10 Incredibly Rare Photographs of Pop Stars When They Were Not Famous

5Shakira

Among photos of stars before being famous, you can see a very ordinary looking Shakira and it’s difficult to think that it’s the same diva of music. Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was raised in Barranquilla, Colombia and began writing poetry at the age of four. At a surprise performance for Sony Colombia executives, she impressed them enough to sign her on for her first album “magia” when she was 13 years old. As a Latin American performing artist, she had already won two Grammy’s before release her first English album “laundry Service” with the hit single “whenever wherever”. The album went triple platinum selling 20 million copies worldwide. 

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6Amy Lee

Amy Lee is a rock star in the true sense of the word. She was born Amy Lee Hartzler and raised in Riverside California. After graduating from Pulaski Academy high school in Little Rock, she dropped out of Tennessee State University to concentrate on Evanescence which she founded with Ben Moody whom she met at a youth camp. With Evanescence, Lee tasted success with the album “Fallen” that included the hit single “My Immortal” which was one of her first songs she had written. Lee was awarded the Rock Goddess of the year at the Loudwire Music Awards in 2102. 

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7Katy Perry

The transformation is evident and now Katy is known for her stunning looks and mass appeal. Katy Perry was raised in Santa Barbra, California where both her parents were Pentecostal pastors. Katy’s signing career began as a gospel singer when she had a tough and frugal childhood. Her family relied a lot on food stamps to purchase groceries and they frequently ate at the food bank meant for the church congregation where her parents worked.

After a brief struggle with her music career and being dropped by Colombia, Perry tasted success after joining capitol records with the single “I kissed a girl” in 2008.It sold 7 million copies worldwide topping the charts in several countries.

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