Remembering Aaron Carter, the voice behind ‘I Want Candy’

By Online Desk

Aaron Charles Carter, the American singer-rapper who delivered hit albums in his teen years, was discovered useless on Saturday at his residence in Lancaster, California. He was 34.

He rose to fame as a teen pop singer within the late Nineteen Nineties, establishing himself as a star amongst preteen and teenage audiences through the preliminary years of the twenty first century.

Several leisure shops and media homes reported that Aaron, the youthful brother of Backstreet Boys band member Nick Carter, was discovered useless in his bathtub.

Taylor Helgeson, a consultant for Big Umbrella, an leisure administration firm, confirmed Carter’s dying however declined to touch upon the trigger.

Aaron started performing on the age of seven, singing lead for the band Dead End for 2 years. At 9, the American star opened for the Backstreet Boys in Berlin, singing a canopy of The Jets’ ‘Crush on You.’

By 13, he had three bestselling albums and a slot supporting Britney Spears on tour through the top of her fame.

In 2001, Carter transitioned into appearing, making an look as himself on Lizzie McGuire.

The New York Times described him as a “tween heartthrob.”

“I’m deeply sorry that life was so hard for you and that you had to struggle in front of the whole world,” Hilary wrote on Instagram after the information of his dying. “You had a charm that was absolutely effervescent. Boy did my teenage self love you deeply.”

In a social media put up, Nick mentioned he had had a “complicated relationship” with Aaron however his love for him had “never ever faded”. He wrote: “I will miss my brother more than anyone will ever know.”

Nick’s band additionally devoted a music to the youthful Carter throughout a live performance in London on Sunday night.

Aaron Carter’s common album ‘Aaron’s Party (Come Get It)’ peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 listing, promoting about 3 million copies. The album included the hit singles, ‘I Want Candy’, ‘Aaron’s Party (Come Get It)’, ‘That’s How I Beat Shaq’, and ‘Bounce’, all of which bought broadcasted on Disney Channel and Nickelodeon.

Aaron’s two extra albums – ‘Oh Aaron’ and ‘Another Earthquake!’ – hit the shops in 2001 and 2002 respectively.

He launched his single ‘Fool’s Gold’ in 2016 earlier than releasing his ‘Love’ album in 2018.

Aaron was additionally a contestant on the present Dancing With the Stars in 2009 and completed in fifth place along with his associate Karina Smirnoff. He even appeared on the Broadway musical Seussical, in addition to the off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks, and made a number of one-off performances.

Like many poster children of his technology, Aaron’s profession got here with a darkish aspect: he struggled with substance abuse and psychological well being.

In 2012, his sister Leslie Carter died after falling within the bathe on the age of 25. Authorities mentioned she had suffered an overdose of prescription medicine. Aaron as soon as mentioned he felt his household partly blamed him for her dying.

In 2017, Carter opened up about his substance abuse on an episode of The Doctors. He was in rehab that very same yr after he was arrested on suspicion of driving underneath the affect of medication.

He checked himself in for therapy on a number of events in an effort to regain custody of his son Prince, who he had along with his fiance Melanie Martin. At the time, Prince was underneath the court-ordered care of Martin’s mom.

In 2019, Carter mentioned on one other episode of The Doctors that he was taking medicine for acute anxiousness, manic melancholy and a number of character dysfunction.

That similar yr, Nick and Angel, Aaron’s twin sister, mentioned they’d filed a restraining order towards him.

In a press release on the time, Nick Carter mentioned his brother had confessed to having violent ideas about his spouse and that members of the family “were left with no choice but to take away every measure possible to protect ourselves and our family.”

Aaron Carter on the time denied the allegations. The information of the restraining order got here in the future after he cancelled his 2019 tour, in keeping with E!, saying he wanted to place his “health first.”

“Fame at a young age is often more a curse than a blessing and surviving it is not easy,” mentioned hit songwriter Diane Warren.

Aaron is survived by his son Prince, and fiancé, Melanie Martin.

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