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Deborah Cox (born July 13 1974 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canada|Canadian Contemporary R&B|R&B singer-songwriter and actor|actress. Cox's 1998 song "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" held the record for longest-running number one single on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart (14 weeks), a record held for nearly eight years. Cox has achieved nine number-one hits on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Career
Deborah Cox began singing for TV commercials at age 12, and she entered various talent shows with the help of her mother. She performed in nightclubs as a teenager, and she also began to write music around the same time.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp?pid=139109 Biography - Deborah Cox] ''Billboard''. Accessed on December 5, 2007</ref> Cox entered the music industry as a backup vocalist for Celine Dion, and after signing to Arista Records, she released her Deborah Cox (album)|self-titled debut album in 1995. She earned many comparisons to Whitney Houston. After middling success, Cox released a non-album single for the soundtrack to the 1997 movie ''Money Talks'', entitled "Things Just Ain't The Same", which failed to make the U.S. top forty. A dance mix of the song topped the U.S. dance charts, however, and was included on her second album, 1998's ''One Wish (Deborah Cox album)|One Wish''. The first single ... read all