Blair St. Clair (born May 16, 1995) is an American

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, singer, and hair stylist known for competing on the tenth season of the reality competition series ''

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'', as well as the fifth season of ''

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''. Her debut album ''

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'', which was released in June 2018, reached number one on the ''

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Dance/Electronic Sales Chart''. It spawned two singles - "Now or Never" and "Call My Life", which reached the top ten on the Dance chart. The follow-up album, ''

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'', was released in July 2020. It was preceded by singles "Empty" and "9 Lives".

Early life and education

St. Clair was born to Peggy Bryson in

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on May 16, 1995. She attended

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in Indianapolis where she participated in theater.

Career

St. Clair first rose to prominence when she won the title of Miss Gay Indiana in 2016. She was revealed as one of fourteen contestants on the tenth season of ''

'' before the official cast was announced due to getting arrested for a

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violation. She is the first contestant from Indiana to compete on the show. She was the sixth contestant eliminated on a lipsync to

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", losing to The Vixen, and placing ninth. St. Clair's grand finale dress was designed by ''

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'' alumnus

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. After the show, she walked for Guerra's collection at FashioNXT in October 2018. In late 2019, St. Clair launched Hair by Blair with the intent to sell lace front and full lace wigs online; and, shortly after moving back to Indianapolis, St. Clair opened a full-service salon under the same name to take in clients.

Music

One day after her elimination episode, St. Clair released her debut single, "Now or Never", on April 27, 2018. The song's music video features

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, and Max Emerson. St. Clair released a follow-up single, "Call My Life", with a music video on June 26, 2018. Her seven-track debut album of the same name was released three days later. ''Drag Race'' alumna

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is featured on the album's sixth track, "America's Sweetheart". The album peaked at number one of the ''

'' Dance/Electronic Sales Chart. A remix EP of the "Call My Life" single was released on August 10, 2018. It features

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, Chris Cox, DrewG.,

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, Zambianco and

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. She released her third single, "Irresistible" with a music video on October 25, 2018. Blair St. Clair released her single "Easy Love" on July 12, 2019. On April 30, 2020, Blair released her single "Empty", followed by "9 Lives" and six promotional singles from her second studio album ''Identity'', released on July 21, 2020.

Personal life

The first part of St. Clair's drag name came from the character

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in ''

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'' while the second part was suggested by her mother after she had passed St. Clair Street in downtown Indianapolis. St. Clair has mentioned using the name Blair and female pronouns in her personal life and is non-binary. St. Clair was raped at a college party, which she shared on ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. In 2018, ''Drag Race'' winner

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controversially made a joke at one of her comedy sets about St. Clair's decision to bring up the rape on ''Drag Race'' upon finding out she was up for elimination. Del Rio received backlash from fans and fellow queens including St. Clair herself. In November 2019, fellow drag queen Trinity The Tuck brought Blair onto her podcast and encouraged her to speak with Bianca about said joke.

Filmography

Television

Web series

Music videos

Discography

Studio albums

Remix albums

Singles

As lead artist As featured artist

Promotional singles

Other appearances

;Notes

References

External links

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