Just imagine how complicated it would be for someone to lead a double life, just as a wife juggles household tasks with corporate duties or singers who deal with a lot of things from fame to discrimination.

Take the case of the black artists or black diva singers who have to struggle with racism for centuries before they get to the fame they are enjoying these days.

Black artists were barred from the White opera companies during the 19^th and early 20^th centuries, but black female artists were considered novelties during the 1850?s and toward the end of the century.

These were also the years when black diva singers were featured and labeled with colorful and often insulting monikers such as ?The Black Swan? (Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield) and the ?Queen of Staccato? (Marie Selika).

After those years when black diva singers fought the ugliness of racism with the beauty of their voices, today the black diva singers voice is tightly woven into the fabric of opera and classical music.

In fact, if you take a closer look, black artists are dominating every aspects of the entertainment industry from the stage, music, movies, to the competitive sports arena. No one would ever contest that black singers rap and r and b undoubtedly reign the charts these days.

Meanwhile, a list of famous spanish speaking singers and asyrian singers also had to go through the same life before they could take off as internationally acclaimed artists.

Selena, Gloria Estefan, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Thalia are only a few in the list of famous Spanish speaking singers who had to learn the American twang to succeed as crossover artists.

On the other hand, other singers lead double lives with fame from both worlds just like the singer Hannah Montana, who lives a double life as a normal adolescent girl at school during the day and a famous pop star the singer Hannah Montana at night, hiding her secret from the public.

Hannah Montana is an American children's television series starring Miley Cyrus as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana. The show is co-created by Michael Poryes, who also co-created another hit Disney Channel Original Series That's So Raven.

Hannah Montana is produced by It's a Laugh Productions, Inc., in association with Disney Channel.

The series premiere scored record ratings for Disney Channel: 5.4 million viewers, a response ?beyond our wildest expectations,? according to the president of Disney Channel Entertainment.

On the other hand, country singer England went on a hiatus to experience a little more of the family life. After his first two RCA albums, he took some time off the road to lead the other life he dreamt of having.

?I?m a daddy first,? says Ty England. ?The number one goal in my life is to have great kids and to have great kids you have to be there.? Now that his children are a little older, Ty has decided to stoke the musical fires that burn in his heart.

Brought up on hardcore country music, country singer England follows his gut instinct to stick to the true country sound and image even as the modern country has become more varied in style.

His recent album, Highways and Dance Halls, sounds drastically different from most country albums made in this age of the country/pop hybrid. The orchestration is spare, subtly guiding the listener?s attention to the lyrics being sung.

The i ain?t marching anymore singer had a solid idea of what he wants from an album. He goes into a project determined to make music that he will be proud of.

Pink the singer, from winning a Grammy for her musical work, now tries her toes on acting as well as having a biopic of Janis Joplin in the pipeline. Pink the singer will star in the upcoming horror movie Catacombs.

Pink the singer recently got hitched to long-time boyfriend, motocross champion Carey Hart. The pair wed in front of a hundred guests at The Four Seasons resort in Costa Rica over the weekend, the culmination of a four-year courtship.

Like Pink the singer, husband Hart continues to race but has also moved into other celebrity arenas, featuring in the cast of VH1's reality show, The Surreal Life.

Meanwhile, a career shift 40 years ago led opera singer Leona Mitchell to a path around the globe.

Another American pop and R&B singer leading a double life is Jojo the singer who rose to fame in 2004 with her Platinum-certified, self-titled debut album which reached number four on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart Her sophomore album, The High Road, was released on October 17, 2006.

Jojo the singer has also begun a film career, starring in two 2006 Hollywood films: Aquamarine and RV.

Opera singer Mitchell had to make a decision in high school ? gospel or opera.

The daughter of a minister, Mitchell sang soprano in church alongside her 14 siblings. Several of her older brothers and sisters were in a music group known as the Musical Mitchells.

Opera singer mitchell of porgy and bess was first introduced to operatic recordings by her music teacher who taught her to sing her first opera, a selection from ?Aida.?

The growing popularity of gospel music puts gospel singer adams on a roll.

As the gospel music genre evolved towards a clever blend of white and black gospel songs and the subtle and not so subtle variants of this genre, Yolanda Adams has been described as a consummate gospel artist.

Gospel singer adams went on a break for four years and concentrated her talents to the Voice of an Angel Foundation, an organization she promoted to further the career aspirations of high school students in the field of education and other community works.

After which gospel singer adams recorded for Elektra, which won her a Grammy in 2000 for best soul gospel album.