Career
The daughter of Ricky Hyslop, Child joined Canadian Opera Company's children's chorus in her youth.
She is perhaps best known for her 1990 hit song "Don't Wanna Fall in Love", which peaked at #1 on "Radio & Records", and #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart for three weeks in the spring of that year. A remix of the single earned her a 1991 Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year.
She was known for her eclectic fashion style, which included spiked hair with long braids and wearing a nose chain. Her follow-up single, "Welcome to the Real World", was a modest hit, peaking at #49. The song was featured in the 1988 film Married to the Mob. These originated from her self-titled debut album, which peaked at #49 on the Billboard 200. In 1992, she contributed a track titled "Mona Lisa Smiles" to the soundtrack of Freejack, a sci-fi action thriller starring Emilio Estevez, which was included on her second album release, Here Not There, one year later. This album was a departure from her debut, in that she mixed New jack swing elements along with hard rock tracks.
Child disappeared from the music scene for several years, but kept herself busy with session recording including providing backing vocals and working on various projects. In 1996, she began work on her third album Surge, as well as continuing to work on side projects and making live appearances. Surge was released in 2001 via her own website on her own record label. Surge features two singles "Almost Beautiful" and "Nice Day". That same year she re-recorded her peace anthem "World Lullabye", included in her first album, and sold the single on her website, all proceeds were donated to the Twin Towers Fund. She recorded a cover of Tina Turner's "We Don't Need Another Hero" for a Tina Turner tribute album released in 2004.
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