Lisa Stansfield is an English singer-songwriter and actress. Her career began in 1980 when she won the singing competition, Search for a Star. After appearances in various television shows and releasing her first singles, Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris formed Blue Z...
Keith Stansfield, Marion Stansfield, All Around The World, The Real Thing, Never, Never Gonna Give You Up
Siblings
Suzanne Stansfield, Karen Stansfield, All Around The World, The Real Thing, Never, Never Gonna Give You Up
Nicknames
Lisa Standfield , Lisa Stanfield , Lisa Standsfield , Lisa Jane Stansfield , Stansfield, Lisa
Awards
Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist, Brit Award for British Breakthrough Act, World Music Award for World's Best Selling British Artist, Billboard Music Award for Female New Artist of the Year, All Around The World, The Real Thing, Never, Never Gonna Give You Up
Nominations
Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Brit Award for British Single, Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Brit Award for British Video, Brit Award for MasterCard British Album of the Year, MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist, American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist,...
Movies
Northern Soul, The Edge of Love, Ordeal by Innocence
Star Sign
Aries
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Trademark
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Deep husky voice
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Quote
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"One of the first things I remember is my mum doing the housework to The Supremes. When you hear music like that when you're young, it stays with you" - on her growing up.
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Fact
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Was the only Caucasian recording artist to have a #1 hit, let alone three, on the Billboard R & B chart during the 1990's. (The songs were "All Around The World", "You Can't Deny It", and "All Woman".) Fifteen years would pass before the next artist, Robin Thicke, would top the R & B chart.
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Turned down the chance to record "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You", which subsequently became a huge international hit for Bryan Adams.
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Cites Barry White as a major influence on her style of singing.
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Sold her pink Victorian mansion for almost $9m in 2008, a home she'd lived in for 14 years. Located in the picturesque Dublin suburb of Dalkey on Ireland's east coast, Stansfield's neighbors over the years have included Enya, U2's Bono, Patsy Kensit, Simple Minds' Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill, F1 drivers Damon Hill and Eddie Irvine, etc.
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Winner of the 1991 Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist.
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Winner of the 1992 Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist.
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Winner of the Brit Award for British Breakthrough Act in 1990.
Husband, Ian Devaney, is her music co-writer.The couple have known each other since they were 14-year-old classmates. They formed a writing partnership and band together with another school friend, Andy Morris, but it took 10 years for Lisa and Ian to realise their true feelings for each other.
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She's a pop singer. 1989 - achieved no. 1 with "All Around The World", 1993 - a no. 1 with George Michael, Queen with "Five Live EP", 1997 - hits with "The Real Thing" and "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up".
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EP 1997 - Further hits with 'The Real Thing' and 'Never, Never Gonna Give You Up' Swing is her debut film.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Who's Doing the Dishes?
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2016 writer - 1 episode, 2016
Tu cara me suena
2015
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The X Factor
2013
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony
2009
Video Game performer: "People Hold On" / writer: "People Hold On" - as Lisa Jane Stansfield
Röllin sydän
2007
performer: "Quest for a Heart"
The Nanny Diaries
2007
performer: "All Around the World" / writer: "All Around the World"
Skins
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2007 writer - 1 episode, 2007
Hrvatski Idol
2004
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Mona Lisa Smile
2003
performer: "I've Got the World on a String"
Deutschland sucht den Superstar
2003
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Wedding Planner
2001
performer: "Somewhere My Baby Waits For Me"
EastEnders
2000
TV Series performer - 3 episodes
Stars in Their Eyes
1992-2000
TV Series writer - 7 episodes
Swing
1999
performer: "Blitzkrieg Baby", "Watch the Birdie", "T'Aint What You Do", "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens", "Baby, I Need Your Loving", "Mack the Knife", "Why Do We Call It Love", "Two Years Too Blue" / writer: "Gotta Get on This Train", "I Thought That's What You Liked About Me", "Why Do We Call It Love", "Il pranzo goloso", "Two Years Too Blue"
Pourquoi pas moi?
1999
performer: "People Hold On" / writer: "People Hold On"
Money Talks
1997
performer: "The Real Thing" / writer: "The Real Thing"
Lisa Stansfield: Never, Never Gonna Give You Up
1997
Short performer: "Never Never Gonna Give You Up"
This Life
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1997 writer - 1 episode, 1997
Fever Pitch
1997
performer: "All Around The World" / writer: "All Around The World"
New York Undercover
1997
TV Series 1 episode
The Pagemaster
1994
performer: "Dream Away"
Indecent Proposal
1993
lyrics: "In All the Right Places" / performer: "In All the Right Places"
$15 Million
