Carnie Wilson is an American singer and television host, best known as a member of the early-90s singing group Wilson Phillips. She was born on April 29, 1968 in Bel Air, California, U.S.

She co-founded Wilson Phillips with her younger sister Wendy and childhood friend Chynna Phillips when they were in their teens. They released two albums, “Wilson Phillips” and “Shadows and Light” and had six top 20 singles before breaking up in 1993.

Carnie & Wendy Wilson continued to record together, releasing the Christmas album “Hey Santa!” in 1993, and they joined with their father for a critically successful (yet commercially unsuccessful) 1997 album entitled “The Wilsons”.

In 2003, Carnie attempted to launch a solo music career with the album “For the First Time”. The album featured a remake of the Diane Warren penned Samantha Mumba ballad “Don't Need You To (Tell Me I'm Pretty)”, retitled “I Don't Need You To”, as its first single. However, the single failed to gain interest and the album was ultimately shelved when Carnie regrouped with Wendy and Chynna as Wilson Phillips in 2004.

Reunited, the band released a third album, named “California”, which appeared on Sony Music's record label. The album featured cover songs primarily from the 1960s and 1970s, and specifically highlights the musical glory days of their parents' California-based musical groups: The Mamas & The Papas and the Beach Boys.

In 2006, she finally launched her solo career, with an album of lullabies created shortly after the birth of her daughter Lola. The album, entitled “A Mother's Gift: Lullabies from the Heart” contains several classic songs that are recreated in a dreamier tone.

She released her second solo effort in October 2007, a Christmas album entitled “Christmas with Carnie”, featuring a song written by her husband entitled “Warm Lovin' Christmastime”.

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