She had her first brush with fame by winning the CBS television talent show Star Search in 1986, singing Whitney Houston's 1986 hit "How Will I Know". Shortly after, she signed a record deal with Capitol Records and released her self-titled debut album in January 1988, all at the tender age of 12. She found some success with the singles "Hide and Seek", "Symptoms of True Love" and her remake of "Imagine" (originally composed by John Lennon). Her second album, Make the Difference, was released on August 27, 1990. The first single, "Save Your Love", showed an impressive standing at #7 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. Her following single, "This House", became her biggest hit to date reaching #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Tender Kisses", one of her best known ballads, hit #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. The other singles, "This Time Make It Funky" and "Love Me", charted relatively well on The Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. She began Columbus High School in the early-1990s. Although she decided to semi-retire from the entertainment business to live a normal teenage life, she still made a guest appearance on the hit ABC sitcom, Family Matters, in 1993 and recorded the song "I'll be There for You" for the 1997 film, Good Burger. A compilation album, The Best of Tracie Spencer, was released on March 15, 1996. On June 29, 1999, she fully resurfaced with Tracie and found moderate success with the singles "It's All About You (Not About Me)" and "Still In My Heart", the latter showcasing her elastic soprano vocals. In the 2000s, she started singing background vocals on Hip-Hop songs for rappers such as 50 Cent, Eve and Busta Rhymes. She acted in the short film, A Tale of Two Sisters; in 2004 and as of 2005, she's been working on her new album.
