True Star is a fragrance endorsed by American fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger released in 2004. The release was followed with a revised version of Beyoncé Knowles' original cover of "Wishing on a Star" and a limited edition EP also titled True Star: A Private Performance. The fragrance's commercial shows the singer Beyoncé Knowles singing a capella the song. Knowles was a poster girl of the perfume. She received $250,000 for this campaign.[1] True Star was followed by one additional release, the True Star Gold.
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| Fragrance by Tommy Hilfiger | |
| Released | 2004 |
| Successor | Tommy Girl |
| Website | tommyhilfiger |
Reception
In 2005, the fragrance True Star won a FiFi Award for Best New Fragrance Commercial.[2]
True Star: A Private Performance
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| Released | 2004 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 7:57 | |||
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True Star: A Private Performance is a two-track extended play (EP) by American singer-songwriter Beyoncé. Produced by herself and Tommy Hilfiger, it was released exclusively in 2004, solely available with limited edition purchases of her fragrance by Hilfiger entitled True Star.[4] The EP's packaging consists of a fold-out digipak picture sleeve, including advertisement for the perfume and a built in picture booklet with lyrics for "Wishing on a Star".[3] The EP was only released as a five-inch CD single, usually included with the purchase of the preceding EP's perfume.[5]
The EP consists of two tracks.[4] "Wishing on a Star" was originally covered by Beyoncé Knowles in 2004, for the live album Live at Wembley.[6] The song was than used to promote the Tommy Hilfiger fragrance.[7] In 2005, the song was included on the soundtrack of the movie Roll Bounce.[8] At the 48th Grammy Awards (2006), Knowles' version was nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.[9] Knowles released the song as a promotional single on August 17, 2010.[10] The song that appears on the EP was credited originally from Live at Wembley.[11]
The song "Naïve", which is a duet between Solange Knowles and Beyoncé, featuring Da Brat, was included on Solange Knowles' debut studio album Solo Star (2002) as the twenty-first track, tentatively untitled.[12]
Track listing
Credits adapted from the EP's liner notes.[4][11]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Wishing on a Star" | Billie Ray Calvin |
| 4:07 |
| 2. | "Naïve" (with Solange featuring Da Brat) |
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| 3:45 |
| Total length: | 7:57 | |||