True Star (perfume)

{{Infobox fragrance

|Name = True Star

|Image = True Star by Tommy Hilfiger.jpg

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|Endorsed by = Tommy Hilfiger

|Type = Women's fragrance

|Released = 2004

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|Successor = Tommy Girl

|URL = {{url|tommyhilfiger.com}}

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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's 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.{{cite magazine| url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,656036,00.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070513155821/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,656036,00.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=May 13, 2007|title=Beyoncé Launches New True Star Fragrance|first1=Monique|last1=Jessen|first2=Stephen|last2=M. Silverman|magazine=People|publisher=Time Inc|date=June 22, 2004|access-date=April 22, 2012}} True Star was followed by one additional release, the True Star Gold.

Reception

In 2005, the fragrance True Star won a FiFi Award for Best New Fragrance Commercial.[http://www.fragrancefoundation.org.uk/fifi-awards/fifi-awards-2005.htm FiFi Awards 2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526105112/http://www.fragrancefoundation.org.uk/fifi-awards/fifi-awards-2005.htm |date=2012-05-26 }}

''True Star: A Private Performance''

{{Infobox album

| name = True Star: A Private Performance

| type = EP

| artist = Beyoncé

| cover = Beyoncé - True Star - A Private Performance.jpg

| border = yes

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| released = {{Start date|2004}}

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| genre = R&B

| length = {{Duration|m=7|s=57}}

| label = {{flatlist|

Tommy Hilfiger
Columbia{{cite web|url=http://www.swapacd.com/Beyonce-Knowles-True-Star-Private/cd/13267288/ |title=Beyonce Knowles - True Star A Private Performance +Used CD available for Swap |publisher=Swapacd.com |access-date=2012-05-03}}}}

| producer = {{flatlist|

Beyoncé Knowles
Chink Santana}}

| prev_title = Dangerously in Love

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = Live at Wembley

| next_year = 2004

}}

True Star: A Private Performance is the first extended play (EP) by American singer and 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/True-Star-Performance-Beyonce-Knowles/dp/B00185P5PG |title=True Star: A Private Performance: Beyonce Knowles: Music |website=Amazon |date=2009-09-09 |access-date=2012-05-03}} 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". The EP was only released as a five-inch CD single, usually included with the purchase of the preceding EP's perfume.{{cite web|url=http://991.com/Buy/ProductInformation.aspx?StockNumber=338411 |title=Beyonce Knowles True Star - A Private Performance - Sealed Austrian 5" Cd Single AB74628 True Star - A Private Performance - sealed Beyonce Knowles 022548109991 991 338411 |publisher=991.com |access-date=2012-05-03}}

The EP consists of two tracks. "Wishing on a Star" was originally covered by Beyoncé Knowles in 2004, for the live album Live at Wembley.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-wembley-main-entry-r687130 |title=Live at Wembley |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=3 November 2011}} The song was than used to promote the Tommy Hilfiger fragrance.{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmeticsdesign.com/Market-Trends/Hilfiger-believes-Beyonce-is-a-True-Star |title=Hilfiger believes Beyonce is a True Star |date=21 June 2004 |publisher=Cosmetics Design |access-date=3 November 2011}} In 2005, the song was included on the soundtrack of the movie Roll Bounce.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/roll-bounce-r793613 |title=Roll Bounce - Original Soundtrack |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=3 November 2011}} At the 48th Grammy Awards (2006), Knowles' version was nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/awards/grammys/2005-12-08-grammy-list-nominations_x.htm |title=Complete list of Grammy Award nominations |publisher=USA Today |access-date=18 October 2011 |date=8 February 2006}} Knowles released the song as a promotional single on August 17, 2010.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wishing-on-a-star-single/id386245252 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726215458/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wishing-on-a-star-single/id386245252 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 26, 2014 |title=Wishing On a Star - Single by Beyoncé |publisher=iTunes Store (US). Apple Inc |access-date=November 3, 2011}} The song that appears on the EP was credited originally from Live at Wembley.{{cite web |url=http://www.freecodesource.com/album-covers/B00185P5PG--beyonce-knowles-true-star:-a-private-performance-album-cover.html |title=Beyonce Knowles True Star: A Private Performance Album Cover, Beyonce Knowles True Star: A Private Performance CD Cover, Beyonce Knowles True Star: A Private Performance Cover Art |publisher=Freecodesource.com |access-date=2012-05-03 |archive-date=2016-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827182234/http://www.freecodesource.com/album-covers/B00185P5PG--beyonce-knowles-true-star:-a-private-performance-album-cover.html |url-status=dead }}

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.{{cite web|last=Ruhlmann |first=William |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/solo-star-r625601/review |title=Solo Star - Solange |publisher=AllMusic |date=2003-01-21 |access-date=2012-05-03}}