Editing Tiffany Darwish (section)

===1980s===
In 1981, Tiffany debuted with [[country music]] singer Jack Reeves at a country and western venue, Narods, in [[Chino, California]]. She passed a hat among the crowd afterwards, and collected $235 in what were her first career earnings.{{citation needed|date= September 2017}} When Tiffany was singing at the [[Palomino Club (North Hollywood)|Palomino Club]], she was discovered by [[Hoyt Axton]] and his mother Mae Axton. Mae took her to sing in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], where she performed on [[WSMV-TV|WSMV]]'s ''The [[Ralph Emery]] Show'', singing [[Juice Newton]]'s "[[Queen of Hearts (Hank DeVito song)|Queen of Hearts]]" and [[Tammy Wynette]]'s "[[Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad (song)|Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad]]".

In 1984, Tiffany signed a recording contract with [[George Tobin]] after he heard her sing on a [[Demo (music)|demo tape]]. In 1985, she appeared on ''[[Star Search]]'' with [[Ed McMahon]], where she finished in second place overall. In 1986, she signed a contract that gave Tobin total control over her career, recorded her debut studio album and was signed to an [[Music Corporation of America|MCA]] contract. The album, ''[[Tiffany (album)|Tiffany]]'', was released in 1987, but the first single she released from it, "Danny", failed to chart. Following the failure of "Danny", Tobin sent Tiffany on a nationwide tour of shopping malls, ''The Beautiful You: Celebrating the Good Life Shopping Mall Tour '87''. The tour began at [[Bergen Town Center|the Bergen Mall]] in [[Paramus|Paramus, New Jersey]].<ref>Russell, Lisa, "Tiffany, the teenage mallflower who serenades the shoppers of America", ''[[People (magazine)|People Weekly]]'', vol. 28, September 14, 1997, p. 81.</ref> Her second single, a cover of [[Tommy James and the Shondells]]' hit, "[[I Think We're Alone Now]]", became a number-one hit on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Hot 100 list.<ref name="billboard.com">{{cite news |last=Trust |first= Gary |title=Electric Youth Revisited, After All This Time |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/957573/electric-youth-revisited-after-all-this-time |access-date= June 28, 2013 |newspaper= [[Rolling Stone]] |date=June 29, 2010}}</ref> It remains her biggest hit.

Tiffany's ballad "[[Could've Been (Tiffany song)|Could've Been]]" also peaked at the No. 1 spot on the ''Billboard'' charts, in February 1988. Tiffany's modified version of the [[The Beatles|Beatles]]' "[[I Saw Her Standing There]]", retitled "[[I Saw Her Standing There#Tiffany version|I Saw ''Him'' Standing There]]", peaked at the No. 7 position on the Hot 100.<ref name="billboard.com" /> "[[Feelings of Forever]]" also had chart success.<ref>Gett, Steve, "Tiffany conquers the charts", ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', vol. 100, January 23, 1988, p. 24.</ref> Tiffany set a record for the youngest female artist to top the ''Billboard'' charts with a debut album.<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite news |last=Buss |first=Bryan |title=Tiffany |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/tiffany-mw0000651101 |access-date= June 28, 2013 |publisher= AllMusic}}</ref> Later that year, she toured, with boy band [[New Kids on the Block]] as her opening act.

In 1988, at the peak of her popularity, Tiffany was embroiled in a conflict in which Tobin fought her mother and stepfather over control of her career and earnings. This led to a court fight in which Tiffany tried to have herself declared an [[Emancipation of minors|emancipated minor]]. This was rejected by the court, but the judge did allow her to move out of her mother's home, and her grandmother (who sided with Tiffany during the trial) became her temporary guardian.<ref>Haring, Bruce, "Tiffany gets a guardian as she seeks adult status", ''Billboard'', vol. 100, April 16, 1988, p. 6.</ref><ref>Dougherty, Steve, "It's a bittersweet 16 for Tiffany, who's suing her mom for 'emancipation'", ''People Weekly'', vol. 29, April 18, 1998, p. 94.</ref><ref>McDougal, Dennis, "Tiffany: The $5-million star of stage and court", ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', Sun., June 12, 1988, Home Edition, Calendar Section, p. 6 [correction in Section One, p. 3].</ref><ref>Hunt, Dennis. "The trials of Tiffany: A year after filing suit, she and mom are talking", ''Los Angeles Times'', Sun., April 9, 1989, Home Edition, Calendar Section, p. 63.</ref> In late 1988, Tiffany released her second studio album, ''[[Hold an Old Friend's Hand]]'', which was less successful than her debut. Although it did not include any number-one hits, the song "[[All This Time (Tiffany song)|All This Time]]" made the top 10.<ref>Boehm, Mike. "Heartaches of two songwriters are behind Tiffany's latest hit", ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', February 10, 1989, Orange County Edition, Calendar Section (6), p. 23.</ref>

Shortly after turning eighteen, Tiffany left Tobin's management and signed with Dick Scott and [[Kim Glover]], who managed New Kids on the Block, by then a successful boy band.

[[File:tiffany-las-vegas-hilton-1993-04-24.jpg|thumb|right|Tiffany performing at the [[Westgate Las Vegas|Las Vegas Hilton]], April 1993]]