Sheena Easton
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Background information
Birth name: Sheena Shirley Orr
Born: 27 April 1959
Origin: Bellshill, Scotland
Genres: Adult Contemporary, Pop, Rock, Dance, R&B, Country
Occupations: Singer, songwriter, producer, actress, voiceover, designer
Years active: 1980 - present
Labels: EMI UK, EMI US, MCA, Universal
Sheena Easton (born Sheena Shirley Orr; 27 April 1959) is a Scottish recording artist. Easton became famous for being the focus of an episode in the British television program ''The Big Time'', which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and her eventual signing with EMI Records. Easton is a two time Grammy winner and has 15 U.S. top forty singles on the Billboard U.S. pop singles chart to date and is the only artist in the history of the Billboard chart to have a top 5 single on all the key charts. Pop/Rock, R&B, Country, Dance, and Adult Contemporary.
Easton rose to fame in the early 1980s with the pop hits ''9 to 5'', known as ''Morning Train'' in the United States and ''For Your Eyes Only'', ''Strut'', ''Sugar Walls'', ''U Got the Look'' with Prince, and ''The Lover in Me''. She went on to become successful in the United States and Japan, working with prominent vocalists and producers, such as Prince, Christopher Neil, Kenny Rogers, Luis Miguel, L. A. Reid and Babyface, and Nile Rodgers.
