Марсия Хайнс: 50 лет на сцене и все еще сияет.

Australian singer and TV personality (born 1953)

Marcia Elaine Hines AM (born July 20, 1953) is an American born Australian singer and TV personality. Hines made her debut, at the age of 16, in the Australian production of the stage musical Hair and followed with the role of Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar. She achieved her greatest commercial successes as a recording artist during the late 1970s with several hit singles, including cover versions of "Fire and Rain", "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself", "You" and "Something's Missing (In My Life)"; and her Top Ten albums Marcia Shines, Shining and Ladies and Gentlemen. until she returned with Right Here and Now in 1994, the same year she became an Australian citizen. She was the subject of the 2001 biography Diva: the life of Marcia Hines, which coincided with the release of the compilation album Diva. Hines was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame on July 18, 2007. Hines is the mother of singer Deni Hines, with whom she performed on the duet single "Stomp!" (2006).

Hines was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Jamaican parents, Colin Powell, a former US secretary of state, was her cousin, as is the performer Grace Jones. She was raised with her older brother Dwight by their mother and began singing as a nine year old in her church choir. By her teens she was performing with groups in her local area and briefly used the stage name Shantee Renee.

In October 2010, Hines released Marcia Sings Tapestry, a tribute to Carole King's 1971 album Tapestry; it peaked at number 16. In April 2014, Hines released her first album of original material in two decades, called Amazing. It spawned three singles and peaked at No. 27 in Australia. In 2015, Hines starred on stage in the disco musical Velvet, with performances at the Adelaide Fringe, Brisbane and Edinburgh. Velvet played at the Sydney Opera House from late 2015. In early 2015, Marcia Hines covered the song "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'", specifically for the trailer of season two of The Real Housewives of Melbourne. In January 2023, Hines returned to the Channel 7 reboot of Australian Idol, after the show's fourteen year hiatus, as a judge in the top 50 rounds for three episodes while regular judge Meghan Trainor was in New York due to other commitments. In 2024, Hines will be rejoining Australian Idol as a main judge alongside returning judges Kyle Sandilands and Amy Shark, permanently replacing Trainor. Later in 2023, Hines released two songs under the same singles package, which was titled Last One Standing. The two songs were called "Last One Standing" and "Hard to Breathe". These two songs then went on to feature in her brand new greatest hits album, Still Shining: The 50th Anniversary Ultimate Collection, which was officially released in July 2023, through ABC Music. The album was supported by an Australian tour from July to November 2023. On 25 August 2023, Hines released a cover of Bill Withers' "Lean On Me", which featured as the lead single for her forthcoming fifteenth studio album. The album's second single "Loves Me Like A Rock", was released on 13 October 2023. The album, which was titled The Gospel According to Marcia, was officially released on 3 November 2023. Hines has said that the inspiration for the album came when she performed several live shows titled The Gospel According to Marcia Hines alongside a rhythm section and a 12 member choir. These shows received positive reviews inspired Hines to record a gospel album. The Gospel According to Marcia did not reach the ARIA top 50, but peaked at number 15 on the ARIA Australian Artist chart and at number 2 on the Australian Independent Label Albums chart.

On January 26, 2009, Hines was appointed as Member, Order of Australia for service to the entertainment industry as a performer, judge and mentor, and to the community through a range of charitable organisations.