Vitamin C (singer) Biography
Vitamin C (singer) born as Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick, is is an American pop music singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress.
She began her career as an Ivory soap baby and child actress, appearing in John Waters’ film Hairspray (1988), and continued to appear in minor roles in films before starting the alternative rock band Eve’s Plum in 1991.
Vitamin C (singer) Age
She was born July 20, 1972, Old Bridge, New Jersey, U.S.A. She is 47 years old as of 2018.
Vitamin C (singer) Family
She is the youngest of three children born to Vita, a legal secretary, and Gerard Fitzpatrick, a communications executive.
Vitamin C (singer) Education
She graduated from Cedar Ridge High School, now called Old Bridge High School in 1987, where she was a classmate of Junot Díaz. During her high school years, she was a dancer who danced professionally in several TV ads and also starred in her high school musical. She later attended New York University, graduating in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.
Vitamin C (singer) Husband
She is married to Michael Kotch. The couple got married in the year 2004 and they live together happily. Her husband Michael Kotch, is a Brandeis University coach.
Vitamin C (singer) Acting
In late 2000, Vitamin C released The Itch, the first single from her second album More. Though the song got some popular dance club airplay, it stalled on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 45. The Itch was a much bigger success in Australia for Vitamin C, where it charted at number 6 on the ARIA Charts and was certified Platinum. The single was a minor hit in 2001 in Ireland……..Joe[singer]
After her album, More debuted at a disappointing number 122 on the Billboard 200Elektra Records released the second single “As Long As You’re Loving Me with almost no promotion. The song failed to chart in the US, thus the planned third single, I Know What Boys Like, was scrapped and Vitamin C was dropped from Elektra Records. The LGBT lifestyle magazine So So Gay dubbed More the epitome of the electropop genre.
She had a cameo in the film Rock Star in 2001. In addition, in 2001 she appeared in the romantic comedy film Get Over It, with Kirsten Dunst and Sisqó. She made a brief comedic cameo appearance as herself (in voiceover) in the film Scary Movie 2.
Her cover version of the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons song December 1963 was used as a brand image theme by the American television network The WB in image spots, promos, and interstitials during the 1999–2000 television season. She also recorded a song she wrote called Vacation, which became the opening theme to the short movie Pikachu’s Vacation.
Vitamin C (singer) Net Worth
Vitamin C (aka Colleen Fitzpatrick) is an American pop music singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, and dancer who has a net worth of $8 million.
Vitamin C (singer) Hairspray
Vitamin C in 1988, while a student at New York University living in the same dorm as Sarah Silverman, John Fugelsang, and Bridget Looney, Fitzpatrick made her screen debut under her real name in the John Waters feature film Hairspray as Amber Von Tussle, the bratty on-screen daughter of co-stars Debbie Harry and Sonny Bono.
She made her first musical outing as the lead singer of the alternative rock band Eve’s Plum, named after The Brady Bunch actress Eve Plumb, formed in 1991. She formed the band with Michael Kotch in 1991, whom she met while studying at New York University.
A year later the group got a record deal with Epic Records in 1992, releasing 2 albums and 7 singles between 1993 and 1995 before being dropped by their label for failing to achieve any mainstream success. The band continued to perform together until 1998.
Vitamin C (singer) Tv Appearances
Her television appearances included playing a judge in the American Idol spoof The WB’s Superstar USA. She also appeared in an episode of MTV’s The Andy Dick Show and the celebrity game show Celebrity Bootcamp. Vitamin C made cameos on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, The Brothers Garcia, The Amanda Show, and The Sausage Factory.
She was one of three judges of the Lifetime reality series Your Mama Don’t Dance. In the 1980s, she appeared on The Equalizer. Also in the 80s, she appeared on SNL as an “Update Dancer” during Dennis Miller’s news segment, in which the dancers would come out scantily clad and dance to a classic rock song.
Vitamin C (singer) Lipstick
Like many artists before her, Vitamin C took advantage of the marketing opportunities available to a pop star, licensing everything from her own doll to a shade of lipstick matching her signature orange hair. She was also turned into a video game character for a baseball game.
The Mattel Vitamin C doll was a hair activity doll that came with changeable hairstyle extensions available in orange and red, the doll also came with a microphone, platform shoes, and was approximately retailed at $16.The Vitamin C lipstick shade was made by Tommy Hilfiger. Both the doll and lipstick were available to the retail market in 2000. The 2001 video game EA Sports Triple Play featured Vitamin C as an animated baseball player, as well as her song “I Know What Boys Like.
Vitamin C (singer) Graduation
Her debut solo album, Vitamin C, peaked on the Billboard 200 at number 29 and was certified Platinum by the RIAA. The album’s first single, Smile, climbed to number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was also certified Gold by the RIAA. The second single from her album Me, Myself & I, failed to chart. However, the third single Graduation made a huge impact on the radio, peaking at number 12 on the Top 40 Mainstream Chart, number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100, and number 2 on the ARIA Charts, and was certified Platinum in Australia.
Vitamin C (singer) MTV
MTV News interviewed Vitamin C where she revealed details on a comeback, with two new albums, though no release dates or labels have yet been cited. In the June 11 issue, People magazine had a special Where Are They Now article.
She was about to finish work on a children’s world-music album that would celebrate diversity through songs like the Indian-styled Bhangra On and On and We All Share the Same Sky,and that she started work on a non-children’s third Vitamin C album she described as Goldfrapp-meets-Vitamin C, which she had hoped to have out by 2007.
Regarding the album, she had stated Just because you’re not always on MTV doesn’t mean you’re not actively working, she said. Both albums have yet to be released.
Vitamin C (singer) Singing
Vitamin C has written or co-written many songs for other artists. She wrote the song We Are Gonna Happen for actress and singer Emma Roberts featured on her 2005 Unfabulous and More CD. She co-wrote Where Do We Go with Scout Taylor-Compton in 2005.
She wrote the single Make Some Noise for Krystal Meyers in 2008. In 2009, she wrote Let’s Get Crazy for Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana. Miley sang the song in-character as Hannah Montana in Hannah Montana: The Movie and Hannah Montana (season 3).
Vitamin C also wrote the song One and the Same, a duet recorded by Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez for the Disney Channel Original Movie Princess Protection Program, which was later included on the Disney Channel Playlist album.
On March 21, 2012, Nickelodeon named Vitamin C as VP of Music. She will oversee all music for Nickelodeon and its sister cable channels, as well as A&R and management of Nickelodeon artists.