Home For The Holidays: All-4-One, Sheena Easton, Ruben Studdard, and Lindsey Webster 

If you’ve ever been in love, then you’ve heard the name All-4-One and their timeless songs “I Swear”, “I Can Love You Like That”, “So Much In Love”, “ I Turn To You”, “These Arms”, “Beautiful As You” and much more. The Grammy Award Winning group All-4-One is internationally known for making beautiful love songs that not only chart radio airwaves, but also garner countless awards.

All-4-One’s very first single “So Much In Love“, scaled to RIAA Gold Sales and top 5 pop status. The California based quartet soon marked their place in the industry as premier balladeers. Their second single, “I Swear“, claimed the billboard “Hot 100” #1 spot for 11 consecutive weeks, while sales sky rocketed to hold the #1 selling single status in 1994 and third most successful single of the rock era. “I Swear” STILL holds a spot on Billboard’s “Hot 100”as one of the most successful singles of all time and has been named by ASCAP as one of the greatest love songs of the 20th Century. “I Swear” is recorded in history with an imprint in the Guinness’s World Book of records (as the biggest selling single of 1994).

The groups second album was highlighted by “I Can Love You Like That”, a mid-tempo which hit the top 5 on the Billboard “Hot 100”. To date they have released a total of seven albums and sold over 20 million units worldwide, won a bevy of awards including a Grammy, an American Music Award, a Blockbuster Award, countless international awards and completed multiple major world tours.

All-4-One is featured on the following: Tapestry Revisited: A Tribute to Carole King, with their rendition of “Tapestry”, which sold over a million units, the multi-platinum soundtrack to Walt Disney Pictures animated feature film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame with the main theme song “Someday”, and the Space Jam Soundtrack, a 5 time platinum album with “I Turn To You”. They are also featured in the soundtrack of the movie Mi Familia with the song “One Summer Night”, a 60’s remake and The 1996 Grammy Nominees album, with “I Can Love You Like That”. The Grammy album is a compilation of songs nominated for song of the year and this too sold a million copies. All-4-One’s songs are frequently licensed for commercials, music compilations TV shows and major motion pictures such as Dispicable Me, Earth To Echo, the hilarious Ryan Renolds comedy Just Friends, The Social Network and Nothing To Lose . All-4-One has recorded duets with legends such as Julio Iglesias and Kenny Rogers.

All-4-One continues to tour the world as the original members and a collection of hit songs under their belt. All-4-One celebrates a two decade career milestone with the release of a new album titled Twenty+ available NOW.

Sheena Shirley Easton (née Orr; born 27 April 1959) is a Scottish singer, songwriter and actress with dual British-American nationality. Easton first came into the public eye as the focus of an episode in the first British musical reality television programme The Big Time: Pop Singer, which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and her eventual signing with EMI Records. Easton's first two singles, "Modern Girl" and "Morning Train (Nine to Five)", both entered the UK Top Ten, and she was the first UK female artist to appear twice in the same Top Ten since Ruby Murray. In 1981, "Morning Train (Nine to Five)" topped the US Hot 100, making her the third UK female solo artist to achieve this, following Petula Clark and Lulu, and she became one of the most successful British female performers of the 1980s. A six-time Grammy nominee in the U.S., Easton is a two-time Grammy Award winner, winning Best New Artist in 1981 and Best Mexican-American Performance in 1985, for her duet with Luis Miguel on the song "Me Gustas Tal Como Eres".

Born in Germany, Christopher Ruben Studdard would later grow up in his beloved Birmingham, Alabama and begin an amazing journey. The journey would lead him from a young boy who expressed his love for music through singing at Rising Sun Baptist Church to later having to choose between his love for music and his love for football. His love for music would eventually prevail and would lead him to what was perhaps his hardest challenge, which was convincing his mother that he should forego his music major at Alabama A&M to pursue his dream of singing. They reached a compromise; if he did not make strides in music within five years, he would go back to college.

On his quest for success and inspired by his idol, Fred Hammond, Ruben sang with local gospel groups and later ventured into the R&B/Jazz arenas and became the lead singer for local Birmingham R&B/Jazz group, Just A Few Cats. The story has been told that he walked up to them and said that he wanted to sing with them. As the saying goes, the rest is history. From that point until today, they are still making beautiful music and they are one of the highlights of Birmingham with their annual reunion.

Ruben's involvement with Just A Few Cats would become a significant factor in his life. It was a background singer for the group that urged him to escort her to what he considered a cheesy talent show. While there, he also auditioned and he was the one who ended up in front of the judges. This was the beginning of a phenomenal phase of his life. The year was 2002 and the show was American Idol.

From the beginning of his stint on American Idol, Ruben made his presence known. The cuddly guy with a winning smile, that even came equipped with dimples, stole the hearts of many. His humble spirit and a voice so smooth that R&B legend Gladys Knight dubbed him "The Velvet Teddy Bear," won the hearts of many. Each week Ruben was a star that shone brightly. His infectious personality and soulful voice led him to become the winner by over 100,000 votes. His debut single, "Flying Without Wings/Superstar," quickly achieved gold status. He earned a 2003 Grammy nomination for "Best R&B Male Vocal Performance for "Superstar." He also received a Billboard Award, BET Image Award, Teen Choice Award and nominations for numerous other music awards.

His first full CD, "Soulful" was released December 2003 and still holds the record as the highest debut of any American Idol Winner with over 400,000 copies sold during its first week. "Soulful" would go on to sell approximately 1.8 million copies. The single "Sorry 2004" from this album reached #9 in the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard R&B singles chart.

In November of 2004, Ruben reached back to his gospel roots and recorded a gospel CD, "I Need An Angel." The album sold over 96,000 copies in its first week. It also entered the Gospel charts at #1, opened at #20 on the Billboard 200 chart, and has since sold over 500,000 copies. It was #1 on the 2005 Billboard Year-End Gospel Albums Chart. Billboard listed the album at #11 on it's "End of Decade' Gospel Albums Chart (12/31/09).

In October of 2006, Ruben released "The Return" which debuted at #8 on the Billboard 200 Chart and #2 on the R&B charts. The album sold over 300,000 copies and produced the hits "Change Me" and "Make Ya Feel Beautiful" which ended 2007 as the #8 and #11 songs respectively on Urban A/C. "Change Me" also made Billboard's ‘End of Decade' Song Chart (12/31/09) at #31.

In addition to his full albums, Ruben has had continuous success with other musical ventures. In 2007 he had the pleasure of recording a hit gospel song with gospel greats Deitrick Haddon and Mary Mary with the high-charting and gospel awards nominated "Love Him Like I Do." He also was the first artist to have a recording specifically used as the farewell song for American Idol. His remake of Kenny Loggins' "Celebrate Me Home" which was produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis was used during the 7th season of American Idol. In keeping with his love for music and his passion to help young people, he also founded The Ruben Studdard Foundation for the Advancement of Children in the Music Arts in an effort to give back to the community while focusing on the need for music education in the school.

Perhaps the greatest leap for Ruben outside his R&B/Gospel ventures was his starring role in the 30th Anniversary Tour of Broadway's Ain't Misbehavin' from December 2008 through May 2009. In addition to Ruben, the show starred two other American Idol alums Frenchie Davis and Trenyce. They, along with other stars of the show, David Jennings and Patrice Covington, were featured on a Cast Recording of the show that received a 2009 Grammy nomination for "Best Musical Show Album."

Ruben's current album, "Love IS" was released in May 2009. His current single "Don't Make Em Like U No More" reached #32 on Billboard's Hip-Hop R&B chart and along with the first single, "Together," was a top 20 hit on the Urban A/C charts. "Together" was also listed at #37 on Billboard's ‘End of Decade' Hot Adult R&B Songs Chart (12/31/09).

Through hard work and an unshakable faith, Ruben fulfilled his promise to his mother and continues to express his growth as a musician and as an individual. For this, she is no doubt proud.

Lindsey Webster is an American jazz, r&b pop singer. Her first single, "Fool Me Once", reached number one on the Smooth Jazz chart at Billboard magazine (2016), making her the first vocalist since Sade's 2010 "Soldier of Love" to have a #1 vocally-driven song in the primarily instrumental format. Since then Webster has scored six Top 5 hits, including "Where Do You Want To Go" (#1), Back To Your Heart (#2), Open Up (#3), Next To Me (#3), &; Love Inside. Webster was born in Woodstock, New York, and as a child played the cello. She became interested in singing and studied at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts.