True Star is a

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endorsed by American fashion designer

Tommy Hilfiger Thomas Jacob Hilfiger ( ; born March 24, 1951) is an American fashion designer and the founder of Tommy Hilfiger (company), Tommy Hilfiger Corporation. After starting his career by co-founding a chain of jeans/fashion stores called People's P ...

released in 2004. The release was followed with a revised version of

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's original cover of " Wishing on a Star" and a limited edition EP also titled ''True Star: A Private Performance''. The fragrance's commercial shows the singer Beyoncé Knowles singing a capella the song. Knowles was a poster girl of the perfume. She received $250,000 for this campaign. ''True Star'' was followed by one additional release, the ''True Star Gold''.

Reception

In 2005, the fragrance ''True Star'' won a FiFi Award for Best New Fragrance Commercial.

''True Star: A Private Performance''

''True Star: A Private Performance'' is the first

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(EP) by American singer and songwriter

. Produced by herself and Tommy Hilfiger, it was released exclusively in 2004, solely available with limited edition purchases of her fragrance by Hilfiger entitled True Star. The EP's packaging consists of a fold-out digipak picture sleeve, including advertisement for the perfume and a built in picture booklet with lyrics for "Wishing on a Star". The EP was only released as a five-inch

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, usually included with the purchase of the preceding EP's perfume. The EP consists of two tracks. "Wishing on a Star" was originally covered by Beyoncé Knowles in 2004, for the live album '' Live at Wembley''. The song was than used to promote the

fragrance. In 2005, the song was included on the soundtrack of the movie '' Roll Bounce''. At the

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(2006), Knowles' version was nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. Knowles released the song as a promotional single on August 17, 2010. The song that appears on the EP was credited originally from ''Live at Wembley''. The song "Naïve", which is a duet between

Solange Knowles Solange Piaget Knowles (; born June 24, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She expressed an interest in music from an early age and had temporary stints as a backup dancer for Destiny's Child, which featured her older sister ...

and Beyoncé, featuring

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, was included on Solange Knowles' debut studio album '' Solo Star'' (2002) as the twenty-first track, tentatively untitled.

Reception

''True Star: A Private Performance''

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