Paula Abdul：
Paula出生于1962年6月19日的加利福尼亚，父母是Harry Abdul和Lorraine Abdul。父母亲在1969年离异。她从小就喜爱跳舞，后来又修读过专业舞蹈。她曾是一名出色的舞蹈编排家，为 Michael Jackson 兄弟和 Janet
Jackson作过舞蹈设计，Jackson等人的劲舞有不少都出自她的编排。在1987年Paula很明智的拿出3万美元灌注了一张唱片。在1988年《Knocked Out》在Billboard最棒100张唱片中排名48。陆续发布的多张唱片都为Paula带来很高的赞誉和很大的发行量。1996年10月25日， Paula和Brad beckerman结婚。她的婚礼还登上了杂志和电视台的节目。担任《美国偶像》的评委对Paula来说很具有挑战性。

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Paula Abdul grew up in the San Fernando Valley, California. She began taking dance lessons when she was eight. She attended Van Nuys High School, where she was senior class president and head cheerleader. After graduating in 1980, she started college at Cal State-Northridge, majoring in TV and radio. After joining the L.A. Lakers cheerleaders, she became head cheerleader/choreographer after only a few months, eventually dropping out of college to dance and choreograph full-time. She was recruited by The Jacksons to choreograph their 1984 "Torture" video, the first in a long list of videos and movies she would choreograph. She branched out into singing with her first CD, "Forever Your Girl", which had lackluster sales until the single "Straight Up" exploded onto the charts in December 1988 and she has been a popular singer/dancer ever since, enhanced by her stint as a judge on the hit series "American Idol: The Search for a Superstar" (2002).

Paula has won many musical awards, such as a Grammy, 7 MTV video awards, 2 Emmy awards, and 2 People's Choice Awards. On top of all that she's had two #1 hit albums and seven #1 hit singles. To add to that she has a star on the Hollywood walk of fame. She has done well for herself, and plans to write/sing/choreograph for as long as she can.

Personal Quotes

"When people expect me to go right, I'll go left, " says Abdul on her choreographing. "I'm unpredictable."

"When you wish upon a star, you just might become one."