Leslie Carter
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| Born |
Leslie Barbara Carter June 6, 1986 Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| Died | January 31, 2012 (aged 25) Westfield, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1999 - 2012 |
| Spouse(s) | Mike Ashton (2008 - 2012) (her death) |
| Children | Alyssa Jane Ashton (b. 2011) |
| Website | myspace.com/theotherhalfmusic |
Leslie Barbara Carter (June 6, 1986 – January 31, 2012) was an American pop singer best known as the sister of Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter and Aaron Carter.
Leslie Carter was born in Tampa, Florida, the third of five children of Jane Elizabeth (née Spaulding) and Robert Gene Carter (born September 23, 1952). She was born at the Garden Villa Retirement Home, where the Carter family were living and working at the time. She was the older sister of Aaron Carter and his twin sister Angel and the younger sister of BJ Carter and Nick Carter. After Carter's parents divorced in 2003, her father, who has a daughter from a previous marriage, married Ginger R. Elrod (born December 5, 1974) in 2004, and had a son, Kaden, in 2005. Her mother has also since remarried.
In 2008, Leslie Carter married Mike Ashton and moved to Toronto, Ontario, where she gave birth to a daughter Alyssa Jane Ashton in 2011.
In 2011, she attended a youth rehab facility in LaVerkin, Utah but was pulled before completion of the program.
Carter signed a record deal with Dreamworks Records in 1999 and began recording her debut album. This album was set for release in June 2000, but it was delayed because Dreamworks wanted to test Carter's fan base before releasing the album in order to ensure its success. Her single, "Like Wow!" appeared on the Shrek soundtrack and received minor radio airplay, peaking at No. 99 on the Billboard Hot 100. Her debut album Like Wow! was set for release on April 10, 2001. However, Dreamworks later canceled the release. The cancellation followed a number of reported problems from the set of her debut music video. Promo copies later became available online and Metal Mike Saunders of The Village Voice described it as "the best bubblegum album of the entire '97-Y2K era."
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