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Deborah Ann Gibson, or simply Debbie Gibson (born August 31, 1970), is an American SingerSongwriter, producer, actress and (for a time) fashion icon. That said, most of you know her as a [[TheEighties 1980s]] teen IdolSinger, or more accurately, THE 1980s teen idol singer. Starting with her debut single at the tail end of 1986, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1t5OFOYDU "Only in My Dreams,"]] and parent album ''Out Of The Blue'', Debbie Gibson became a household name, spearheading the late 80s teen idol era, alongside such luminaries as Tiffany (the ''other'' It Girl of late 80s TeenPop), Music/RickAstley, and of course, the Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock. Debbie has sold 16 million albums worldwide, and has two Billboard #1 hits.
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Deborah Ann Gibson, or simply Debbie Gibson (born August 31, 1970), is an American SingerSongwriter, producer, actress and (for a time) fashion icon. That said, most of you know her as a [[TheEighties 1980s]] teen IdolSinger, or more accurately, THE 1980s teen idol singer. Starting with her debut single at the tail end of 1986, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1t5OFOYDU "Only in My Dreams,"]] and parent album ''Out Of The Blue'', Debbie Gibson became a household name, spearheading the late 80s teen idol era, alongside such luminaries as Tiffany (the ''other'' It Girl of late 80s TeenPop), Music/RickAstley, Music/BobbyBrown, and of course, the Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock. Debbie has sold 16 million albums worldwide, and has two Billboard #1 hits.
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* CoolOldLady: Debbie's over 50 and has a [=TikTok=] presence that will put a lot of Zoomers to shame.
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Deborah Ann Gibson, or simply Debbie Gibson, (born August 31, 1970) is an American SingerSongwriter, producer, actress and (for a time) fashion icon. That said, most of you know her as a [[TheEighties 1980s]] teen IdolSinger, or more accurately, THE 1980s teen idol singer. Starting with her debut single at the tail end of 1986, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1t5OFOYDU "Only in My Dreams,"]] and parent album ''Out Of The Blue'', Debbie Gibson became a household name, spearheading the late 80s teen idol era, alongside such luminaries as Tiffany (the ''other'' It Girl of late 80s TeenPop), Music/RickAstley, and of course, the Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock. Debbie has sold 16 million albums worldwide, and has two Billboard #1 hits.
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Deborah Ann Gibson, or simply Debbie Gibson, Gibson (born August 31, 1970) 1970), is an American SingerSongwriter, producer, actress and (for a time) fashion icon. That said, most of you know her as a [[TheEighties 1980s]] teen IdolSinger, or more accurately, THE 1980s teen idol singer. Starting with her debut single at the tail end of 1986, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1t5OFOYDU "Only in My Dreams,"]] and parent album ''Out Of The Blue'', Debbie Gibson became a household name, spearheading the late 80s teen idol era, alongside such luminaries as Tiffany (the ''other'' It Girl of late 80s TeenPop), Music/RickAstley, and of course, the Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock. Debbie has sold 16 million albums worldwide, and has two Billboard #1 hits.
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Deborah Ann Gibson, or simply Debbie Gibson, is a SingerSongwriter, producer, actress and (for a time) fashion icon. That said, most of you know her as a [[TheEighties 1980s]] teen IdolSinger, or more accurately, THE 1980s teen idol singer. Starting with her debut single at the tail end of 1986, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1t5OFOYDU "Only in My Dreams,"]] and parent album ''Out Of The Blue'', Debbie Gibson became a household name, spearheading the late 80s teen idol era, alongside such luminaries as Tiffany (the ''other'' It Girl of late 80s TeenPop), Music/RickAstley, and of course, the Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock. Debbie has sold 16 million albums worldwide, and has two Billboard #1 hits.
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Deborah Ann Gibson, or simply Debbie Gibson, (born August 31, 1970) is a an American SingerSongwriter, producer, actress and (for a time) fashion icon. That said, most of you know her as a [[TheEighties 1980s]] teen IdolSinger, or more accurately, THE 1980s teen idol singer. Starting with her debut single at the tail end of 1986, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1t5OFOYDU "Only in My Dreams,"]] and parent album ''Out Of The Blue'', Debbie Gibson became a household name, spearheading the late 80s teen idol era, alongside such luminaries as Tiffany (the ''other'' It Girl of late 80s TeenPop), Music/RickAstley, and of course, the Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock. Debbie has sold 16 million albums worldwide, and has two Billboard #1 hits.
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* CoolOldLady: Debbie's over 50 and has a [[=TikTok=]] presence that will put a lot of Zoomers to shame.
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Where Debbie separated herself from the pack, however, was that she positioned herself as an artist. She was an exceptionally ambitious young prodigy, writing her own songs since the age of 5, and even learning the ins and outs of recording as a teenager so she could produce her songs herself. Love ballad "Foolish Beat" from the multi-platinum selling ''Out Of The Blue'', made Debbie Gibson the youngest artist in history to write, record and produce a Billboard number one hit entirely by herself. (She still holds that record, but the youngest artist to sing a number one hit has since become Music/{{Lorde}}.)
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Where Debbie separated herself from the pack, however, was that she positioned herself as an artist. She was an exceptionally ambitious young prodigy, writing her own songs since the age of 5, and even learning the ins and outs of recording as a teenager so she could produce her songs herself. Love ballad "Foolish Beat" from the multi-platinum selling ''Out Of The Blue'', made Debbie Gibson the youngest artist in history to write, record and produce a Billboard number one hit entirely by herself. (She herself, at 17. (She's still holds that record, the youngest female artist to do so, but the youngest artist ''male'' to sing write, record and produce a number one #1 hit has since become Music/{{Lorde}}.is Music/SouljaBoy, at the same age.)
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Deborah Ann Gibson, or simply Debbie Gibson, is a SingerSongwriter, producer, actress and (for a time) fashion icon. That said, most of you know her as a [[TheEighties 1980s]] teen IdolSinger, or more accurately, THE 1980s teen idol singer. Starting with her debut single at the tail end of 1986, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1t5OFOYDU "Only in My Dreams,"]] and parent album ''Out Of The Blue'', Debbie Gibson became a household name, spearheading the late 80s teen idol era, alongside such luminaries as Tiffany, Music/RickAstley, and of course, the Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock. Debbie has sold 16 million albums worldwide, and has two Billboard #1 hits.
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Deborah Ann Gibson, or simply Debbie Gibson, is a SingerSongwriter, producer, actress and (for a time) fashion icon. That said, most of you know her as a [[TheEighties 1980s]] teen IdolSinger, or more accurately, THE 1980s teen idol singer. Starting with her debut single at the tail end of 1986, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1t5OFOYDU "Only in My Dreams,"]] and parent album ''Out Of The Blue'', Debbie Gibson became a household name, spearheading the late 80s teen idol era, alongside such luminaries as Tiffany, Tiffany (the ''other'' It Girl of late 80s TeenPop), Music/RickAstley, and of course, the Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock. Debbie has sold 16 million albums worldwide, and has two Billboard #1 hits.
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* TheCameo: Made one of these at, of all places, the UsefulNotes/MacysThanksgivingDayParade in 1997, to sing a remixed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2uaf96OazI "Only In My Dreams."]]
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** She shows up as the mom in Music/KatyPerry's "Last Friday Night" video, alongside Creator/CoreyFeldman as the dad.
** Made one of these at, of all places, the UsefulNotes/MacysThanksgivingDayParade in 1997, to sing a remixed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2uaf96OazI "Only In My Dreams.
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Deborah Ann Gibson, or simply Debbie Gibson, is a SingerSongwriter, producer, actress and (for a time) fashion icon. That said, most of you know her as a [[TheEighties 1980s]] teen IdolSinger, or more accurately, THE 1980s teen idol singer. Starting with her debut single at the tail end of 1986, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1t5OFOYDU "Only in My Dreams,"]] and parent album ''Out Of The Blue'', Debbie Gibson became a household name, spearheading the late 80s teen idol era, alongside such luminaries as Tiffany, Music/RickAstley, and of course, the Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock.
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Deborah Ann Gibson, or simply Debbie Gibson, is a SingerSongwriter, producer, actress and (for a time) fashion icon. That said, most of you know her as a [[TheEighties 1980s]] teen IdolSinger, or more accurately, THE 1980s teen idol singer. Starting with her debut single at the tail end of 1986, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1t5OFOYDU "Only in My Dreams,"]] and parent album ''Out Of The Blue'', Debbie Gibson became a household name, spearheading the late 80s teen idol era, alongside such luminaries as Tiffany, Music/RickAstley, and of course, the Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock. \n Debbie has sold 16 million albums worldwide, and has two Billboard #1 hits.
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Deborah Ann Gibson, or simply Debbie Gibson, is a SingerSongwriter, producer, actress and (for a time) fashion icon. That said, most of you know her as a [[TheEighties 1980s]] teen IdolSinger, or more accurately, THE 1980s teen idol singer. Starting with her debut single at the tail end of 1986, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1t5OFOYDU "Only in My Dreams,"]] and parent album ''Out Of The Blue'', Debbie Gibson became a household name, spearheading the late 80s teen idol era, alongside such luminaries as Tiffany, Music/RickAstley, and of course, the Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock.
Where Debbie separated herself from the pack, however, was that she positioned herself as an artist. She was an exceptionally ambitious young prodigy, writing her own songs since the age of 5, and even learning the ins and outs of recording as a teenager so she could produce her songs herself. Love ballad "Foolish Beat" from the multi-platinum selling ''Out Of The Blue'', made Debbie Gibson the youngest artist in history to write, record and produce a Billboard number one hit entirely by herself. (She still holds that record, but the youngest artist to sing a number one hit has since become Music/{{Lorde}}.)
As the glamorous mall-pop world collapsed at the dawn of the 90s, Gibson tried a typical move for young pop stars and got a little HotterAndSexier for her album ''Body, Mind, Soul'', but when that fizzled on the charts (missing the top 100 entirely), she shifted her focus, and tried a more adult contemporary approach to her music, releasing records as Deborah Gibson. This era of her discography may have evolved her image into adulthood, but her days as a chart-topper were behind her. Luckily, by that point, Gibson had something else to fall back on, as she went into theatre - she debuted on Broadway in 1992 as Eponine in ''Theatre/LesMiserables,'' went to London to play Sandy in a stage version of ''Grease'', and has dabbled in stage musicals ever since. Just to make sure the world now recognized her as an adult, she posed for Playboy in 2005.
While Gibson has since added movies (like such cinematic classics as ''Mega Python Vs. Gatoroid'', alongside her contemporary Tiffany) and TV competitions like ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'' to her resume, she has never forgotten music altogether. A career-spanning box set, ''We Could Be Together'', was released in 2017, and ''The Body Remembers'', her first original set of music in two decades, was released in 2021.
Debbie Gibson has notably grown up to be relatively well-adjusted for someone who achieved so much fame at such a young age, but that hasn't come without its struggles. She's been open about her history of anxiety and panic attacks, and how she used a mix of Xanax and Tylenol PM from her pop star years into her theatre years. In 2014, after worried comments from fans about her gaunt figure, she went public with her struggles with Lyme disease, which she'd been diagnosed with a year prior. Gibson's mother, Diane, who was her manager as a teenager and a major part of her success, passed away at 76 in January 2022.
For the record, [[https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tiffany-talks-rumored-debbie-gibson-rivalry-possible-duet-everybody-likes-a-good-little-catfight-170430606.html no, there's never been any serious rivalry between Debbie and Tiffany.]] They're actually close friends to this day.
Debbie updates [[https://www.youtube.com/c/DebbieGibsonOfficial her Youtube channel]] fairly frequently.
!!!Discography
# ''Out of the Blue'' (1987)
# ''Electric Youth'' (1989)
# ''Anything Is Possible'' (1990)
# ''Body, Mind, Soul'' (1993)
# ''Think with Your Heart'' (1995)
# ''Deborah'' (1997)
# ''M.Y.O.B.'' (2001)
# ''Colored Lights: The Broadway Album'' (2003)
# ''Ms. Vocalist'' (2010) (Japan exclusive)
# ''The Body Remembers'' (2021)
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!!Tropes associated with Debbie Gibson include:
* ArtisticLicenseMusic: The shots of Debbie performing with her band in the "Out Of The Blue" video. There's a guitar player in there, despite the song being synthesized dance-pop and having no real guitar to speak of.
* BreakUpSong: "Foolish Beat," delivered with heaping helpings of teen angst. Also, "This So-Called Miracle."
* TheCameo: Made one of these at, of all places, the UsefulNotes/MacysThanksgivingDayParade in 1997, to sing a remixed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2uaf96OazI "Only In My Dreams."]]
* CoverVersion: On her first headlining tour, she covered Music/EltonJohn's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAc1nYHt0c0 "Crocodile Rock,"]] seen here when Debbie was 18. No, Debbie, you do not "remember when rock was young." You were a ''zygote'' when Music/TheBeatles were breaking up.
* CreditsGag: The cassette and vinyl versions of ''Electric Youth'' had no side A and side B. She listed them as "this side" and "that side." Very cute, Debbie. ''Anything Is Possible,'' however, took the gag a step further and divided the sides into concepts: side A is labeled "NRG↑" (energy up) for its dance songs, and side B is for ballads, and is called "Mood Swings." This idea didn't catch on, nor did the album.
* FootsieUnderTheTable: The video for "Shock Your Mama" sees Debbie doing this to her obviously flustered boyfriend.
* GreatestHitsAlbum: ''Greatest Hits'' was fittingly released in 1995, right around the time she began going by Deborah Gibson and leaving her teen pop sound behind.
* HotterAndSexier: A major part of her image going into the ''Body, Mind, Soul'' album cycle (oh, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPrsr0-hCk8 there's body, all right]]).
* NewJackSwing: Incorporated some of this into her music in the 90s.
* NiceHat: Young Debbie wore that black porkpie hat all the time, making it a huge part of her image.
* OffTheTable: The plot of the "Foolish Beat" video. Debbie breaks up with her boyfriend, and later tries to mend the relationship, only to be rebuffed.
* SillyLoveSongs: In her teenage years in particular.
* TeenPop: As far as the 80s goes, which is where this aesthetic of pop crystallized, Debbie could be considered the TropeCodifier.
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[[labelnote: Click here to see Debbie Gibson more recently.]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/debbie_gibson__2018_hallmarks_evening_gala_tca_summer_press_tour_09.jpeg[[/labelnote]]]]
Deborah Ann Gibson, or simply Debbie Gibson, is a SingerSongwriter, producer, actress and (for a time) fashion icon. That said, most of you know her as a [[TheEighties 1980s]] teen IdolSinger, or more accurately, THE 1980s teen idol singer. Starting with her debut single at the tail end of 1986, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1t5OFOYDU "Only in My Dreams,"]] and parent album ''Out Of The Blue'', Debbie Gibson became a household name, spearheading the late 80s teen idol era, alongside such luminaries as Tiffany, Music/RickAstley, and of course, the Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock.
Where Debbie separated herself from the pack, however, was that she positioned herself as an artist. She was an exceptionally ambitious young prodigy, writing her own songs since the age of 5, and even learning the ins and outs of recording as a teenager so she could produce her songs herself. Love ballad "Foolish Beat" from the multi-platinum selling ''Out Of The Blue'', made Debbie Gibson the youngest artist in history to write, record and produce a Billboard number one hit entirely by herself. (She still holds that record, but the youngest artist to sing a number one hit has since become Music/{{Lorde}}.)
As the glamorous mall-pop world collapsed at the dawn of the 90s, Gibson tried a typical move for young pop stars and got a little HotterAndSexier for her album ''Body, Mind, Soul'', but when that fizzled on the charts (missing the top 100 entirely), she shifted her focus, and tried a more adult contemporary approach to her music, releasing records as Deborah Gibson. This era of her discography may have evolved her image into adulthood, but her days as a chart-topper were behind her. Luckily, by that point, Gibson had something else to fall back on, as she went into theatre - she debuted on Broadway in 1992 as Eponine in ''Theatre/LesMiserables,'' went to London to play Sandy in a stage version of ''Grease'', and has dabbled in stage musicals ever since. Just to make sure the world now recognized her as an adult, she posed for Playboy in 2005.
While Gibson has since added movies (like such cinematic classics as ''Mega Python Vs. Gatoroid'', alongside her contemporary Tiffany) and TV competitions like ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'' to her resume, she has never forgotten music altogether. A career-spanning box set, ''We Could Be Together'', was released in 2017, and ''The Body Remembers'', her first original set of music in two decades, was released in 2021.
Debbie Gibson has notably grown up to be relatively well-adjusted for someone who achieved so much fame at such a young age, but that hasn't come without its struggles. She's been open about her history of anxiety and panic attacks, and how she used a mix of Xanax and Tylenol PM from her pop star years into her theatre years. In 2014, after worried comments from fans about her gaunt figure, she went public with her struggles with Lyme disease, which she'd been diagnosed with a year prior. Gibson's mother, Diane, who was her manager as a teenager and a major part of her success, passed away at 76 in January 2022.
For the record, [[https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tiffany-talks-rumored-debbie-gibson-rivalry-possible-duet-everybody-likes-a-good-little-catfight-170430606.html no, there's never been any serious rivalry between Debbie and Tiffany.]] They're actually close friends to this day.
Debbie updates [[https://www.youtube.com/c/DebbieGibsonOfficial her Youtube channel]] fairly frequently.
!!!Discography
# ''Out of the Blue'' (1987)
# ''Electric Youth'' (1989)
# ''Anything Is Possible'' (1990)
# ''Body, Mind, Soul'' (1993)
# ''Think with Your Heart'' (1995)
# ''Deborah'' (1997)
# ''M.Y.O.B.'' (2001)
# ''Colored Lights: The Broadway Album'' (2003)
# ''Ms. Vocalist'' (2010) (Japan exclusive)
# ''The Body Remembers'' (2021)
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!!Tropes associated with Debbie Gibson include:
* ArtisticLicenseMusic: The shots of Debbie performing with her band in the "Out Of The Blue" video. There's a guitar player in there, despite the song being synthesized dance-pop and having no real guitar to speak of.
* BreakUpSong: "Foolish Beat," delivered with heaping helpings of teen angst. Also, "This So-Called Miracle."
* TheCameo: Made one of these at, of all places, the UsefulNotes/MacysThanksgivingDayParade in 1997, to sing a remixed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2uaf96OazI "Only In My Dreams."]]
* CoverVersion: On her first headlining tour, she covered Music/EltonJohn's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAc1nYHt0c0 "Crocodile Rock,"]] seen here when Debbie was 18. No, Debbie, you do not "remember when rock was young." You were a ''zygote'' when Music/TheBeatles were breaking up.
* CreditsGag: The cassette and vinyl versions of ''Electric Youth'' had no side A and side B. She listed them as "this side" and "that side." Very cute, Debbie. ''Anything Is Possible,'' however, took the gag a step further and divided the sides into concepts: side A is labeled "NRG↑" (energy up) for its dance songs, and side B is for ballads, and is called "Mood Swings." This idea didn't catch on, nor did the album.
* FootsieUnderTheTable: The video for "Shock Your Mama" sees Debbie doing this to her obviously flustered boyfriend.
* GreatestHitsAlbum: ''Greatest Hits'' was fittingly released in 1995, right around the time she began going by Deborah Gibson and leaving her teen pop sound behind.
* HotterAndSexier: A major part of her image going into the ''Body, Mind, Soul'' album cycle (oh, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPrsr0-hCk8 there's body, all right]]).
* NewJackSwing: Incorporated some of this into her music in the 90s.
* NiceHat: Young Debbie wore that black porkpie hat all the time, making it a huge part of her image.
* OffTheTable: The plot of the "Foolish Beat" video. Debbie breaks up with her boyfriend, and later tries to mend the relationship, only to be rebuffed.
* SillyLoveSongs: In her teenage years in particular.
* TeenPop: As far as the 80s goes, which is where this aesthetic of pop crystallized, Debbie could be considered the TropeCodifier.
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