True Star is a

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endorsed by American fashion designer

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released in 2004. The release was followed with a revised version of

Beyoncé Knowles Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( ; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Beyoncé's boundary-pushing artistry and vocals have made her the most influential female musician of the 21st century, according to ...

' original cover of "

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" 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. ''True Star'' was followed by one additional release, the ''True Star Gold''.

Reception

In 2005, the fragrance ''True Star'' won a

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for Best New Fragrance Commercial.

''True Star: A Private Performance''

''True Star: A Private Performance'' is a two-track

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(EP) by American R&B singer 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. 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

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, usually included with the purchase of the preceding EP's perfume. 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''. The song was than used to promote the

fragrance. In 2005, the song was included on the soundtrack of the movie ''

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''. At the 48th Grammy Awards (2006), Knowles' version was nominated for

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. Knowles released the song as a promotional single on August 17, 2010. The song that appears on the EP was credited originally from ''Live at Wembley''. The song "Naïve", which is a duet between

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and Beyoncé, featuring

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, was included on Solange Knowles' debut studio album ''

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'' (2002) as the twenty-first track, tentatively untitled.

Track listing

Credits adapted from the EP's liner notes.

References

External links

Official Website
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