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LaShell Griffin Biography - From Housewife To Celebrity, The Pop Star Challenge, Recorded Her First Album - Selected discography

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Singer

1967—

LaShell Griffin, a stay-at-home mother of five, devoted wife, and devout Christian who loves to sing in the church choir, once told her children that one day she would appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show. She did not know how or why, but she believed it would happen. In the fall of 2003 Griffin's dream came true when she was selected as one of the finalists in Winfrey's Pop Star Challenge. After several performances on the show during February 2004, Griffin was voted the contest's winner, earning her a record deal with Epic Records. Her first album, Free, was released in May 2004.

Albums

Free, Epic Records, 2004.

Sources

Periodicals

Billboard, July 31, 2004.

Jet, March 15, 2004, p. 62.

O, The Oprah Magazine, May 2004, p. 70.

On-line

"LaShell Griffin," All Music Guide, www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=LASHELL|GRIFFIN&uid=CAW010502181134&sql=11:8b7tk6axtkr3~T0 (February 18, 2005).

"LaShell Griffin," E.O.M.: Evolution of Media, http://www.eomentertainment.com/reviews/LaShell_Griffin/Free.shtml (February 18, 2005).

"LaShell Griffin," GospelCity, www.gospelcity.com/dynamic/artist-articles/interviews/128 (February 18, 2005).

"LaShell Griffin" [radio interview], HJ's Praise Party, www.gospel-spotlight.com/lashell_griffin_intvw.htm (February 18, 2005).

"LaShell Griffin," NewsBeats, www.newsbeats.com/lashell (February 18, 2005).

"LaShell Griffin," Soul Tracks, www.soultracks.com/lashell_griffin.htm (February 18, 2005).

"LaShell Griffin: Free," Christianity Today,www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2004/free.html (February 18, 2005).

LaShell Griffin Official Web Site, www.lashellgriffinmusic.com (February 18, 2005).

"Mom in Pop," Christianity Today, www.christianitytoday.com/music/interviews/2004/lashellgriffin-0604.html (February 2005).

"Oprah Presents LaShell Griffin," MusicRemedy, www.musicremedy.com/articles/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowMessage&Id=693 (February 18, 2005).

"Pop Star Challenge: LaShell Griffin," Oprah, www.oprah.com/presents/2004/popstar/contest/pop_contest_05.jhtml (February 18, 2005).

—Kari Bethel

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