True Star (perfume)

True Star
Fragrance by Tommy Hilfiger
Released	2004
Successor	Tommy Girl
Website	tommyhilfiger.com

True Star is a fragrance endorsed by American fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger released in 2004. The release was followed with a revised version of Beyoncé Knowles' original cover of "Wishing on a Star" and a limited edition EP also titled True Star: A Private Performance. The fragrance's commercial shows the singer Beyoncé Knowles singing a capella the song. Knowles was a poster girl of the perfume. She received $250,000 for this campaign.[1] True Star was followed by one additional release, the True Star Gold.

Reception

In 2005, the fragrance True Star won a FiFi Award for Best New Fragrance Commercial.[2]

True Star: A Private Performance

True Star: A Private Performance
EP by Beyoncé
Released	2004 (2004)
Genre	R&B
Length	7:57
Label	Tommy Hilfiger Columbia[3]
Producer	Beyoncé Knowles Chink Santana
Beyoncé chronology
Dangerously in Love (2003) True Star: A Private Performance (2004) Live at Wembley (2004)

True Star: A Private Performance is a two-track extended play (EP) by American singer-songwriter Beyoncé. Produced by herself and Tommy Hilfiger, it was released exclusively in 2004, solely available with limited edition purchases of her fragrance by Hilfiger entitled True Star.[4] The EP's packaging consists of a fold-out digipak picture sleeve, including advertisement for the perfume and a built in picture booklet with lyrics for "Wishing on a Star".[3] The EP was only released as a five-inch CD single, usually included with the purchase of the preceding EP's perfume.[5]

The EP consists of two tracks.[4] "Wishing on a Star" was originally covered by Beyoncé Knowles in 2004, for the live album Live at Wembley.[6] The song was than used to promote the Tommy Hilfiger fragrance.[7] In 2005, the song was included on the soundtrack of the movie Roll Bounce.[8] At the 48th Grammy Awards (2006), Knowles' version was nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.[9] Knowles released the song as a promotional single on August 17, 2010.[10] The song that appears on the EP was credited originally from Live at Wembley.[11]

The song "Naïve", which is a duet between Solange Knowles and Beyoncé, featuring Da Brat, was included on Solange Knowles' debut studio album Solo Star (2002) as the twenty-first track, tentatively untitled.[12]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the EP's liner notes.[4][11]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Wishing on a Star"	Billie Ray Calvin	Beyoncé Knowles Chink Santana	4:07
2.	"Naïve" (with Solange featuring Da Brat)	B. Knowles HR Crump Mathew Knowles Da Brat	B. Knowles Santana	3:45
Total length:				7:57

References

1. Jessen, Monique; M. Silverman, Stephen (June 22, 2004). "Beyoncé Launches New True Star Fragrance". People. Time Inc. Archived from the original on May 13, 2007. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
2. FiFi Awards 2005 Archived 2012-05-26 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Beyonce Knowles - True Star A Private Performance +Used CD available for Swap". Swapacd.com. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
4. "True Star: A Private Performance: Beyonce Knowles: Music". Amazon. 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
5. "Beyonce Knowles True Star - A Private Performance - Sealed Austrian 5" Cd Single AB74628 True Star - A Private Performance - sealed Beyonce Knowles 022548109991 991 338411". 991.com. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
6. "Live at Wembley". Allmusic. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
7. "Hilfiger believes Beyonce is a True Star". Cosmetics Design. 21 June 2004. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
8. "Roll Bounce - Original Soundtrack". Allmusic. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
9. "Complete list of Grammy Award nominations". USA Today. 8 February 2006. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
10. "Wishing On a Star - Single by Beyoncé". iTunes Store (US). Apple Inc. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
11. "Beyonce Knowles True Star: A Private Performance Album Cover, Beyonce Knowles True Star: A Private Performance CD Cover, Beyonce Knowles True Star: A Private Performance Cover Art". Freecodesource.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
12. Ruhlmann, William (2003-01-21). "Solo Star - Solange". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-03.

External links

• Official Website