Old Photograph Sheena Easton Scotland

Old photograph of Sheena Easton in Glasgow, Scotland. Easton was born Sheena Shirley Orr in the Scottish town of Bellshill, the youngest of six children of steel mill labourer Alex Orr and his wife Annie. She had two brothers, Robert and Alex, and three sisters, Marilyn, Anessa and Morag. Her top grades in school earned her a scholarship to attend the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, where she trained from 1975 to 1979 as a speech and drama teacher by day, while singing with a band called Something Else by night at local clubs. In 1979, she married Sandi Easton, the first of her four husbands. They divorced after eight months, and Sheena decided to keep the surname Easton. Her 1980 debut singles, Modern Girl and 9 to 5, entered into the UK top ten, making her the first UK female artist to appear twice in the same top ten. In 1981, 9 to 5, topped the USA Hot 100, making her the third UK female solo artist to achieve this, following Petula Clark and Lulu. In the US, the song was released as Morning Train. A six time Grammy nominee in the US, Easton is a two time Grammy Award winner, winning Best New Artist in 1981 and Best Mexican American Performance in 1985, for her duet with Luis Miguel on the song Me Gustas Tal Como Eres. She has received five U.S. Gold albums and one U.S. Platinum album. She has recorded 16 studio albums, released 45 singles, and had 15 Top 40 hits on the US Billboard Hot 100 between 1981 and 1991. She also had 25 top 40 hits in international territories around the world. In Canada, Easton scored three gold and two platinum albums. She has sold over 20 million albums and singles worldwide. Easton became the first artist in history to have a top 5 hit on five different Billboard charts consecutively.

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