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Full Name:	Stacy Ferguson
Birth Name:	Stacy Ann Ferguson
Famous As:	Vocalist for the Black Eyed Peas, composer, TV actress
Date of Birth:	March 27, 1975
Place of Birth:	Hacienda Heights, California
Height:	5' 2
Nationality:	American

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Fergie
Fergie in Paris on June 25, 2009
Background information
Birth name	Stacy Ann Ferguson
Born	March 27, 1975 (1975-03-27) (age 34) Hacienda Heights, California, U.S.
Origin	Whittier, California, U.S.
Genre(s)	Pop, R&B, hip-hop
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, rapper, actress,
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	1984–present
Label(s)	A&M, Interscope, will.i.am music group
Associated acts	Wild Orchid, Black Eyed Peas, will.i.am, John Legend, Kumi Koda, Nelly
Website	www.fergie.com

Stacy Ann Ferguson (born March 27, 1975),¹ better known by her stage name Fergie, is an American singer, songwriter, fashion designer, and actress. She was a member of the kids' television series Kids Incorporated, and the girl group Wild Orchid. Ferguson was also a co-host of the television show Great Pretenders. She is a vocalist for the hip hop/pop group the Black Eyed Peas, as well as a solo artist, having released her debut album, The Dutchess, in September 2006. The album spawned five Billboard Hot 100 top 5 singles (three of which went to number one) making The Dutchess the seventh album from a female artist to spawn five Top 5 hits.²

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Acting career 1.3 Personal life 2 Music career 2.1 Wild Orchid: 1991–2001 2.2 The Black Eyed Peas: 2003–present 2.3 Solo career: 2006–present 3 Selected filmography 4 Discography 5 Awards and nominations 6 References 7 External links

Biography

Early life

Stacy Ann Ferguson was born in Hacienda Heights, California, the daughter of Terri Jackson (née Gore) and Patrick Ferguson.³ Her parents are of Mexican, Irish, Scottish and Native American descent.⁴⁵ The daughter of devout Roman Catholic school teachers, she was raised in a suburban area with strict Roman Catholic values while attending Mesa Robles Middle School and Glen A. Wilson High School.⁶ She studied dance and began to do and voice-over work, providing the voice for Sally in two made-for-television Peanuts cartoons. From 1984 to 1989, she starred on the TV show Kids Incorporated. All that time, she was a cheerleader, straight-A student and a spelling bee champion,⁶ as well as a Girl Scout.⁷

Acting career

As a child actress, Ferguson was on the television program Kids Incorporated for several years with her TV sister Renee Sands, who became a fellow member of Wild Orchid. Ferguson was the voice of Sally Brown in two Charlie Brown specials: It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown (1984) and Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown (1985). She played Ann in Married... with Children (1994) "Nooner or Nothing".

In 2003, Ferguson had a guest role on the Rocket Power special, Reggie's Big Beach Break, on Nickelodeon; she voiced a pop music star named Shaffika. In March 2005, casting for Revolution Studios's big-budget remake of John Carpenter's The Fog was underway. Ferguson was set to return to acting in the role of lighthouse radio deejay Stevie Wayne (a part originated by scream queen Adrienne Barbeau). A last minute conflict arose, preventing her contract from closing and Ferguson left the project.⁸ The role eventually went to Selma Blair. Ferguson finally returned to acting in 2006, appearing as a lounge singer in Wolfgang Peterson's remake of The Poseidon Adventure. She later appeared in 2007's Grindhouse.

In November 2009, the film Nine, in which Ferguson has a supporting role, will be released in cinemas.

Personal life

Ferguson married actor Josh Duhamel on January 10, 2009.⁹ They met, and began dating, in September 2004¹⁰ when she and her band appeared on Duhamel's show Las Vegas (in an episode titled "Montecito Lancers", which aired on November 1, 2004). Ferguson and Duhamel reside in Brentwood, California¹¹ in a house that they purchased together in 2007.¹²

In April 2007, she gave an interview in which she admitted that she went on a sex and drugs spree when she turned eighteen, saying: "I have had lesbian experiences in the past. I won't say how many men I've had sex with — but I am a very sexual person."¹³ In December 2007, when asked "Bisexuality and homosexuality are often either frowned or mocked upon in certain circles. Does that bother you?", she replied "No, it doesn’t bother me. I’m just me."¹⁴ In May 2009, Ferguson revealed that she was bisexual.¹⁵

Ferguson has stated in several interviews that she is an avid user of hypnotherapy, which she uses to stave off drug cravings and to relax.¹⁶¹⁷

Music career

Wild Orchid: 1991–2001

Ferguson was a member of the female trio Wild Orchid, which she fronted with Stefanie Ridel and fellow Kids Incorporated star Renee Sandstrom. Wild Orchid released two albums, but after completing a third album, their record label declined to release it, and she left the group shortly thereafter.

The Black Eyed Peas: 2003–present

In 2003, the Black Eyed Peas were recording their third album, 2003's Elephunk, when will.i.am invited Ferguson to try out for a song called "Shut Up". She got the gig and instantly bonded with the trio to record five additional songs on the album.

In the following spring, shortly before Elephunk came out, Interscope chairman Jimmy Iovine had offered Ferguson a permanent spot to take over vocal duties and fill the spot left void by background singer Kim Hill, who had left the group in 2000. When will.i.am was asked to sum up his bandmates, he called Ferguson the "body" of the group.⁶

After releasing her debut solo album, she and the Black Eyed Peas released their new song "Boom Boom Pow" in late March 2009 which went to Number 1 in the US charts.

Solo career: 2006–present

After two successful Black Eyed Peas albums, Ferguson began pursuing a solo career. She recorded two songs for the Poseidon soundtrack and performed "Auld Lang Syne" in the film.

Her debut solo album, The Dutchess, was released on September 19, 2006.¹⁸ The album's name is a misspelled variant of the former title of Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, with whom Ferguson shares a surname and popular nickname. The album is similar in style to that of the Black Eyed Peas, as fellow Peas member will.i.am is the album's executive producer.

The Dutchess, a mix of pop and R&B songs, spawned six hits for Ferguson, beginning with "London Bridge", "Fergalicious", "Glamorous", "Big Girls Don't Cry", "Clumsy", and "Finally". "Big Girls Don't Cry" became Ferguson's first worldwide number-one single, and is her most successful single to date. Ferguson scored her fifth consecutive Top 5 hit from The Dutchess after "Clumsy" reached a peak position of number five on the Billboard Hot 100.

In addition to promoting her albums and singles, Ferguson appeared at Wembley Stadium on July 1, 2007, performing "Glamorous" and "Big Girls Don't Cry" in a concert for the late Princess Diana put on by her two sons Prince William and Prince Harry; the DVD of the concert was released November 5, 2007.

On November 18, 2007, Ferguson won the Pop or Rock "Favorite Female Artist" at the American Music Awards.¹⁹ In addition, her song "Big Girls Don't Cry" also earned Ferguson a Grammy nomination for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance", which she lost to Amy Winehouse. In December 2007, Blender picked Ferguson as their woman of the year.²⁰

During the 2008 broadcast of Idol Gives Back, Ferguson also performed with Ann Wilson of Heart. The two (with Nancy Wilson on guitar) performed "Barracuda".²¹

The song "Labels or Love" was recorded for the Sex and the City movie soundtrack. In an Entertainment Weekly interview, director and writer Michael Patrick King stated that "it’s an entirely new song with lyrics, but it has the Sex and the City theme as the DNA — on steroids.”

Ferguson has also appeared on Nickelodeon's show Dance on Sunset. Ferguson has recently released an EP for download on iTunes featuring unreleased singles. The CD version was released on May 27, 2008.

Ferguson collaborated with Japanese singer Kumi Koda on the song "That Ain't Cool". "That Ain't Cool" was featured on Kumi's single "Moon", released on June 11, 2008. The single debuted at number two on the Oricon Weekly Single Charts.²² She also performed a "duet" with Michael Jackson (her vocals mixed with Jackson's 1982 recordings), "Beat It 2008" on Thriller 25, the 25th anniversary release of Jackson's iconic album Thriller.²³ She also headlined the New Year's Eve party held at The Venetian and The Palazzo casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 31, 2008.²⁴

Ferguson will sing on Slash's solo album to be released in summer 2009.²⁵

According to an interview by Ahlan! Live.com, Ferguson is currently (06/12/2009) making a movie, "Nine" in London, also starring Rob Marshall, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, and Daniel Day Lewis. She also stated in the interview that her only present music project is one with the Black Eyed Peas. They joined her in London to record. After London she is due to give a concert in Dubai.²⁶

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes	Genre
1984-1989	Kids Incorporated	Stacy	TV series. Holds the record for longest running cast member	Children
1984	It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown	Sally Brown	Voice	Animation
1985	Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown	Sally Brown	Voice	Animation
1986	Monster in the Closet	Lucy		Comedy/Horror
1994	Married... with Children	Ann	Nooner or Nothing	Comedy
1998	Outside Ozona	Girl		Drama
2005	Be Cool	Herself	Along with The Black Eyed Peas	Comedy
2006	"Instant Def"	Ella/Loca	Two roles. Web-series to advertise Snickers	Advertisement
2006	Poseidon	Gloria		Action/Adventure
2007	Planet Terror	Tammy Visan	Robert Rodriguez' half of Grindhouse	Action/Horror
2009	Nine	Saraghina	In production	Musical

Discography

Awards and nominations

Year	Presenter	Award	Result
2007	MTV Australian Video Music Awards	Sexiest Video: "Fergalicious"	Won
	MuchMusic Video Awards	Best International Video – Artist: "Fergalicious"	Won
		People's Choice: Favorite International Artist: "Fergalicious"	Nominated
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Female Artist	Won
	MTV Video Music Awards	Best Female Artist	Won
	MTV Video Music Awards	Best Pop Video: "Fergalicious"	Won
	Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica	Mejor Artista Nuevo Internacional (Best New International Artist)	Won
	World Music Awards	World's Best selling R&B Artist	Nominated
		World's Best selling New Artist	Won
	American Music Awards	Best Pop/Rock Female Artist	Won
	Billboard Year-End Chart**	Artist of The Year	Nominated
		Female Artist of The Year	Won
		Hot 100 Artist of The Year	Nominated
		Female Hot 100 Artist of The Year	Won
		Best Digital Songs Artist	Won
		Best Digital Tracks	Won
		Pop 100 Artist of The Year	Won
2008	Grammy Awards	Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: "Big Girls Don't Cry"	Nominated
	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Female Singer	Won
	MuchMusic Video Awards	Best International Video - Artist	Won
	Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Female Singer	Won
	Juno Awards	Best International Album	Won
	ASCAP	Song Of Year: "Big Girls Don't Cry"	Won
	MTV Video Music Awards Japan	Best Female Video: "Big Girls Don't Cry"	Won
	MTV Asia Awards	Favorite International Artist	Nominated
		Video Star - "Clumsy"	Nominated
2009	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Song From a Soundtrack: "Labels or Love"	Nominated

**There weren't any 2007 Billboard Music Awards, therefore top awards were mentioned via year-end charts.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Fergie

• Official website
• Stacy Ferguson at the Internet Movie Database

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NAME	Fergie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ferguson, Stacy Ann
SHORT DESCRIPTION	American singer
DATE OF BIRTH	1975-03-27
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hacienda Heights, California, United States
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH