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Biography:
 Samantha
Karen Fox was born April 15, 1966, in Mile End, London, to parents Patrick
and Carole.
As a young high school student, she was discovered by
the Sun tabloid while studying for her finals. After her first
appearance as a topless model in the "Page 3" feature of the
paper, her popularity took off.
Her work as a "Page 3" girl for many years made her famous, but
she wanted to follow her dream of music, and in 1986 her dream came true.
Her debut album "Touch Me", was released in 1987 and went
gold after the release of the first single, "Touch Me (I Want Your
Body)." With the help controversial lyrics, the song sold more than six million copies worldwide, and helped make
the new singer a superstar.
Her celebrity grew even more with a guest appearance on MTV, and her centerfold status didn't hurt either. Her second album,
"Samantha
Fox" was released in 1987, and regardless of the critics' calling her a
porno star, and nude model trying to be a singer, she was able to build a
huge fan base. The album produced the smash hits "Naughty Girls
(Need Love Too)" and "Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now."
Her success continued with the release of her third album,
"I Wanna
Have Some Fun" in 1988. Again, she hit big with "Next To
Me" and "Love House".
More albums were released, two in 1991 "Just One Night" and
"Hurt Me, Hurt Me", and
1992's Greatest Hits featuring the tracks "I Only Wanna Be With
You" and "Do Ya Do Ya Wanna Please Me."
She took a vacation from the music business as she upgraded her
image and sound to a more confident style, which included a breast reduction to go with her
album, "21st
Century Fox", which was released in 1997.
The album gave us the hit singles "Wasted Energy," "Let
Me Be Free" and "Santa Maria."
When she wasn't working on her music, she was working on movies with appearances in 1994's "Rock Dancer"
and 1999's "The Match", and cameos in "Frontline" and
"The Frank
Skinner Show".
Men around the world fell in love with her when she posed nude for Playboy Magazine in
1996, the last time she would pose naked. But it seemed that the world
wanted to see her body, and that months edition of Playboy, with her as the centerfold, was one of the fastest selling issues
in the magazines history.
After her Playboy photo shoot and centerfold, there
was uncertainty in Hollywood. There was another "Samantha
Fox" on the scene, but this performer was not the sweet little girl who
became a music legend. The other was the queen of porno videos,
appearing nude in countless direct-to-video porn and adult movie projects since the 1980's. There was a time when fans confused the singer
with the porn star, and some critics
believed it may have actually helped her career.
In 2002 she released another album, "Watching You,
Watching Me". Then, in 2005, she released "Angel With An Attitude"
and, in 2007, re-released the album with two additional bonus
tracks.
Also in 2007, she toured Australia as part of the "Countdown Spectacular
2", a series of concerts reviving the nostalgia of the Australian music
television series Countdown.
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