Ciara is a GRAMMY Award winning singer/songwriter, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. During her 20-year career, she has sold over 23 million records and nearly 30 million singles worldwide, including chart-topping hits “Goodies,” “Ride,” “Oh,” “1, 2 Step,” “I Bet,” and “Level Up.” The latter transformed into a defining moment for the culture with the subsequent movement it incited, clocking over 360 million views on YouTube and garnering 2x Platinum certification from the RIAA.

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At the vanguard of the fast-changing music industry, Ciara continues to make one power move after another. She formally launched Beauty Marks Entertainment (BME) as a boundless platform for her music, media, film, fashion, philanthropy, technology, and entrepreneurial pursuits. The company’s business model was built on fully supporting the artist, and the female-led enterprise places Ciara at the forefront of forward-thinking entertainers taking an entrepreneurial approach to their careers. Along with advancing a new paradigm that is sure to reshape the industry landscape, BME has already empowered Ciara to reclaim her narrative and realize her vision more completely than ever before. In 2019, Ciara released Beauty Marks, her seventh full-length album and first for her own Beauty    Marks Entertainment. She is currently working on her eighth album with previously released hit single “How We Roll” with Chris Brown, which surged as her highest-charting song since 2013, in addition to catapulting to #1 on the Billboard R&B Digital Song Sales Chart and a mass in over 60 million YouTube views on the music video. It also earned an NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Duo.

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In 2020, Ciara, along with husband Russell Wilson, launched The House of LR&C, a new concept in retail with a focus on doing good, built with a mission to democratize the retail industry and create large-scale positive change. In keeping with her entrepreneurial spirit, Ciara is the co-owner of Ten To One rum and recently launched her skincare line OAM (On A Mission), which provides clinical-level results through vitamin C.

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Ciara is not only known for her vocal talent and dance moves (her videos have been viewed over 3 billion times), but she has also starred in both film and television roles. Most recently, she scored an NAACP Image Award for her role as Nettie in 2023 adaptation film of The Color Purple. In addition, Ciara has held brand partnership deals with Equinox and GAP, Degree, and was formerly a Global Brand Ambassador for Revlon. As longtime muse for several high-fashion designers, Ciara has not only been the face of various campaigns, but she has graced the covers of numerous fashion and lifestyle magazines.

 

Ciara is a devoted wife and mother of four as well as a philanthropist who co-founded the Why Not You Foundation with husband Russell Wilson, which is dedicated to fighting poverty through education and empowering today’s youth to lead with a “why not you” attitude. In March of 2022, Ciara and Russell became New York Times Best selling authors with the release of their first children’s book “Why Not You” (Random House) which was inspired by the work they do through their foundation.