Willa Ford
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Willa Ford is an American pop dance, singer, songwriter, producer and host. She was well known for her debut album Willa Was Here on 2001.
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About
Early Years
Amanda Lee Williford known professionally as Willa Ford was born on January 22, 1981 at Ruskin, Florida. Her passion for music began as a young girl when she joined the Tampa Bay Children' s Choir at 8. By age 11, she is widely travelled performer joining Tampa's Children's Performing Arts Troupe entertainment where they performed in places such as Walt Disney and Bush Gardens. At 15, she became a solo singer artist and landed a spot for the local group FLA. The group was short-lived and she decided to go to Los Angeles for a better more opportunities.
Debut Single
In 1999, she graduated high school at East Bay where she maintained a place in the honor roll having a grade point average of 4.25. After graduating, she signed a deal with MCA and released her first single entitled "Lullaby" on the 2x certified platinum soundtrack for "Pokemon The First Movie". Her stage name was Mandah at that time.
New Lable and Debut Album
Soon MCA changed her stage name to Willa Ford to avoid mixing up with Mandy Moore and help her promote with a beautiful and good girl image. When she decided to released her debut album with some sexually tainted materials her label dropped her and she was absorbed by Lava/Atlantic.
The debut album was released on July 17, 2001 entitled Willa Was Here that soon brought her to popularity.
Album Certifications
| Year | Title | Certifications |
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| 1999 | Lullaby - Pokemon The First Movie | Certified 2x Platinum - RIAA |
| 2000 | Willa Was Here | Certified Platinum - RIAA |
| 2001 | I Wanna Be Bad | Certified Gold - RIAA |
Chart Toppers
| Year | Title | Hot 100 | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | I Wanna Be Bad | 22 | Willa Was Here |
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Tours & Concerts
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Announcements
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Discography
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Contemporaries
Trivia
- Willa Ford has appeared on a few VH1 shows, including 2004’s VH1’s 100 Most Outrageous Celebrity Moments, My Fair Brady, and The Fabulous Life of Las Vegas.
- Willa graduated East Bay High School with a 4.25 GPA, was always on Honor Roll throughout high school, and was in honors and AP classes.
- Willa was in the cast in the third season of the hit ABC reality show Dancing With the Stars, but she and her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy were the fifth dancing duo eliminated.
Reviews
Willa Ford is an epitome of a multi-talented artist who can do all thing at ease from singing, writing, dancing, hosting, acting, and modelling. Although we knew that she has much beauty and oozing sex appeal in her videos for "I Wanna Be Bad" and "Did Ya' Understand That", her voice shall not be discounted too as one of things that brought her to super stardom. She represents the woman who performs modern pop rock music aglow that brings the world to life! -- Ericgo 21:29, 24 February 2007 (PST)
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Categories: Artist | Pop | R&B
