出生於西印度群島千里達托貝哥的Heather Headley，身為牧師女兒， 從小就在充滿音樂環繞的教堂中開始表演生涯，年僅四歲就彈得一手好琴， 隨後接觸較為民族色彩的當地歌謠、雷鬼等樂種。 15歲移民美國印第安納州，高中畢業後，Heather進入西北大學研讀音樂、 歌舞劇等相關科系。1997年登上百老匯舞台飾演獅子王Nala要角， 1999年以「阿依達」音樂劇獲得東尼獎「最佳女演員」。 驚為天人的嗓音讓Heather於2002年發行個人專輯《This Is Who I Am》， 首支單曲〈He Is〉出版， 立刻入圍靈魂列車「最佳節奏藍調/ 靈魂或饒舌新進藝人」獎， 接著節奏藍調榜Top15+舞曲榜Top5的第二波碎心單曲〈I Wish I Wasn’t〉， 獲得葛萊美「最佳新人」、「最佳節奏藍調女歌手」等兩項大獎入圍， 2003年更贏得靈魂列車「年度最佳個人節奏藍調/ 靈魂專輯」 以及「最佳個人節奏藍調/ 靈魂或饒舌新進藝人」兩大獎、 「最佳節奏藍調/ 靈魂單曲〈He Is〉」提名， NAACP Image獎項「傑出新人」與「傑出女藝人」提名， 入選Billboard音樂獎「年度節奏藍調/ 嘻哈新人」獎， 優異的成績，讓人無法不將目光多停留在她身上！ I Wish I Wasn't I'm home alone again And you're out, hanging with your friends So you say, somehow I know it's not quite that way It's getting pretty late and you haven't checked on me all day When I called you didn't answer Now I'm feeling like you're ignoring me I wish that you were home holding me, tight in your arms and I wish, I could go back To the day before we met and skip my regret Chorus I wish I wasn't in love with you so you couldn't hurt me It just ain't fair the way you treat me No you don't deserve me Wasted my time thinking about you and you ain't never gone change I wish I wasn't in love with you so I wouldn't feel this way Verse 2 When you touch me my heart melts and everything you did wrong I forget so you play me and take advantage of the love that I feel for you Why you wanna hurt me so bad I believed in you thats why I"m so mad now I'm drowning in disappointment, and its hard for me to even look at you I wish that you were home Holding me tight in your arms ooh baby I wish I could go back To the day before we met and skip my regret Bridge Said you care about me, but from what I see I ain't feeling that, so I disagree gave you all my love and understanding and you treated me like your enemy so leave me alone, don't want nothing from you just go back where you came from this house is no longer your home you can not never come no more Chorus (repeat 2x) outro I hear you knocking at my door again I'm wondering should I let you in I open up the door and see the flowers for me so beautiful in your hands You start begging me to take you back, I've always been a sucker for romance and before you know it I can see, you're all over me oh no here I go again I wish I wasn't in love with you so you couldn't hurt [mp3]http://www.huameiedu.com/en_garden/UploadFile/23.mp3[/mp3]