Kat DeLuna
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Kathleen Emperatriz "Kat" DeLuna (born November 17,[1] 1987[2] in The Bronx, New York) is an American singer of Dominican heritage. She is currently signed to Epic Records/GMB and Akon's label Konvict Muzik through which her album will be re-released.
Biography
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She went back from The Bronx, US to the Dominican Republic, where she spent her time listening to Aretha Franklin and realized her potential as a singer. At the age of 12, Kat was invited by the 'Queen of Merengue', Milly Quezada, to sing with her on stage in front of a big crowd of over thousands of people. In her freshman year, she responded to an audition in The Village Voice and was accepted into an all-Latina, Hip Hop/R&B group called Swallower. In April 2004, she opened for J Records musician Cassidy as part of the all Latino girl group Swallower. Kat was accepted to the Arts High School in Newark, New Jersey under the vocal instruction of Dr. Jerry Forderhase. Kat continued to pursue her dream of becoming a solo artist and at age of 15, she entered a Coca-Cola sponsored karaoke competition. Her version of "I Will Always Love You" won the competition.[3] After the competition, Cuban salsa singer Rey Ruiz advised Kat to start writing her own music.[4] Kat DeLuna signed a contract with the production label, Get Money Brothers (GMB) Music Group owned by Haitian male supermodel Tyrone Edmond. According to a brief interview she granted on HaitiXchange.com, she stated that she first met Tyrone when she was only 1 years old, who was then scouting for talent. Kat and Tyrone have become good friends ever since. Kat was finally picked up by Epic Records and she is currently under both labels. She is managed by Cape Town Management. Her debut album, 9 Lives, produced by hitmaker RedOne, and written by grammy nominated songwriter Jane't Sewell-Ulepic, was released on August 7 2007, as confirmed by Billboard and will be re-released this Spring.[5]
Actor Saville Carr Jr. appears with DeLuna in the music video "In The End".
In July 2008 Kat Deluna stated via a MySpace video that she is back in the studio working on her second studio album which is yet to be titled.[6] She premiered a new song called "Calling You", she specified that it was only an exclusive single and not a single from her 2nd Album. She premiered the song on her MySpace [7] and her website [8].
"Whine Up"
Epic Records launched a promotional campaign for her worldwide first single "Whine Up". The song features Elephant Man. On the official website, a video of DeLuna doing a choreography to the song with Elephant Man is shown on the front page. The music video premiered on MySpace on June 20. The song was released to radios in the United States on May 15, 2007.[9] The song has debuted at number 24 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, equal to a #124 position on the Billboard Hot 100.[10] It has since peaked at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100. [11] She also had an appearance in Yung Berg's video for the single "Sexy Lady". "Whine Up" has also been released in Australia because of heavy airplay and heavy rotation on Australian TV.
"Whine Up" was used as the theme song for WWE's SummerSlam 2007 pay-per-view wrestling event.[12] DeLuna recorded a version of "Whine Up" for the 2007 New York Mets[13]. She also performed this song at Shea Stadium.[14]
Discography
Album
| Year | Album | Charts | Sales | ||||
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| U.S. | FR | BEL | AUS Urban | SWI | |||
| 9 Lives | |||||||
| Kat Deluna's Second Studio Album[15][16] | |||||||
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | FRA | PT | AUS | GER | BE | NL | CA | SE | FI | IRE | SWI | |||
| 2007 | "Whine Up" | |||||||||||||
| 2008 | "Run The Show" (featuring Busta Rhymes) | |||||||||||||
| "Am I Dreaming" (featuring Akon) | ||||||||||||||
| "In The End" | ||||||||||||||
| "Calling You" | ||||||||||||||
Single appearances
| Year | Title | U.S. | U.S. Dance | U.S. Pop | U.S. Latin | UK | CAN | FR | PT | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "Cut Off Time" (Omarion feat. Kat DeLuna) | 12 | 19 | 5 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 44 | Feel the Noise O.S.T. |
Guest appearances
- 2007: "Cut Off Time" (Omarion featuring Kat DeLuna)
- 2008: "Tek Weh Yuhself Again (Remix)" (Mr. Vegas featuring Kat DeLuna & Lil' Kim)
- 2008: "Body Talk" (Elephant Man featuring Kat DeLuna & Jha Jha)
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart
References
- ^ a b [1]
- ^ a b Johnson, Gregory. "Vixen: Sweet Thing" VIBE, October 2007 "Twenty-year-old Kathleen Emperatriz DeLuna (her name means "Pure Empress of the Moon") might be as super-sweet as a Hershey's Kiss..."
- ^ [2] DeLuna's biography
- ^ [3] DeLuna's biography
- ^ "Discography - Kat DeLuna".
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- ^ http://www.myspace.com/katdeluna
- ^ http://www.katdelunaworld.com
- ^ Release to radios
- ^ UKMIX - Forums - View topic - US Billboard Charts (26/05/2007)
- ^ Billboard.com - Discography - Kat DeLuna - Whine Up
- ^ Medalis, Kara A. (2007-07-26). ""Whine up" to SummerSlam". WWE. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
- ^ [4] Kat DeLuna recording "Rise Up (Mets!)"
- ^ [5] DeLuna playing "Rise Up (Mets!) at Shea Stadium
- ^ http://katdelunaworld.com/home.html
- ^ http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=38627566