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Ashley Tisdale

Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985) is an American actress and singer. Better known for her role as Maddie Fitzpatrick on the Disney Channel Original Series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and as Sharpay Evans in High School Musical and High School Musical 2. She will reprise her role again in High School Musical 3: Senior Year. Tisdale is the voice for Candace Flynn in the Disney Channel original series Phineas and Ferb. Tisdale also pursued a solo music career and released her debut album Headstrong on February 6, 2007. The album debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 selling over 64,000 copies in the first week.[1] As of September 2008, Tisdale is working on her sophomore album.

Early life

Tisdale was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey on July 2, 1985,[2][3] to Lisa (née Morris) and Mike Tisdale. She grew up there in Ocean Township. Her elder sister Jennifer Tisdale is an American actress and model. Tisdale's mother is Jewish.[4][5] Her maternal grandfather is Arnold Morris, the developer of Ginsu Knives; and through her grandfather, she is also related to businessman Ron Popeil.[6] She was discovered by Bill Perlman, her current manager, at South Shores Mall, when she was three.[7] At the age of eight, she received a leading role in the Broadway musical, Les Misérables and later toured internationally with the cast of Annie.[7] She began her acting career by appearing in Gypsy: A Musical Fable and The Sound of Music at the Jewish Community Center of Monmouth County.[8][9]

Acting career

During the late 1990s, Tisdale made guest appearances in several television series, which including George Lopez, Smart Guy, 7th Heaven, Grounded for Life, Boston Public, Strong Medicine, Charmed, and Beverly Hills, 90210. She had a minor role in the 2001 film Donnie Darko and made a guest appearance on The Amanda Show. She had recurring roles on the sitcoms The Hughleys, and Still Standing. In 2005, Tisdale was cast in the role of Maddie Fitzpatrick on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody after auditioning for the roles of Maddie Fitzpatrick and London Tipton.[10] As the series became popular, Tisdale became a featured performer on the Disney Channel and performed a voice role in Whisper of the Heart.

Tisdale was cast as Sharpay Evans in Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical. She reprised her role as Sharpay Evans in High School Musical 2 which premiered on August 17, 2007 and will reprise it again in High School Musical 3: Senior Year. She appeared in the Disney Channel Games 2006 as captain of the Green Team. Tisdale has a supporting role in the Disney Channel series Phineas and Ferb, voicing Candace. Tisdale also appeared in the two episodes of MTV's Punk'd[11].

MTV News confirmed in an interview that her movie is titled Picture This, which was released on DVD in 2008.[12] Also, Tisdale is credited as one of the executive producers of the movie.[13] Tisdale made a special appearance in the credits of the movie Bring It On: In It to Win It, where she performed her single "He Said She Said". The Hollywood Reporter reported that she will star in 20th Century Fox's new adventure comedy, They Came From Upstairs along with Robert Hoffman and Carter Jenkins.[14] Tisdale received approximadely $2.8 million for the shoot of High School Musical 3: Senior Year, receiving the second highest salary in the cast.[15]

Music career

Tisdale performing at the High School Musical: The Concert Tour.

2006: Before solo career

Tisdale's role in High School Musical required her to perform several songs. Her contributions to the High School Musical soundtrack included "What I've Been Looking For", "Bop to the Top", and "We're All in This Together". All three managed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.[16] Tisdale made music history being the first female artist ever to debut with two singles simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 with "What I've Been Looking For" and "Bop to the Top".[9][17] Later, she recorded a cover version of "Some Day My Prince Will Come" alongside Drew Seeley for a DisneyMania album.

She has also covered the song "Kiss the Girl, first heard on Radio Disney on September 4, 2006. The music video premiered on September 6, 2006 on Disney Channel.[18] In addition to these, she recorded a version of "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" with other members of the Disney Channel Circle of Stars. Tisdale signed a record deal with the label Warner Bros. Records, starting her solo career. Before releasing her debut album, Tisdale covered the hit single "Last Christmas" (originally by Wham!) and released it in 2006 as the first single in her deal with Warner Bros. Records.[19]

Tisdale performing the song "Headstrong"

Tisdale launched a worldwide tour with the rest of the cast of High School Musical in fall 2006, performing the songs from the soundtrack album as well of three songs from her debut album, which was released on 2007.[20] A DVD and a live album named High School Musical: The Concert were released in 2007, featuring only one of the three songs performed by Tisdale in the tour, "We'll Be Together", as well "He Said She Said" and "Headstrong".

2007-present: Headstrong

Template:Sound sample box align left Template:Multi-listen start Template:Multi-listen item Template:Multi-listen item Template:Multi-listen end Template:Sample box end Tisdale's first solo album, Headstrong, was released on February 6, 2007 and was distributed by Warner Bros. Records. The album debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 album charts, selling 64,000 copies.[21] Though her first single was "He Said She Said", it was released later, with "Be Good to Me" being released as her first single. Tisdale wrote four songs for this album - "Not Like That", "Suddenly", "Over It" and the bonus track "It's Life".[22][23][24][25]

Tisdale re-released "He Said She Said" in September 19, 2007, when the music video premiered on MTV's TRL.[26] On January 25, 2008 Tisdale released "Not Like That" in Europe (later in Chile and Brazil) and on February 22, 2008 released "Suddenly" in Brazil (later in Germany).[27]

Some promotional singles were released from the album. The songs "Goin' Crazy" and "Headstrong" were released as exclusive singles on Radio Disney,[28] "So Much for You" was released on Australian and Brazilian radio, and "We'll Be Together" was released as a promo single to promote the DVD High School Musical: The Concert.

In 2007, Tisdale released her first music DVD, There's Something About Ashley, with a three-song trilogy comprised by music videos and a documentary about the Headstrong album creation.[29]

Performing "Bop To The Top"

The album was re-released for the first time in Christmas 2007 in a Holiday Edition with the standard CD, the DVD There's Something About Ashley in a digipack format, and some other merchandise.[30] The album was re-released again in a limited Deluxe Edition format, released only in Germany with the DVD.[31]

Tisdale promoted the album and the DVD in a mini mall-tour in mid-October 2007 in which she had an Ecko Red fashion show and later, performed live three songs in selected American's malls.[32] The album has been certified Gold in the U.S. for reaching 500,000 copies shipped[33] and it was nominated as #6 on "Album of The Year" by Billboard Readers' Choice.[34] Tisdale also appeared on the soundtrack of High School Musical 2, performing several songs such as "Fabulous", "You Are The Music In Me" and "What Time Is It?".

As part of her deal with Degree, she recorded cover versions of '80s and '90s hits, including "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", "Never Gonna Give You Up", "Time After Time", "Heaven is a Place on Earth" and "Too Many Walls". The songs are available to download in the official site, unlocked only with special codes, received in different packages of the deodorant.[35]

Tisdale covered the 80's hit song "Shadows of the Night" for the motion picture Picture This. She will appear on the High School Musical 3 soundtrack, performing songs such as "I Want It All" and "A Night to Remember". Also, the song "I Want It All" was released as one of the official singles from the soundtrack, with the song being released on iTunes and video being aired on Disney Channel.[36] Tisdale also presented an award in the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards along with the rest of the High School Musical 3: Senior Year cast.[37] Also, Tisdale will lauch an european promotional tour along with the Cast of High School Musical 3: Senior Year to promote the movie.[38]

In a Extra! interview she stated that she recorded a couple of songs as of April 2008 for her next album and after shooting High School Musical 3: Senior Year she will focus her attention on her second album.[39] As of September 2008, Tisdale is finishing her sophomore album, set to has a 2009 release. The album is set to be titled Miss Independent, the album's title , release dates,and first single was announced September 26, 2008 during a private press conference. The first single is set to be , "American Side". The first track of the album, "I'm Back" , leaked full on September 7, 2008 and according to Warner Bros, Records, is an unfinished version of the track.

Products and endorsement

In October 2007, Tisdale signed a promotional deal for the Eckō Red clothing brand in which she toured malls across the U.S. Tisdale functioned as spokesperson and performed in conjunction with fashion shows hosted at each mall.[32] On March 17, 2008, Tisdale teamed up with "Huckleberry Toys" to produce a limited edition of dolls modelled after herself.[40] She also participed in commercials for Toys "R" Us, T-Mobile, and signed a deal with Staples, Inc. to appear in the promotional campaign for the company's "Geared 4 School" sweepstakes in the fall. She is also the face for Degree Girl in the United States.[41]

Image and personal life

Tisdale underwent a rhinoplasty procedure on November 30, 2007. According to Tisdale, this was done for health-related reasons and not out of a belief in plastic surgery; her "septum was 80 percent deviated" and she had "two small fractures on [her] nose", and this was interfering with her breathing. She spoke to People magazine about the surgery, saying that it was important to her to be honest with her fans.[42]

On January 2007, Tisdale was declared the second Hottest Woman of Pop/R&B by Blender Magazine, which stated, "Tisdale has a gift. Not an angelic voice or a dazzling personality, but an even rarer commodity: millions of "pre-sold" tweens eager to buy her debut album!".[43] In an interview with People, Tisdale confirmed that she had been dating High School Musical dancer Jared Murillo since March 2007.[44] In March 2007, Tisdale told Blender that she was drug and alcohol-free, and went on to add, "my mom really instilled confidence in me, so I'm not somebody who'd be under peer pressure".[45] She was later voted as number 10 in Maxim's 2008 Hot 100 list.[46] On June 11, 2008, Tisdale was ranked at #94 on Forbes Celebrity 100 list.[47]

On August 5, 2008, Tisdale was included in the list of Forbes Hollywood's 10 Top-Paid Tweens. She was ranked number 6 for the $5.5 million earned from her roles in High School Musical 3: Senior Year and Phineas & Ferb, sales of her album Headstrong and endorsement deals with the manufacturers of Degree Girl and Red by Mark Eckō.[48]

Filmography

Main article: Ashley Tisdale filmography

Films

Tisdale during the shoots of High School Musical 2.
Year Title Role Notes
1998 A Bug's Life Lead Blueberry Scout Voice
2001 Donnie Darko Kim (The Dorky girl) Brief appearance
Nathan's Choice Stephanie Made for television
2002 The Mayor of Oyster Bay Nicole Made for television
2006 High School Musical Sharpay Evans Made for television (Disney Channel)
Whisper of the Heart Yuko Harada Voice
2007 High School Musical 2 Sharpay Evans Made for television (Disney Channel)
Bring It On: In It to Win It Herself Direct to DVD
2008 Picture This Mandy Gilbert Made for television (ABC Family)
High School Musical 3: Senior Year Sharpay Evans Finished
2009 They Came From Upstairs Bethany Pearson Post-Production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2005—2008 The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Maddie Fitzpatrick Main Role
2007 Kim Possible Camille Leon Voice / Recurring role
2008—present Phineas and Ferb Candace Flynn Voice / Main Role
2008—present The Suite Life on Deck Maddie Fitzpatrick Recurring role

Discography

Main article: Ashley Tisdale discography

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Motive Result
2001 Young Artist Award "Best Performance in a Television Comedy Series, Guest Starring Young Actress" Boston Public Nominated[49]
2007 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards UK "Best TV Actress" The Suite Life of Zack and Cody Won[50]
Premios Oye! "International Breakthrough Artist" Headstrong Nominated[51]
2008 Jetix Awards Germany "Best Solo Singer" Nominated[52]

References

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  2. ^ Tisdale, Ashley. "Fact Sheet". Ashley Tisdale official website. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
  3. ^ "Ashley Tisdale: People.com". People.com. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  4. ^ Bloom, Nate (2007-01-30). "All About Ashley". InterfaithFamily.com. Retrieved 2007-01-30.
  5. ^ Heifetz, Laurie (3-4/07). "The Jewish Paparazzi-Funny, Tisdale doesn't sound Jewish!". American Jewish Life Magazine. Retrieved 2008-09-01. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ Background info on Tisdale's maternal family found at "the New Yorker". The Pitchman. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
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  8. ^ "Celebrity Premiers Video in Deal". JCC of Greater Monmouth County. 2006-07-11. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
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  10. ^ "Ashley Tisdale". The Star Scoop. 12/05. Retrieved 2007-08-25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ "Ashley Tisdale Punk'd". MTV. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
  12. ^ "Ashley Tisdale gets unpopular". Retrieved 2008-09-01.
  13. ^ "Ashley Tisdale Learning Producer Ropes With 'Picture This'". Creators. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
  14. ^ "Tisdale climbs to film in "Upstairs"". Retrieved 2008-01-12.
  15. ^ "Vanessa Hudgens: Back On The Road + HSM Actors Salaries". Retrieved 2008-09-10.
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  22. ^ ASCAP. ""Suddenly" Credits". ASCAP. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
  23. ^ ASCAP. ""Over It" Credits". ASCAP. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
  24. ^ ASCAP. ""It's Life" Credits". ASCAP. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
  25. ^ MTV. ""Not Like That" Credits". MTV. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
  26. ^ ATRL.net - See September 19 countdown
  27. ^ [1] Musicbeat.de - Search for Tisdale to check release dates
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  29. ^ "There's Something About Ashley: The Story of Headstrong". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
  30. ^ AshleyMusic. "The Ultimate Headstrong Holiday Gift". AshleyMusic. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
  31. ^ Amazon.de. "Headstrong Limited Deluxe Edition". Amazon.de. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
  32. ^ a b "Ashley Tisdale launches mall tour". Yahoo! news. 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
  33. ^ "RIAA Certifications for Ashley Tisdale". RIAA. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
  34. ^ Billboard. "Billboard Best Album Readers' Choice". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
  35. ^ Degree Girl. "Exclusive Songs By Ashley Tisdale". Degree Girl. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
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  37. ^ MTV. "More 2008 VMA VIPs: 'High School Musical 3′ Cast To Present A Moonman". MTV. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
  38. ^ JustJared. "Ashley Tisdale Prepares Europe Promo Tour". JustJared. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
  39. ^ [2] Extra! Interview
  40. ^ "Ashley Tisdale launches her own doll line". AshleyTisdale.com. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  41. ^ "Degree girl Deodorant". Degreegirl.com. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  42. ^ Monica Rizzo, "High School Musical's Ashley Tisdale Gets Nose Job", People.com, December 3, 2007.
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  45. ^ Gross, Michael Joseph. "Ashley Tisdale's After School Special". Blender. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  46. ^ Tisdale's page on Hot 100 list, Maximonline.com.
  47. ^ "Celebrity 100 List". Forbes. June 11, 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2008.
  48. ^ "Hollywood's 10 Top-Paid Tweens". Forbes. August 5, 2008. Retrieved: September 10, 2008.
  49. ^ IMDB awards archive
  50. ^ Ashley Tisdale: Ashley gana el premio a "Mejor Actriz de TV" en los KCA UK 2007
  51. ^ [3] Terra.com Complete list of Premios Oye! nominees
  52. ^ Jetix Awards. Nominees of the Awards. Retrivied on August 11, 2008
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