.gif (123 bytes) The single "Forever Your Girl" was certified gold.

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Forever Your Girl was certified 2x platinum.
button.gif (123 bytes) Abdul hit the Top 40 with "
Cold Hearted."

August
Paula Abdul - "Cold Hearted" (Single)button.gif (123 bytes) The single "Cold Hearted" was certified gold.
button.gif (123 bytes) Abdul hit the
Top 10 with "Cold Hearted."

September
button.gif (123 bytes) At the MTV Video Music Awards, the video for "Straight Up" won 4 trophies: Best Choreography, Best Dance Video, Best Editing (Jim Heygood), and Best Female Video, and was nominated for Best New Artist and Breakthrough Video.
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Forever Your Girl was certified 3x platinum.

October
Paula Abdul - "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" (Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Paula hit the Top 40 with "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me."

November
button.gif (123 bytes) Forever Your Girl was certified 4x platinum.
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula won 2 Billboard Music Video Awards for Best Video and Best New Artist Video ("Straight Up").
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula hit the Top 10 with "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me."

December
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula hit the Top 40 with "Opposites Attract."

1990...# 68 Singles Artist of the Year

January
button.gif (123 bytes) Forever Your Girl was certified 5x platinum.
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula hit the Top 10 with "Opposites Attract."
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula won 2
American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite Dance Artist, and was nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Album (Forever Your Girl) and Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist.

February
Paula Abdul - "Opposites Attract" (Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Paula hit #1 for 2 weeks with "Opposites Attract."
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula was nominated for a
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance ("Straight Up").

March
button.gif (123 bytes) Forever Your Girl was certified 6x platinum and the single "Opposites Attract" was certified gold.

May
Paula Abdul - Shut Up And Dancebutton.gif (123 bytes) While fans awaited Paula's follow-up LP, a collection of dance remixes was released - Shut Up And Dance.

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Forever Your Girl was certified 7x platinum and Shut Up And Dance was certified platinum.

September
button.gif (123 bytes) The video for "Opposites Attract" was nominated for 6 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Female Video, Best Dance Video, Breakthrough Video, Best Direction, Best Choreography, and Best Special Effects.

1991... # 3 Singles Artist of the Year

January
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist.

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form ("Opposites Attract") - with Video Directors, Michael Patterson and Candice Reckinger, and Video Producer, Sharon Oreck.

May
Paula Abdul - Spellboundbutton.gif (123 bytes) Paula's second studio LP, Spellbound, was released and showed Paula's talent for ballads as well as dance music. The #1 hit "Rush Rush" and Top 10, "Blowing Kisses In The Wind," were also hits on adult contemporary charts. Paula's dance hits included the #1, "The Promise Of A New Day," and hits "Vibeology," and "Will You Marry Me."
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula hit the Top 40 with "Rush Rush."

June
Paula Abdul - "Rush Rush" (Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Paula hit the Top 10 and #1 for 4 weeks with "Rush Rush."
button.gif (123 bytes) Spellbound was certified platinum and the single "Rush Rush" was certified gold.

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula hit the Top 40 with "The Promise Of A New Day."

August
Paula Abdul - "The Promise Of A New Day" (Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Paula hit the Top 10 with "The Promise Of A New Day."

September
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula hit #1 for a week with "The Promise Of A New Day."
button.gif (123 bytes) Spellbound was certified 2x platinum.
button.gif (123 bytes) The video for "Rush Rush" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video.

October
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula hit the Top 40 with "Blowing Kisses In The Wind."

November
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula hit the Top 10 with "Blowing Kisses In The Wind."

1992... # 37 Singles Artist of the Year

January
button.gif (123 bytes) Spellbound was certified 3x platinum.
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula hit the Top 40 with "Vibeology."
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula won an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and was nominated for Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist and Favorite Adult Contemporary Album (Spellbound).

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula hit the Top 10 with "Vibeology."


button.gif (123 bytes) Abdul hit the Top 40 with "
Will You Marry Me?"

April 29: Paula married actor Emilio Estevez (the couple divorced 2 years later).

button.gif (123 bytes) In between her second and third LPs, Paula was sidetracked in court defending herself against a backup singer claiming that she herself had sung on a number of tracks on Paula's debut LP. Paula eventually won the court case.

October
Beverly Hills 90210 soundtrackbutton.gif (123 bytes) Paula could be heard with the track "Bend Time Back Around" on the soundtrack for the TV series Beverly Hills 90210.

1993...

October
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Rolling Stone: "The 100 Top Music Videos" included "Straight Up" at # 80.

1995... # 45 Singles Artist of the Year

May
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula hit the Top 40 with "My Love Is For Real."

June
Paula Abdul - Head Over Heelsbutton.gif (123 bytes) Paula released her third LP, Head Over Heels. Although the LP did not sell as well as her previous LPs, she showed the musical world that she still had the ability to create infectious singles and innovative videos with the single "My Love Is For Real." The LP also had some help from Color Me Badd and Ofra Haza, and had the additional hits "Crazy Cool" and "Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up."

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula hit the Top 10 with "My Love Is For Real."

August
Paula Abdulbutton.gif (123 bytes) Paula topped the Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play chart for a week with "My Love Is For Real."

September
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula hit the Top 40 with "Crazy Cool."
button.gif (123 bytes) The video for "My Love Is For Real" was nominated for 2
MTV Video Music Awards for Best Dance Video and Best Choreography.

October
button.gif (123 bytes) Head Over Heels was certified gold.

1996... # 185 Singles Artist of the Year

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula hit the Top 40 with "Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up."

button.gif (123 bytes) Paula began an acting career with appearances on Cybil and The Single Guy as well as a TV movie the following year called Touched By Evil. Paula also married again.

button.gif (123 bytes) Although Paula's rise to stardom appeared quick and easy, it wasn't without struggles. Paula became more candid about her 15 year bout with bulimia, starting when she was in her teens. She announced that in 1989 she had joined Over Eaters Anonymous just as her career took off.

1998...

Paula Abdul - Cardio Dance DVDbutton.gif (123 bytes) Paula released an exercise/aerobic home video entitled Cardio Dance and appeared on the TV show, Spin City.

1999...

November
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula won $100,000 in court over a public appearance dispute.

button.gif (123 bytes) MTV: 100 Greatest Videos Ever Made includes "Straight Up" at # 49.

2000...

September
Paula Abdul - Greatest Hitsbutton.gif (123 bytes) Paula released a hit compilation - Greatest Hits.

October
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula signed a development deal with Fox Kids Network for the creation of an animated children's series. VH1: 100 Greatest Dance Songs includes "Straight Up" at # 81.

2001...

May
button.gif (123 bytes) VH1: 100 Greatest Videos includes: # 89 - "Opposites Attract."

2002...

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula could be seen as one of the judges on the hit talent search show American Idol: The Search for a Superstar on FOX.

September
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula ranked # 85 on VH1: 100 Sexiest Artists.

2003...

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula could be seen back on TV as one of the judges on the hit talent search show American Idol 2: The Search for a Superstar on FOX.

button.gif (123 bytes) # 45 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart.

2004...

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula could be seen back on TV as one of the judges on the hit talent search show American Idol 3: The Search for a Superstar on FOX.

2005...

January
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula released the DVD Video Hits.

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula could be seen back on TV as one of the judges on the hit talent search show American Idol 4: The Search for a Superstar on FOX.

March
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula was hit with a fine and 2 years probation for a hit-and-run incident in Los Angeles. Paula reportedly swiped a car with her car last December.


button.gif (123 bytes) Paula released the DVD
Ultimate Voice Coach - Learn To Sing Like A Star.

May
button.gif (123 bytes) Controversy erupted within American Idol as a former contestant was making accusations that he had an affair with Paula during his time with American Idol.

August
button.gif (123 bytes) FOX Television announced they found no evidence to support claims of Paula having an affair with a contestant.

2006...

October
Paula Abdul - Greatest Hits: Straight Up!button.gif (123 bytes) VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's included "Straight Up" at # 64.

2007..

May
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Greatest Hits: Straight Up! was released.
button.gif (123 bytes) Paula broke her nose and toe after trying to not step on her pet dog.

2008...

March
Paula Abdul & Randy Jackson - "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow" (Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Paula could be heard on the Randy Jackson LP Randy Jackson's Music Club, Volume 1 with "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow."

2009...

August
button.gif (123 bytes) Abdul announced she would be leaving American Idol after 8 seasons.

LPs
Paula Abdul - 'Forever Your Girl'
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Forever Your Girl
Released: June 13, 1988
US: 7x Platinum
Billboard peak: # 1 (for 10 weeks)
Rolling Stone review: 2 stars from Rolling Stone
Tracks: "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" - "Knocked Out" - "Opposites Attract" - "State Of Attraction" - "I Need You" - "Forever Your Girl" - "Straight Up" - "Next To you" - "Cold Hearted" - "One Or The Other"
Paula Abdul - Shut Up And Dance Shut Up And Dance
Released: May, 1990
US: Platinum
Billboard peak: # 7
Rolling Stone review: 1 star from Rolling Stone
Tracks: "Cold Hearted" (Quiverin' 12") - "Straight Up" (Ultimix Mix) - "One Or The Other" (1990 Mix) - "Forever Your Girl" (Frankie Foncett Mix) - "Knocked Out" (Pettibone 12") - "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" (Houseafire Edit) - "Opposites Attract" (1990 Mix) - "1990 Medley Mix"
Paula Abdul - Spellbound Spellbound
Released: May, 1991
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard peak: # 1 (for 2 weeks)
Rolling Stone review: 3 stars from Rolling Stone
Tracks: "The Promise Of A New Day" - "Rock House" - "Rush Rush" - "Spellbound" - "Vibeology" - "U" - "My Foolish Heart" - "Blowing Kisses In The Wind" - "To You" - "Alright Tonight" - "Will You Marry Me?"
Paula Abdul - Head Over Heels Head Over Heels
Released:June, 1995
US: Gold
Billboard peak: # 18
Rolling Stone review: 2 stars from Rolling Stone
Tracks: "Crazy Cool" - "My Love Is For Real" - "Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up" - "Love Don't Come Easy" - "If I Were Your Girl" - "Sexy Thoughts" - "The Choice Is Yours" - "Ho-Down" - "Under The Influence" - "I Never Knew It" - "Get Your Groove On" - "Missing You" - "It's All About Feeling Good" - "Cry For Me"
Paula Abdul - 'Greatest Hits'
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Greatest Hits
Released:September, 2000
Tracks: "Straight Up" - "Cold Hearted" - "Forever Your Girl" - "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" - "Knocked Out" - "Opposites Attract" - "Bend Time Back 'Round" - "Rush Rush" - "The Promise Of A New Day" - "Blowing Kisses In The Wind" - "Vibeology" - "My Love Is For Real" (R&B Remix) - "Crazy Cool" - "If I Were Your Girl" - "Megamix Medley" - "Crazy Love"
Paula Abdul - Greatest Hits: Straight Up! Greatest Hits: Straight Up!
Released: May, 2007
Tracks: "Forever Your Girl" - "Straight Up" - "Cold Hearted" - ""(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" - "Knocked Out" - "One Or The Other" - "Opposites Attract" - "Rush Rush" - "The Promise Of A New Day" - "" - "Blowing Kisses In The Wind" - "Vibeology" - "Bend Time Back Around" - "Will You Marry Me?" - "My Love Is For Real" - "Crazy Cool" - "If I Were Your Girl" - "Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up" - "It's All About Feeling Good"
POP SINGLES DISCOGRAPHY [based on The ARC Weekly Top 40 (listing explanation)
1 Rush Rush

from the LP
Spellbound
ARC chart run: 40 - 26 - 13 - 7 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 -
4 - 7 - 13 - 27 - 38 - off
1(4) 15 1991 Paula Abdul - "Rush Rush" (Single)
2 Straight Up

from the LP
Forever Your Girl
ARC chart run: 35 - 32 - 26 - 20 - 13 - 8 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 6 - 11 - 21 - 32 - off
1(3) 14 1989 Paula Abdul - "Straight Up" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
3 Cold Hearted

from the LP
Forever Your Girl
ARC chart run: 37 - 28 - 19 - 13 - 8 - 5 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 5 - 7 - 13 - 27 - 36 - off
1(1) 14 1989 Paula Abdul - "Cold Hearted" (Single)
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4 Opposites Attract
[Paul Abdul with The Wild Pair]

from the LP
Forever Your Girl
ARC chart run: 38 - 30 - 26 - 14 - 8 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 4 - 7 - 19 - 27 - off
1(2) 13 1990 Paula Abdul - "Opposites Attract" (Single)
Amazon.mp3
5 Blowing Kisses In The Wind
Spellbound
3 14 1991 Paula Abdul - "Blowing Kisses In The Wind" (Single)
6 (It's Just) The Way That You Love Me

from the LP
Forever Your Girl
ARC chart run: 35 - 26 - 21 - 16 - 10 - 4 - 4 - 2 - 3 - 6 - 11 - 23 - 31 - 37 - off
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Paula Abdul - "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" (Single)
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7 The Promise Of A New Day
Spellbound
1(1) 12 1991 Paula Abdul - "The Promise Of A New Day" (Single)
8 Forever Your Girl
Forever Your Girl
1(1) 12 1989 [ LISTEN / BUY ]
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9 My Love Is For Real
Head Over Heels
10 10 1995 [ LISTEN / BUY ]
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10 Vibeology

from the LP
Spellbound
ARC chart run: 38 - 25 - 15 - 14 - 7 - 6 - 13 - 24 - off
6 8 1992 Paula Abdul - "Vibeology" (Single)
11 Will You Marry Me?
Spellbound
13 8 1992 [ LISTEN / BUY ]
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12 Crazy Cool
Head Over Heels
16 7 1995 [ LISTEN / BUY ]
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13 Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up
Head Over Heels
37 2 1996 [ LISTEN / BUY ]
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  Knocked Out
Forever Your Girl
** ** 1988 [ LISTEN / BUY ]
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  Paula Abdul & Randy Jackson - "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow" (Single)Dance Like There's No Tomorrow
[Paula Abdul & Randy Jackson]
Randy Jackson's Music Club, Volume 1 compilation
Year-End Chart Position: #
168
** ** 2008 [ LISTEN / BUY ]
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  Paula Abdul - "I'm Just Here For The Music" (Single)I'm Just Here For The Music ** ** 2009 [ LISTEN / BUY ]
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