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Donny Osmond

Donny Osmond began entertainment career at the age of 5, and by 13 had already collected 18 gold records, eventually earning a grand total of 33 throughout his career, with sales of over 80 million albums. He recently released his 55th record, "Love Songs of the 70s." His starring role in Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber's "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" broke records during its six year run of 2000 performances. Throughout his career, Donny has been a singer, actor, triple threat television series host (talk show, game show, variety show), best-selling author, commercial spokesman, motivational speaker, and even a race car driver. Reflecting his multi-generational worldwide fan base, his web site, donny.com, receives a staggering 120 million-plus hits annually.

Last year he starred on Broadway as Gaston in "Beauty & The Beast," hosted two television series on British network television, was a special correspondent for Entertainment Tonight's coverage of "Dancing With The Stars" and performed at "The Concert For Diana," seen worldwide by 2 billion viewers.

This year is the 50th anniversary of the Osmonds as a performing family. The seven performing Osmonds are going on tour for the first time in 27 years in the UK, Australia, and Asia in May and June, and Donny & Marie are reuniting after many years for a run Las Vegas in July. Both the Osmonds tour and the Las Vegas shows have been sold out for months. Donny recently co-hosted "The Insider" for February sweeps, and continues as a special correspondent for "Entertainment Tonight" and this season for "American Idol."

Donny and Debbie, his wife of 29 years, have 5 children and 2 grandchildren.