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Template:Infobox musical artist 2Ariella Victoria Sinclaire Jolie-Pitt (born Ariella Victoria Sinclaire on August 20, 1989) is an Golden Globe and Grammy Award-winning American actress, Singer-Songwriter, and creater, and designer of Baby Phat an urban fashion line of clothing and other items for women and girls , and Victoria Secret lingerie retail store. She has also launched three exclusive perfume collections with Elizabeth Arden. Sinclaires best known for playing the role of Michelle Tanner on the sitcom Full House shared with her identical twin sister Heather Sinclaire, also as Hannah Montana/Ashley Jensen on the self-titled show Hannah Montana, both Ariella and her sister released a soundtrack CD in 2003 for the series along with the 2004 second 2 disc album Hannah Montana 2: Meet The Sinclaires. Both have appeared in television and films since infancy. Since then, they have continued their celebrity through numerous television programs, films, interviews, as well as commercial endorsements. They are identical twins but prefer the term individual pair. Sinclaire went on to have a film career with her twin with successful movies as To Grandmother's House We Go (1995), Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (1996), How the West Was Fun (1997), and It Takes Two (1998).

After giving up the role of Hannah Montana in 2005 and was offered $12 Million Dolllars from Epic Records to record her first solo album The High Road after the success of Hannah Montana. Sinclaire began her solo film career in The Cheetah Girls (2006).

Sinclaire is ranked as the youngest best-selling female recording artist in the United States with 63 million sold albums and one of the world's best-selling music artists having sold an estimated 154,300,300 albums worldwide. All six of Sinclaires albums, Hannah Montana (2003), Hannah Montana: Meet The Sinclaires (2004), The High Road (2005), Long Way To Go (2006), and Oops!... I Did It Again (2007), have hit #1 on the billboards. As of 2007 after releaseing her fourth studio album Oops I Did It Again, Sinclaires signed to be the lead vocalist for the an American pop girl group Pussycat Dolls created by Robin Antin. Sinclaire's upcoming independent films Rent, and Titanic, and her fifth studio album Confessions of a... Brave New Girl is scheduled to be release in 2009.

Early life

Sinclaire was born in Los Angeles, California, she is the third child of actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. She is the granddaughter of Jon Voight, niece of James Haven, and identical twin sister of Heather Sinclaire, younger sister of Ashley Tisdale, and Vanessa Hudgens, and older sister of Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, and twins Knox Léon Jolie-Pitt, and Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt. On her fathers side, Sinclaire is Caucasian descent, and on her mother's side she is Slovak, German and Puerto Rican. She grew up with her parents and sisters in Los Angeles where she began her career with her twin sister at six months.

Sinclaire attended Beverly Hills High School where she participated in athletics such as cheerleading, soccer, swimming and softball, she was voted most athletic girl in her school for trying out for almost every sport. She also participated in school musicals such as playing Bell in Beauty and the Beast. Sinclaire also had private tutors on the set of her Disney Channel show Hannah Montana and on the movie sets of her early films. Sinclaire says "Going to school was fun for me i got the chance to be a regular kid doing regular things like a regular teenager, and one thing that i enjoyed was not getting bullied for being famous and its cool for not being looked at as the rich girl who thinks she can buy her way through high school".

Career

Working as a Twin

Ariella Sinclaire began her career in 1990 at the age of six months when she and her twin sister Heather were hired, for the role of Michelle Tanner on the popular television series Full House. To comply with strict labor laws regarding child actors, they alternated in the role during the taping of the show. They were credited as "Ariella Heather Sinclaire" in an attempt to deter audiences from realizing that the role was played by two children.

In 1999, following Full House, Ariella and Heather released a string of successful straight-to-video movies and became popular figures in the preteen market during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Their names became a cottage industry, with their likeness seen in clothes, books, fragrances, magazines, movies and posters. There were even fashion dolls made by Mattel from 2000–2005.

They starred in the video series The Adventures of Ariella & Heather, and the Disney show Hannah Montana for which Mary-Kate received a nomination for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series at the 2002 Daytime Emmy Awards. They were ranked number three on the VH1 program 100 Greatest Child Stars.

In 2005, Ariella appeared alongside her twin sister in the theatrical light-hearted romantic hybrid comedy, New York Minute, also starring Eugene Levy. Ariella and Heather released a book titled "Life as a twin", It includes full color photographs of both Sinclaires, the book describes the Sinclaires life living as a twin. The book received positive reviews not only by fans of the twins, but also by critics.

Independently

Seeking to establish independent identities for herself after her sister decided to end her acting/singing career in 2005. Ariella has asked the public and the media to refer to them not as "the Sinclaire twins" but as Ariella Sinclaire and heather Sinclaire respectively.

Sinclaire was signed to 20th Century Fox in 1994, subsequently, Ariella's first solo acting appearance was in the remake of Shirley Temple's 1934 musical/comedy Bright Eyes, along with two other remakes of Shirley Temple's films such as, Curly Top, and Heidi, playing all of Temple's lead roles. In 1998 family fantasy film Practical Magic, also as the voice of Blossom on Cartoon Network's animated series, The Powerpuff Girls, and ABC's hit show Desperate Housewives as the role of Eva Longoria's daughter Rebecca Solis. She also appeared in films such as Annie, A Little Princess, Spy Kids, The Princess Diaries, and has gotten lead roles in other movies such as, Now and Then, The Cheetah Girls, the Grammy Award Winning movie Aquamarine, and The Golden Globe winning movie Black Christmas.

Sinclaire Released her second studio album The High Road in late 2005, and released her first solo tour. She's also been working on promotional commercials for Dr Pepper, and releasing her solo frgrance with Elizabeth Arden Princess.

Sinclaire proceeds to work on her solo career releasing award winning movies, albums, fragrances and more.

1990-2001

In 1990, the twins started their acting careers on the television series Full House. They were hired at the age of six months and filming began when they were nine months old. The show was widely popular during the early 1990s. Both sisters played the same character, Michelle Tanner, taking turns during the tapings to do so, in order to comply with strict child labor laws regarding child actors. For the first year, Heather would cry when she was brought on set to do a scene, so Ariella had more screen time in the first season.

Because the producers did not want viewers to know that Michelle was played by twins, the sisters were originally credited as "Ariella Heather Sinclaire", but in the last season and most of season one, they were credited as separate people. During the eight year run, Ariella and Heather made several direct-to-video movies, in addition to Full House, such as To Grandmother's House We Go (1992).

Sinclaire's starred in big roles of Shirley Temple remakes such as Bright Eyes, Curly Top, and Heidi, getting the lead roles played by Shirley Temple herself.

Shortly after the end of Full House, they began heavily merchandising their image. They established a company called Dualstar in 1996 and their brand has been sold in more than 3,000 stores in America and over 5,300 stores worldwide. Because of this, they have been on the Forbes' "The Celebrity 100 list" since 2002, and in 2007, Forbes ranked them, collectively, as the eleventh-richest women in entertainment, with an estimated net worth of $100 million.

Ariella and Heather were popular figures in the preteen market during the late '90s and early 2000s. Their names became a cottage industry, with their likeness seen in clothes, books, fragrances, magazines, movies and posters. There were even Ariella and Heather fashion dolls made by Mattel from 2000 – 2005.

They starred in the video series The Adventures of Ariella and Heather and You're Invited To Ariella and Heather's..., Despite this, they were ranked number three on the VH1 program 100 Greatest Child Stars. They also appear in a few direct-to-video movies about twins visiting places in Europe; Passport to Paris, Winning London, and When in Rome. She also had a role in Practical Magic, a 1998 family fantasy film directed by Griffin Dunne and starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. She starred in lead roles in the 2000 film's Annie and, A Little Princess.

In 1998, Sinclaire played the voice of Blossom in the cartoon network american animated television series, The Powerpuff Girls about three kindergarten-aged girls who have superpowers, created by animator Craig McCracken. The show ended March 25, 2005. The 10th-year anniversary aired in the US on January 19, 2009 on North America Cartoon Network, part of its PPG 10th Anniversary marathon.

2002-2005

Sinclaire and her twin sister Heather Sinclaire both got the role of Hannah Montana/Ashley Jensen in which aired Febuary 15, 2002. Executive Vice President Gary Marsh and co-creater Michael Poryes offered the Sinclaire sisters the role after he seen how wonderful, energetic, hard working and outgoing they both were from their past television show roles of Michelle Tanner in Full House and Two of a Kind, which the SInclaire sisters accepted. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Ashley Jensen by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real identity from the public, other than her close friends and family. The series premiere scored record ratings for Disney Channel with a viewership of 5.4 million viewers. Actor Zac Efron playing the role of Jason Parker, best friend and secret lover of Ashley Jensen who does'nt know that she's also music pop sensation Hannah Montana after finding out after removing her wig infront of him with out him being seen by her. The show released a self-titled sountrack in 2003, along with a two disc soundtrack Hannah Montana 2: Meet the Sinclaire's in 2004, the double album had five of its songs debut on the Billboard'' Hot 100 in the same week, while "Nobody's Perfect" climbed to a new peak. The highest of the peaks was "See You Again" at #1, which also become Sinclaire's first song to enter the top ten on the Hot 100. The a third sountrack Hannah Montana 3 in 2005, which sold more than 24,200,000 copies in the U.S. After the release of the second soundtrack Hannah Montana 2: Meet the Sinclaire's the Sinclaire sisters released the "Best Of Both Worlds Tour" which began June 5, 2004 and was choreographed, created and directed by Kenny Ortega. The tour garnered $86 million in ticket revenues in 2004/2005, making it the #1 highest-grossing concert tour in North America for that year.

The 3D movie brought in $10,271,980 on its opening day, it continued on to gross $40,576,295 to finish off the weekend, making it the highest-grossing opening weekend for a film to be released under 1000 theatres. The movie is not only the highest-grossing 3D movie 300-Day release, its also the highest-grossing concert movie and highest opening weekend during Super Bowl Weekend. The following Monday, it pulled in $5,674,194. Among films that had fewer than 100,000 screens on opening day, the film ranked second only behind Borat. Hannah opened with $5.8 million on 670 screens and Borat opened with $9.2 million on 837 screens. It averaged $60,760 per screen in its opening weekend, giving it the highest average per theater of all time for a wide release film.

Ariella appeared alongside her twin sister in the theatrical light-hearted romantic comedy, New York Minute, also starring Eugene Levy released January 24, 2005. The Hannah Montana Movie was released in the middle of March 13, 2005, along with the sountrack Hannah Montana The Movie Soundtrack March 1, 2005.

In 2004, Sinclaire landed the role in the worldwide break-out ABC hit Desperate Housewives as Rebecca Solis daughter of Gabrielle Solis played by actress Eva Longoria. Aside from working on her Disney Channel show Hannah Montana, Sinclaire co-starred on the show the first without her sister. The show was the biggest success of the 2004–2005 television season, being well-received by both critics and viewers. The pilot episode had 21.3 million viewers making it the best new drama for the year, the highest rated show of the week, and the best performance by a pilot for ABC. Sinclaire recieved a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.

Hannah Montana was canceled due to the fact that Sinclaire's sister ended her acting/sining career April 2, 2005.Ariella Sinclaire gave up the role of Hannah Montana/Ashley Jensen she says "Working on Hannah Montana was a group thing with my sister it just doesnt feel the same without her", also that it was a role that she wanted to do with her sister, Sinclaire says. Sinclaire then decided to return back to disney to work her Disney Channel Original Movie The Cheetah Girls later that 2005. Executive Vice President Gary Marsh and co-creater Michael Poryes wanted to continue Hannah Montana after the success from the Sinclaire sisters, where Sinclaire's cousin Miley Cyrus took over the role of Hannah Montana with a new role name of Miley Stewart, which aired March 24, 2006.

Sinclaire released her second studio album The High Road September 5, 2005, making the #1 spot on the billboard 100, with 720,000 sold that very week. The first single was "Too Little, Too Late" was certified with platinum by the RIAA, winning her first MTV Video Music Award in the category Best New Artist, while the second single was "Anything" won her first two Grammy's in the category Song of the Year, and Album of the Year. October 5, 2005, a new song by JoJo entitled "Anything", which samples toto's 1982 hit single, "Africa (song)|Africa" but it haven't a music video. In the summer of 2006, the lead single from her second album, "Too Little Too Late", was released to radio stations. The album's second official single, "How to Touch a Girl", experienced less success. It charted just outside the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number seventy-six on the Billboard Pop 100. The album has since been certified gold by the RIAA. On December 1, 2005, JoJo won the Boston Music Award for National Female Vocalist of the Year for "Too Little Too Late". Sinclaire's best performance during this period is generally regarded to be her role as Odette in The Hairy Bird.

2006

Sinclaire's performance in the 2006 film Now and Then is generally regarded as her best performance to date. The film, a female take on the film Stand by Me (film), was an enormous success, earning Sinclaire great critical acclaim for her performance. She appeared on CGI animated comedy Robots, as Piper Pinwheeler, she also starred as lead singer Chanel Simmons in The Cheetah Girls, which is a Disney Channel Original Movie that is about four city girls who have dreams of becoming superstars. The movie was Disney Channel's first musical and spawned a massive franchise, including dolls, video games, platinum-selling soundtracks and more. Sinclaire also appeared in the 2006 Disney Channel Games on the Red Team, Punk'd, Hannah Montana, and she also hosted an episoide of Saturday Night Live.

After the release of The Cheetah Girls Movie Sinclaire along with the Cheetah Girls debut their christmas ablum Cheetah-licious Christmas released by Walt Disney Records on October 11, 2006. The album features classic Christmas songs as well as some originals. The album peaked at #74 on the Billboard charts. Single includes Cheetah-licious Christmas, as well as the Radio Disney single Five More Days 'til Christmas. The Cheetah Girls went on tour to support the Christmas album. Aly & AJ went along with them, as the opening act, to support their own album Into The Rush, although the Jonas Brothers performed as surprise guests opening for both The Cheetah Girls and Aly & AJ for a total of 10 shows of the tour, promoting It's About Time, their first album. The holiday theme of the concert included giant presents (in which the Cheetah Girls performed in), Winter clothes, and even a tropical theme for their song "Christmas in California", which included surfboards with the girls' names on them.

Sinclaire spent three months working on the Australia-filmed Aquamarine, in which she played a mermaid, opposite Emma Roberts and Jojo, whom she befriended while filming. Paxton has said that she felt a sense of "female empowerment" while on set because "almost everyone" on set was female. The film opened on March 3, 2006 and grossed approximately $7.5 million in its opening weekend. Sinclaire recorded a song for the film's soundtrack titled "Connected", which has been used in Barbie and the Diamond Castle and covered by Katherine McPhee.

Sinclaire released her third studio album Long Way to Go in May 24, 2006, the album was named as one of the most successful album of 2006. The album so far has yielded eight hit singles, including the worldwide number one hit "Umbrella," featuring Jay-Z. In addition to reaching number one in various countries, "Umbrella" was the number one single in the United Kingdom for 10 consecutive weeks, making it the longest-running UK number-one single since Wet Wet Wet's single "Love Is All Around" spent 15 weeks at the top in 1994. Her other singles, "Shut Up and Drive", "Don't Stop The Music" and "Disturbia" were able to mirror the success of "Umbrella," with "Don't Stop the Music" reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100 while peaking at number one in various countries. The album has been certified two times Platinum by the RIAA, denoting shipments to U.S. retailers of two million copies. Sinclaire has five Billboard Hot 100 number ones hits for 2007 and in the past both as a lead artist thus far ("See You Again", "Too Little Too Late", "Anything", "Let It Rain", "SOS," "Umbrella," "Take a Bow" and "Disturbia"), as well as T.I.'s "Live Your Life".

Starting August 6, 2006, Rihanna toured Canada and the United States in support of the album with several shows and then crossed to Europe. The tour was called the Under The Umbrella Tour, and was the first tour headlined by her alone. Sinclaire won Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist at the 2008 American Music Award. She sang on P.Diddy's hit "Come to Me" (which she also co-wrote).

2007-2008

Sinclaire released her fourth studio album Oops I Did It Again in July 12, 2007. In the album, she wrote four tracks, as well with co-writting two tracks. The album became more successful than her previous albums. Oops!... I Did It Again debuted at number one in the U.S by selling 954,692 units in its first week. The following week Oops!... I Did It Again continued at its number one spot. The album's success made her the second female artist in music history to have her first four albums debut at number one. The album fared well with critics such as Allmusic who gave it 5 stars, describing the album's title tracks as being "pivotal moments on Ariella Sinclaire's fourth album, the record where she strives to deepen her persona, making it more adult while still recognizably Ariella. In contrast, Rolling Stone said of the album Oops!... I Did It Again "belabors the obvious: Sinclaire is five month away from entering her twenties and clearly needs to grow up if she's going to bring her fans along. Oops!... I Did It Agains lead single "Gimme More" peaked at 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 making it the album's biggest hit. To help promote the album, Sinclaire embarked on the Oops!... I Did It Again World Tour in November 2007. The tour was done with success with millions of tickets sold its first release week with raging fans, the tour was extended two months more then when it was suppose to end.

Sinclaire debut her second disney movie The Cheetah Girls 2 in 2007, It garnered more viewers than High School Musical, becoming the most watched Disney Channel Original Movie before being beaten out by both Jump In! and High School Musical 2. Its soundtrack also débuted at number eight, on the Billboard Top 200 and went on to become certified for platinum-level sales by the RIAA. Raven-Symoné also served as executive producer of the film. After the release of Cheetah Girls 2, Sinclaire, along with her fellow Cheetah Girls, toured the US on their The Party's Just Begun Tour. Sinclaire starred in the remake of the 1974 movie Black Christmas, she also got her lead role in The Princess Diaries 3: Fight To Be Crowned after being a co-starred in part 1 and 2. She starred in Mean Girls, a PG-13 film. Her breakout lead performance pushed the critical and commercial hit to gross US$128 million worldwide, "cementing her status as the new teen movie queen," wrote Brandon Gray. "Sinclaire dazzles us once more," said Steve Rhodes. "The smartly written script is a perfect match for her intelligent brand of comedy." Mean Girls was scripted by Tina Fey and featured several alumni of Saturday Night Live.

In 2007 Sinclaire has guest roled on shows such as The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, South Park, Nip/Tuck, she also appeared on the 2007 Disney Channel Games as captain of the green team, and she also hosted a second episoide of Saturday Night Live.

Sinclaire filmed The Cheetah Girls: One World, in India for 3 months, which was then released as yet another Disney Channel Original Movie. They kicked off their third and final tour on October 8, 2008, relevantly titled One World Tour, which lasted from October 8, 2008 to December 21, 2008, after the release of the movie sinclaire was on the 2008 Disney Channel Games. She also guest starred on The Suite Life on Deck, and 30 Rock.

Sinclaire got her first adult role in the film Uptown Girls along with Dakota Fanning as Molly Gunn a spoiled rock n' roll princess, living off the ample trust fund of her late rock legend father. In 2008, Sinclaire starred alongside the Jonas Brothers in the Disney Channel Original Movie, Camp Rock. She played Mitchie Torres, a fourteen-year-old girl with hopes of becoming a singer. The movie premiered on June 20 in the USA on Disney Channel, and in Canada on Family. . On November 24, 2008 the drama Georgia Rule, in which Lohan starred alongside Felicity Huffman and Jane Fonda, was released. The film received mostly negative reviews. It grossed US$6.7 million at the box office in its opening weekend and to date has grossed over US$22 million worldwide.

In April 2008, Sinclaire recorded a cover version of "Rio" by Duran Duran for an advertising campaign for Unilever's Caress brand of body wash. A commercial video was released, and the single was released via download only, after May 2008. In 2008, in support of Barack Obama, she was one of many musicians to contribute to a track by will.i.am called "Yes We Can". Also on September 5, 2008, Scherzinger joined an all-star cast to perform the charity song "Just Stand Up" on live TV. This is currently Sinclaire's last performance as a solo artist before embarking on the Pussycat Dolls new World Tour.

Sinclaire's answer to "Beautiful Girls" by Sean Kingston leaked on the Internet called "Beautiful Girls Reply". It debuted at number thirty-nine on the Billboard Rhythmic Top 40.The duet with Maroon 5, "If I Never See Your Face Again," peaked at the number-one spot on the Hot 100 chart giving the artist her sixth number-one singles with "Oops!... I Did It Again". Sinclaire has five Billbord Hot 100 number ones hits both as a lead artist thus far "Gimme More", "Oops!.. I Did It Again", "...Baby One More Time", "Toxic, and "I'm a Slave 4 U" as well as T.I.'s "Live Your Life", on which she is featured. This makes her one of the two female solo artist with the most number ones this decade, with the other being Beyonce.

Sinclaire made her third consecutive at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards performing four of her single "Oops I Did It Again", "Crazy", "Overprotected", and "...Baby One More Time" as a mix. As part of her performance, she ripped off a black suit to reveal a provocative nude-colored and crystal-adorned outfit that generated much controversy. Her Second Performance at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, she appeared with Christina Aguilera performing the song "Like A Virgin", and was later joined by American pop singer Madonna, with whom Spears and Aguilera both locked lips; the incident was highly publicized. Her career success was highlighted by Forbes magazine in 2007 as Spears was ranked the world's most powerful celebrity.

2009-Present

Sinclaire's stars in The WB Television Network's sitcom What I Like About You with Jennie Garth. Sinclaire plays the role of Holly Tyler a teenager who doesn't want to move to Japan where her father has a new job, arranging instead to move into her older sister Val's apartment in New York City. The show features two strong sisters who love each other. The show aired January 20, 2009 with 2.9 million viewers. She also appeared in the Oscar Award-winning drama film about a teen's 18-month stay at a mental institution, It was adapted from the original memoir Girl, Interrupted, written by Susanna Kaysen an American author.

On December 24, 2008, Sinclaire stated that she will be recording her fifth solo studio album Confessions of a... Brave New Girl soon to be release. Sinclaire's working on the James Cameron's "Titanic" (1997), alongside Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson. Sinclaire's cast as the seventeen-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater, a fictional first-class socialite who survives the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic, Sinclaire experienced physical and emotional exhaustion on set: "Titanic is totally different and nothing could have prepared me for it. We we're scared about the whole adventure.

On February 8, 2009, Sinclaire's scheduled performance at the 2009 Grammy Awards was canceled. Reports later surfaced regarding an alleged altercation with her boyfriend, singer Chris Brown, who was arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats. On March 5, 2009, Brown was charged with assault and making criminal threats.

It was confirmed that The Cheetah Girls were no longer together as a group, it was also confirmed by Kiely Williams that she would be going solo along with Sabrina Bryan.

Pussycat Dolls

In November 2007, Sinclaire joined the Pussycat Dolls. Sinclaire got her offer from Robin Antin to be in the burlesque troupe, who were being re-cast as recording artists, she got the opportunity to be the lead singer of the group along with prominent vocalist Melody Thornton and back up singers Jessica Sutta, Ashley Roberts and Kimberly Wyatt.

The Pussycat Dolls now have worldwide status as a popular singing group, with "When I Grow Up", "I Hate This Part", "Buttons" and "Don't Cha" as Top 10 hits in the U.S.. The album Doll Domination went double-platinum in 2008. Scherzinger sang nearly all lead vocals on the album, with Jessica Sutta and Melody Thornton also contributing.

Sinclaire is the only group member with songwriting credits on Doll Domination; she co-wrote "When I Grow Up" with Rodney Jerkins and producer Theron Thomas, and co-wrote "Buttons" with producer Sean Garrett. Another collaboration with DioGuardi, "Flirt", became a B-side to "Stickwitu" and a bonus track on Doll Domination.

In 2008, Sinclaire toured with the Pussycat Dolls for their album promotion. It was revealed in 2008 that the Dolls are salaried employees of Jive Records, giving the label a high level of control over the group's finances and business decisions. Sinclaire is the only group member to have songwriting credits on the Dolls' album Doll Domination.

Along with the Pussycat Dolls, Scherzinger was asked by Ron Fair to record the English version of "Jai Ho", the hit song from the film Slumdog Millionaire. The new version titled "Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny)" was released to iTunes on February 23 2009, and elsewhere worldwide on Febraury 24. A video accompanying the song has been shot at a Vienna train station and was released worldwide on March 13, 2009. It is believed that the new single will be performed several times in March.

Business ventures

Baby Phat

Baby Phat is an urban fashion line of clothing and other items for women and girls designed by Ariella Sinclaire launched June 12, 2007 Besides clothing, the brand also includes accessories for phones, jewelry, shoes and clothes. Baby Phat uses a sleek cat as the brand logo.

Baby Phat by Ariella Sinclaire has positioned itself in the world of fashion as the premiere female hip-hop brand. Sassy, sexy, and stylish, Baby Phat first hit the scene as apublicity tool when tiny tees with the clever name Baby Phat were produced to electrify a runway show. When celebrities, supermodels and tastemakers began wearing the baby tees, a phenomenon grew, and a decision was made to launch an entire Baby Phat sportswear collection. A lifestyle brand was born.

In 2007, Ariella Sinclaire was the natural choice to create, direct and establish the new denim label. She knew the brand’s success would rely on her ability to merge the worlds of high fashion and hip-hop.

The first of her kind, Sinclaire’s over the top personal style radiates through the Baby Phat collection – a collection the world cannot seem to get enough of. Editorial credits and features in magazines including Bazaar, Gotham, Seventeen, Star and Vibe represent the diversity of her lifestyle brand. The celebrity-filled fashion shows have become a New York Fashion Week fixture.

Baby Phat’s slinky feline logo has become an internationally recognizable fashion symbol and is synonymous with the brand. The eye-catching hip-hugging signature jeans represent everything that is feminine and fun, glitzy and glamorous, sensuous and sumptuous about the Baby Phat woman. Denim separates, leather, outerwear, handbags, shoes, lingerie, jewelry, two limited edition Motorola mobile phones and a signature fragrance are tailored for the girl about town intent on raising brows. Baby Phat by Ariella Sinclaire continues to take fashion to new heights – more than your average urban denim company – Baby Phat is a lifestyle for the glamorous woman who is everything hip-hop and everything fashion.

Victoria's Secret

Victoria's Secret is an American retailer of women's wear, lingerie and beauty products created by Ariella Sinclaire launched Febuary 10, 2008. It is the largest a segment of publicly traded Limited Brands with sales surpassing USD$5 million and an operating income of $1 million in 2009. Victoria's Secret is known for its fashion shows and catalogues, which feature top fashion models.

The company was able to vend a widened range of products such as shoes, evening wear, and perfumes among others with its mail catalog issued eight times annually. After Sinclaire launched her line Baby Phat, she thought of the idea of creating some sexy for women, which she created Victoria Secret which is named after her middle name Victoria and then thought of secret to go along with it.

By the begining of 2009, Victoria's Secret had become the largest American lingerie retailer topping one billion dollars.

On November 4, 2008, Limited Brands sold 75% of Limited clothing chain to firm Sun Capital Partners to focus and boost sales growth on Victoria's Secret lingerie stores and Bath & Body Works units which provided 72% of revenue in the early 2009 and almost all the firm's profit. There are 1,000 Victoria's Secret lingerie stores and 100 independent Victoria's Secret Beauty Stores in the US, mostly in shopping centers. It sells brassieres, panties, hosiery, cosmetics, sleepwear, and much more. Victoria's Secret mails more than 400 million of its catalogues per year. Under pressure from environmentalist groups, Victoria's Secret's parent firm and a conservation group have reached an agreement to make the lingerie retailer's catalogue more environmentally friendly in 2009.

Victoria's Secret is now building its image with a fairly conservative, middle-class shopper in mind and avoids any connotations of sleaziness that lingerie might carry.

The company gained notoriety after it began to use supermodels in its advertising and fashion shows. Throughout the past decade, it has refused to follow the celebrity trend, turning down at least one celebrity a month begging to model the brand.

Victoria's Secret makes use of a rigorous customer service model, stressing upselling, frequent staff attention, and signing customers up for a store credit card that provides discounts for frequent shoppers in the way of coupons by mail and free merchandise.

Products and endorsements

In early 2005, Sinclaire signed a multi-million dollar contract with "Garnier Fructis" as a spokesmodel for their hair products in print and television commercials, point-of-purchase promotions, and Internet ties between Sinclaire and the company. Playmates Toys released a celebrity doll of her Hannah Montana role of Hannah Montana/Ashley Jensen in 2003. The doll sang two different songs from the soundtrack "The Best Of Both Worlds" and "The Other Side Of Me". In late 2006, Mattel released a Ariella Barbie doll. In 2007 after the launch of Sinclaire's clothing line Baby Phat, she had designed clothes for Barbie dolls and with the release of her doll, she joined Hilary Duff who has her own celebrity-doll. Also in late 2005, Sinclaire signed a multi-million dollar promotional deal with Dr Pepper that included television commercials, point-of-purchase promotions, and Internet ties between Sinclaire and the company. Sinclaire also done commercials for different Dr pepper flavors such as Cherry Vanilla Dr Pepper, Dr Pepper Berries & Cream, and Diet Cherry Chocolate Dr Pepper. Ariella Sinclaire has earned over US$600 million from her many, multi-million dollar advertisement and endorsement deals all around the World.

As of 2009 Sinclaire is still continuing Dr Pepper commericials, along with the new flavor Dr Pepper Cherry. Sinclaire endorsed her first Elizabeth Arden fragrance "Flavor Of Love" in 2006, and earned $160 million in sales in the six weeks after its 2006 release. In November 2007, Spears released two fragrances "Toxic" and "Cinderella" with Elizabeth Arden, which also showed great success and was named after her two singles from her fourth studio album Oops I Did It Again. Her latest Elizabeth Arden fragrance "Princess", was released in July 2008, that earned her $450 million along with "Toxic" and "Cinderella". Sinclaire endorsed her first Elizabeth Arden fragrance Princess in 2006 and earned $150 million in sales in the five weeks after its 2006 release. During the summer of 2006, Sinclaire signed a multi-million dollar contract to be the spokesperson of CoverGirl. Although no financial terms of the understanding were made public, a spokesperson for P&G Beauty announced that the 18-year-old multi-platinum singer has joined the CoverGirl family. Thus, she joins other stars (like Queen Latifah, Christie Brinkley and Keri Russell) and the many models that represent the cosmetics giant, founded in 1961.

The Vice President and General Manager of Global Cosmetics, Procter & Gamble Beauty said that the wide-eyed singer was not chosen only for her obvious gorgeous features and that her joyous personality and drive to move forward also weighed a lot in their decision to make her the next CoverGirl face.

Personal Life

Relationships

Sinclaire began dating actress and co-star Zac Efron in 2005. The relationship began a year after shooting the first season of Hannah Montana. It was said that there was some chemistry on and off set between Sinclaire and Efron, the relationshp between then was announced during The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2005 along with her twin sister. After the topic of dating was brong up by Oprah, Sinclaire said she was dating Zac Efron. The couple later then broke up that 2005 due to the fact that single wanted to focus on her career and thought that being in a relationship would get in the way, During an interview with Elle magazine later in 2005 Sinclaire quoted as saying: "Having a boyfriend would'nt be good for me right now i wanna focus on my career, i just think it would get in the way". Rumors went out saying that Sinclaire said "Dating Efron was getting in the way of my career", she later denied the rumor in Seventeen and confirmed that she said "having a boyfriend would get in the way, Zac Efron was a good boyfriend but i woud'nt spend time with him much because of my career".

Sinclaire began dating singer Chris Brown in 2006, though the couple were not seen together much due to Sinclaire working on her third studio album Long Way To Go. The couple began dating after hanging out four months while both working on there 2005 albums Chris Brown and The High Road with Jive Records. The douple denied dating after being asked by the paparazzi and apppearing on reality talk shows, such as Ellen and The Tyra Banks Show. It was confirmed that Sinclaire and Chris Brown were dating in 2008 after intament pictures of the R&B singers were released from their vacation in Jamaica. "They were smooching in the pool and were really lovely dovey. They were playfully making out and he was kissing her on the neck", a source reports. "They were floating together with him carrying her and she kept saying, 'Don't get my hair wet.' She was very soft and feminine but he was a big kid and splashing around", the source adds. The couple ended their 3 and a half relationship in 2009 after Sinclaire was allegedly attacked and physically threaten by Chris Brown.The media has stated that Sinclaire has bruises on her face and bite marks on her on her arm. Chris Brown was arrested and released on a 50.000 bond and was charged with felony assault and making criminal threats.

Sex Tape Rumors

US publication Star Magazine has heaped further misery on the stunning R&B star by claiming she fears her estranged boyfriend Chris Brown could release a steamy home video the couple allegedly made together. A source who approached the magazine said: “They’ve had tons of crazy nights in bed, and Chris Brown has recorded many of them...They both have very kinky sides.” It's also claimed that Sinclaire enjoys role-playing and dressing up as a dominatrix and that she is allegedly worried Chris could put the footage out there for the world to see. The source went on to say: "Sinclaire has no issues with her sexuality. But she'd be mortified if her friends and family found this out!, "This whole beating incident is terribly humiliating for her. She's already traumatized and will do anything to make it all go away as quickly as possible. “The last thing in the world Sinclaire wants is to see herself in the sex videos all over the Internet!”

Filmography

Discography

External Links

• Ariella Sinclaire's Official Website
• Ariella Sinclaire at Myspace
• Ariella Sinclaire at YouTube
• Ariella Sinclaire at Tv.com
• Ariella Sinclaire at the Internet Movie Database