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Monroe was born on September 10, 1986 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Growing up, her parents played songs by the Eagles and Lynyrd Skynyrd, so her country rock roots started early, and she was already taking piano lesson before she turned seven. At age 11, she won a talent contest in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee (home of Dolly Parton's resort "Dollywood"), singing "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart." She subsequently found steady work performing in a theater in Pigeon Forge. A couple year later, her father gave Monroe her first guitar, and she began writing her own songs. But tragedy struck when...

"There is a woman in the room," Ashley Cleveland announces on "Queen of Soul," the rousing lead-off track from her latest release, Before the Daylight’s Shot. Though she may be singing about Aretha Franklin, that simple declaration could double as Cleveland’s own motto as an artist. In a music scene overpopulated by breathy girls and melismatic vamps, Cleveland is that rare thing - a woman who sings like a woman. A woman with grit and passion. A woman who’s not afraid to follow her longings into places both light and dark. Yes, she can roar and wail with maximum soul...

Ashley Leitao was considered one of the most shocking idol eliminations ever - recieving 9th [of 10] on 2005's Canadian Idol 3. Leitao, 19 from Burnaby, British Columbia, states her musical background is pop, but showed on Idol that she was able to do more than pop. Her Top 32 performance - "Colours of the Wind" - hailed her as "money in the pot" by judge Zack Werner for a career, and her Top 10 Canadian Hits performance of Amanda Marshall's "Let It Rain" gave her even more praise. After what many gave the title of "a championship performance," Leitao...

Ashley Parker Angel is a musician, formerly known as a member of the now-defunct boy band O-Town as well as an upcoming band, Mansions of Arcadia. His first solo album, titled Soundtrack to Your Life, was released on May 16th by Blackground Records. It debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200, selling over 72,000 copies. O-Town During the production of the reality show that gave birth to O-Town, Making the Band, many of Ashley's co-workers considered him perfect for the role of a boy band member, as a result of his passion, enthusiasm, talent, and boyish good looks. He is...