Paula Abdul is celebrating her birthday today. She's turning 53 years old! She was the first judge to leave 'American Idol', and then was booted from Simon Cowell's 'X Factor' a short while later.

Paula Abdul is know for being a singer-songwriter, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality. She started her career as a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers when she was only 18 years old.

Soon after she became a highly sought after choreographer at the height of the music video era. She was actually discovered by The Jackson's after they saw her dancing at a Lakers game. She ended up being chosen to be the choreographer for the Jacksons' Victory tour.

Eventually she broke into the music industry and released her pop debut album Forever Your Girl. The album had 5 American top three singles and 4 of them hit number 1!

She was married to Emilio Esteves from 1992 to 1994, before marrying clothing designer, Brad Beckerman in 1996. Her second marriage eventually ended in divorce back in 1998.

I remember as a teenager dancing around to her songs when they came on the radio or TV. She also had a workout tape, yes I said TAPE, that came out that I liked. I wonder what I ever did with that.

Happy 53rd birthday, Ms. Paula Abdul!

 

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