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Donny Osmond was simply 5 years previous when he made his TV debut, was established by age seven and was almost 13 when approached to document solo music.
However making it on his personal phrases wasn’t all the time straightforward.
The singer, who has returned to Las Vegas two years after the coronavirus put dwell music on maintain, credited his willpower to reinvent himself through the years — scandal-free — for serving to him escape the kid star curse.
“It is a curse when you hit it big as a little kid because everyone wants to keep you in that pigeonhole,” the star informed Fox Information Digital. “And it’s really difficult to break out of it. Some people have been able to do it successfully. Look at Justin Bieber. He’s done an amazing job. However, he didn’t go through it easily either. He had some hard times breaking through that image.
Donny Osmond made his debut at age 5 on ‘The Andy Williams Present’
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“I decided long ago that I wasn’t going to do it with scandals, trickery or promotional campaigns,” the 64-year-old mirrored. “I was going to do it with my music, which is a really difficult way to do it. But it happened. And it took me 10 years. But I wanted the music to speak for itself. … It’s very difficult to break out of that teenybopper career. But thank goodness that through perseverance and a lot of support from my fan base, it happened. But it takes an awful lot of work to be accepted as an adult.”
All through his profession, Osmond has earned 33 gold data and offered over 100 million albums. In late 2021, he launched his sixty fifth album, “Start Again.”
“I have gone through so many incarnations,” mentioned Osmond. “And every time one of those incarnations came to an end, you start again. I had to keep reinventing myself. We all start again many times in our lives.”
Donny Osmond’s rendition of “Puppy Love” turned 50 this 12 months.
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Osmond’s profession additional skyrocketed as he grew within the public eye throughout his three-year run alongside his sister Marie Osmond on the TV selection present “Donny & Marie.” However when the collection resulted in 1979, the teenagers who as soon as idolized him disappeared. And the Osmond household struggled after shedding a lot of their fortune to dangerous investments.
“When I was told I was a has-been at 21, I said, ‘I’m not accepting that. There’s no way I’m going to accept that. I will fight so hard to be back in the business,’” mentioned Osmond. “The truth is, without trying to sound cliché, I love what I do. I love getting on stage. I love singing and entertaining. To me, yes, it’s a job and I work hard at it, but there’s something about the magic of show business.
“There’s one thing about that curtain going up, the lights hitting you, the band going and the followers cheering. However I additionally need to rebuild my approach. Individuals will all the time provide you with recommendation on how you must do issues, and never all of it’s good. That is why it was so vital for me to stay with what I really believed in.”
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Osmond credited the support of his family, including his sister Marie, 62, as he managed adulthood as an artist. In 2019, he and Marie ended their Las Vegas residency after an unexpected 11-year run.
Donny and Marie Osmond throughout their closing efficiency at Flamingo Las Vegas Nov. 16, 2019, in Las Vegas.
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“Marie was a huge part of my career,” he mentioned. “The ‘Donny & Marie’ thing came together when I was about 16. So it was a very, very important part of my life. But everybody’s got an arc to their career. Reinvention is vitally important to sustaining a long career. Marie was able to help me reinvent myself even with the ‘Donny & Marie’ brand. Family is absolutely the most important thing to me. It comes before fame. When the curtain comes down — and it will come down — what else do you have?”
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Osmond has been fortunately married to his spouse Debbie for greater than 40 years. They share 5 sons and 12 grandchildren.
