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Brooke Hogan
Birth name	Brooke Ellen Bollea
Born	May 5, 1988 (1988-05-05) (age 20)
Origin	Tampa, Florida, United States
Genre(s)	Pop, R&B
Years active	2004 - present
Label(s)	Icon Music Group/BrookeStar Ent. (2008-Present) SoBe Entertainment (2003-2008) Storch Music Company
Website	Official Website

Brooke Ellen Bollea (born May 5, 1988¹), better known by her stage name Brooke Hogan, is an American pop singer and television personality. She appeared on the reality-television series Hogan Knows Best, which focused on her family, and which premiered on July 10, 2005 on VH1 and MTV. Since the cancellation of Hogan Knows Best, she's starred in a spin-off reality series called Brooke Knows Best which focuses on her life now independent from her parents and living with two roommates. She released her debut album Undiscovered in 2006.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Discography 3.1 Albums 3.2 Singles 4 Notes 5 External links

Early life

She was born in Tampa, Florida, the oldest child of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan (Terrence Gene "Terry" Bollea) and his ex-wife, Linda Bollea, and the older sister of Nick Bollea.

In high school, she took dance classes, voice lessons, and gymnastics. She joined the cheerleading squad of her Clearwater, FL school, Clearwater Central Catholic, in her freshman year. Hogan graduated from high school at the age of sixteen.²

Career

Hogan was signed to Trans Continental Records,³ in 2002. Some early music was produced with the help of Rich Cronin.⁴ Her first song in the United States singles charts was "Everything to Me". Produced by Shep Goodman and Kenny Gioia as part of her album This Voice, the single was released in July 2004. It appeared at #97 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Hot 100 Singles Sales,⁵ but dropped off the chart in a few weeks. The album was planned for release September 21, 2004,⁶ but this never happened.

Brooke next appeared with her father in an hour-long profile on VH1, (Inside) Out: Hulk Hogan, Stage Dad. The success of this special spawned an entire series. Hogan Knows Best debuted in July 2005 and was the highest-rated series premiere in VH1's network history. The series, which helped her become a household name,⁷ was according to Hulk Hogan intended in part to promote Brooke's music career.²

Hogan Knows Best presented her father as strict with her dating. On the show, Hulk placed a GPS tracker on Brooke's vehicle that enables him to track her whereabouts and can even remotely shut down the engine of his daughter's car if he feels the need to do so. However, Brooke said in a later interview that her father loosened up after her eighteenth birthday.⁸

In 2006, Hogan changed record labels and became the first artist signed to Scott Storch's label, initially called Storchaveli Records,⁹¹⁰ but later named Storch Music Company. Hogan's first single, "About Us", premiered on season two finale of Hogan Knows Best. The album, Undiscovered, was released October 24, 2006. In 2006 Brooke won a Teen Choice Award for Best Choice Grill for the music video for "About Us".

Hogan appeared in the November 2006 edition of FHM,¹¹ becoming the first FHM Cover Model under 21-years-old. As a result, the November issue had no liquor advertising: "In the very rare instance that you might have a cover star under the age of 21, they don't want to be in the position of seeming to market to anyone under age."¹²

Brooke Hogan appeared as a judge panel in America’s Prom Queen in early 2008. A spin-off series called Brooke Knows Best premiered on July 13, 2008 on VH1.¹³

Discography

Albums

• 2004: This Voice (unreleased)
• 2006: Undiscovered
  • Sales: 127,000¹⁴
  • Peak chart positions: #1 (Top Independent Albums), #28 (Billboard 200)
• 2009: Free To Fly

Singles

Year	Title	U.S. Billboard Chart positions			Album
		U.S.	U.S. Pop	U.S. Dance
2004	"Everything to Me"	9715	—	—	This Voice (unreleased)
2006	"About Us" (feat. Paul Wall)16	3315	34	35	Undiscovered

Other singles:

• "Heaven Baby"
• "For A Moment"
• "By Heart"
• "Stuck"

Notes

1. ^ Hogan confirmed a May 5, 1988 date of birth during a Jay Leno interview on The Tonight Show, see also:
   • Biography. VH1.com. Accessed 2006-11-22.
   Her birthday is sometimes incorrectly listed as May 2, for instance:
   • Brooke Hogan at TV.com or Brooke Hogan at AskMen.com. Accessed 2006-07-26.
2. ^ ^{a b} Interview on Larry King Live. (July 28, 2005) CNN.com. Accessed 2007-02-23.
3. ^ Jason Genegabus (October 27, 2006). Sistas are da bomb! Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Accessed 2008-01-12.
4. ^ Brandee J. Tecson (January 3, 2006). LFO Singer In Remission After Chemo Treatment; Working On Solo LP. MTV. Accessed 2008-05-02.
5. ^ Jonathan Cohen (December 23, 2005). Brooke Hogan busy with debut album. Billboard. Accessed 2008-07-23.
6. ^ Joe D'Angelo (July 29, 2004). Brooke-Amania: Hulk Hogan's Daughter Shoots For Pop Stardom. MTV. Accessed 2008-05-02.
7. ^ Interview. (December 12, 2006) TrulyHollywood.com. Accessed 2007-02-23.
8. ^ Allison Kugel (October 1, 2006). Brooke Hogan blows up. PR.com. Accessed 2007-01-01.
9. ^ Brooke Hogan gets Signed to Storchaveli records. XXLmag.com. Accessed 2006-07-26.
10. ^ Interview. (August 17, 2006) LatinNewsWire.net. Accessed 2007-02-23.
11. ^ Brooke Hogan. FHM. Accessed 2006-10-20.
12. ^ Lia Miller (October 9, 2006). Under-Age Cover Girl? Farewell, Liquor Ads. New York Times. Accessed 2006-10-20.
13. ^ Brooke Knows Best. VH1. Accessed 2008-07-12.
14. ^ Independent Sales Chart. April 18, 2007 IndieHQ.com. Accessed 2007-09-03.
15. ^ ^{a b} Walt Belcher (March 12, 2008). Black Roots Out Laughs In Irreverent Series; For Brooke Hogan, A Spinoff Grows In Miami. Tampa Bay Online. Accessed 2008-07-03.
16. ^ Brooke Hogan. Allmusic.com. Accessed 2008-01-27.

External links

• Official Website
• Brooke Hogan at MySpace
• Brooke Hogan. SoBe Entertainment
• Brooke Hogan at the Internet Movie Database
• Brooke Hogan Fansite
• Brooke Knows Best at the VH1 website

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