1. Lisa Jane Stansfield was born on 11 April 1966 and is an English singer, songwriter, and actress.
40 Facts About Lisa Stansfield
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Lisa Stansfield's career began in 1980 when she won the singing competition Search for a Star.
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The band released several singles and one album, but after the success of Coldcut's "People Hold On" in 1989, on which Lisa Stansfield was featured, the focus was placed on her solo career.
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Lisa Stansfield was nominated for two Grammy Awards, and Affection is her best-selling album to date.
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Thereafter, Lisa Stansfield took a break from music and focused on her film career.
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Lisa Stansfield released her seventh album Seven on 31 January 2014.
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Lisa Stansfield promoted the album with the European Seven Tour in 2013 and 2014.
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In June 2018, following a string of sold-out tour dates in Europe, Lisa Stansfield announced her North American Tour, which began in October 2018.
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Lisa Stansfield has won numerous awards, including three Brit Awards, two Ivor Novello Awards, a Billboard Music Award, World Music Award, ASCAP Award, Women's World Award, Silver Clef Award and two DMC Awards.
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Lisa Stansfield has sold over 20 million albums worldwide, including five million of Affection.
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Lisa Stansfield was born at the Crumpsall Hospital in Manchester, England.
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Lisa Stansfield's family moved to Heywood in 1976, then to Rochdale in 1977.
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Lisa Stansfield attended Siddal Moor School, Redbrook Middle School where she won the annual talent contest, and Oulder Hill Community School.
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Lisa Stansfield grew up listening to soul music, and stated that her mother's affinity for records by Diana Ross and the Supremes was her first musical influence, Stansfield citing Marvin Gaye, Chic and Barry White as other primary musical influences.
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In 1980, Lisa Stansfield won the Search for a Star singing competition, held at the Talk of the Town nightclub, and in 1981 her first single "Your Alibis" was released by Devil Records.
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Lisa Stansfield co-wrote all songs with Ian Devaney and Andy Morris.
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Affection includes Lisa Stansfield's biggest hit and signature song, "All Around the World".
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Lisa Stansfield was nominated for two Grammy Awards in the Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance categories.
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In 1991, Lisa Stansfield recorded her second studio album Real Love, and released it on 11 November 1991.
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Lisa Stansfield co-wrote all the songs with Ian Devaney and Andy Morris, who produced the album.
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In 1992, Lisa Stansfield toured Europe, Asia and the United States, and released the Live at Wembley home video.
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Lisa Stansfield's self-titled fourth studio album Lisa Stansfield was released on 21 March 1997.
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Lisa Stansfield toured South America, the US, and Europe in 1997 and 1998 to promote the album.
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Lisa Stansfield released her fifth studio album Face Up on 20 June 2001.
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On 3 February 2003, Lisa Stansfield released her first greatest-hits album, Biography: The Greatest Hits.
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Lisa Stansfield toured Europe in March and April 2003 to promote the compilation.
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Between May and July 2013, Lisa Stansfield toured Europe singing her greatest hits.
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Lisa Stansfield toured the United Kingdom in November 2013, and her Seven Tour continued in Europe in May and June 2014.
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In October 2017, Lisa Stansfield announced her new album Deeper, and a European tour.
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In June 2018, following a string of tour dates in Europe, Lisa Stansfield announced her North American Tour to begin in October.
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In October 2019 Lisa Stansfield embarked on Affection 30th Anniversary Tour celebrating 30 years of her debut album.
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Lisa Stansfield played Joan Woodcock in the Nick Mead-directed movie Swing, starring Hugo Speer, and recorded songs for the soundtrack.
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Lisa Stansfield played herself in the comedy series Monkey Trousers in mid-2005.
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In September 2007, Lisa Stansfield appeared in another television series, Agatha Christie's Marple.
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Lisa Stansfield played Mary Durrant in the episode titled Ordeal by Innocence.
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Lisa Stansfield dubbed one of the characters for the English version of the Finnish animated film Quest for a Heart, released in December 2007.
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Lisa Stansfield recorded the title song, written by Charlie Mole and Lee Hall.
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Lisa Stansfield joined the cast of the 2008 film The Edge of Love, directed by John Maybury, playing the role of Ruth Williams.
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In 1987, Lisa Stansfield married Italian designer Augusto Grassi, whom she had met during a holiday in Tunisia.
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In 1998, Lisa Stansfield was named in a list of the biggest private financial donors to the Labour Party.