The girl who made singer Brandy cry 11-year-old vocalist Bianca Ryan did just that as the 2006 winner of the TV reality talent competition Americas Got Talent Born in Philadelphia in 1994 Ryan enjoyed singing from a young age and by age eight had dev…

In an era when female R&B singers are often little more than pitch-corrected fashion divas, Corinne Bailey Rae's 2006 debut album was a heartening triumph of vocal chops and genuine soul. The U.K.-born singer/multi-instrumentalist got her start singi…