Andrea Corr, or Andrea Jane Corr, is a member of the Irish pop/rock/Celtic musical group The Corrs. The other band members are Andrea Corr's sisters Caroline and Sharon, and her brother Jim. In her younger years, Andrea Corr was the best student among all the siblings. She began her life with the band as soon as she graduated from secondary school. The Corrs' parents were musicians who strongly encouraged each of their children to pursue music. Andrea learned the piano, as did all of her siblings. In The Corrs band, Andrea Corr is the lead singer and is their main lyricist when the group writes songs. Andrea Corr also plays the tin whistle, which when combined with her sister Sharon's fiddle playing gives the group its distinctively Irish sound. The Corrs music shows strong influences from traditional Celtic but also modern pop such as the Eagles and the Carpenters.

The Corrs first performed as a band when they auditioned to play in the musical film The Commitments (1991). Andrea Corr landed a speaking role in the film. The movie's musical director John Hughes saw potential in the band and became their manager. In 1994 The Corrs landed a recording contract with producer David Foster of Atlantic Records (USA). Their debut album was "Forgiven, Not Forgotten" (1995), followed by "Talk on Corners" (1997), "In Blue" (2000) and "Borrowed Heaven" (2004). To date they have sold some 30 million albums. Andrea Corr, along with her band The Corrs, have peformed on tour with musical acts U2, Celine Dion, and the Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger has commented "They blew us, the Stones, off our own stage". Andrea Corr have also appeared on Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and have made an MTV-sponsored "Unplugged" video. Andrea Corr is also an aspiring actress, and in addition to being featured in "The Commitments" Andrea Corr also played opposite Madonna in a singing role in Evita (1996).

Andrea Corr Trivia

    * The song "Another Suitcase In Another Hall" in Evita (1996) was originally performed by Andrea Corr's character "Peron's Mistress". Madonna performed it as "Evita" instead, and doing so stole the song from Andrea and left her with an appearance of less then 2 minutes in the movie.
    * Plays the tin whistle and sing lead vocals on The Corrs' album "Talk On Corners". She also wrote or co-wrote almost every song, if not all of them, on the album.
    * Sister of Jim Corr.
    * Her character "Peron's mistress" in Evita (1996) is supposed to be the Argentinian actress Libertad Lamarque.
    * Sister of Sharon Corr and Caroline Corr.
    * Is the shortest member of the group The Corrs.
    * Has a habit of sucking her thumb.
    * Andrea decided to perform barefoot at one of her concerts around 1999/2000 and her shoes have stayed off ever since.
    * Voted in at #79 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Girls of 2002 poll, UK edition, down from #37 the year before. [June 2002]
    * Likes to write songs in bathtubs.

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