| Kat DeLuna | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Kathleen Emperatriz DeLuna |
| Born | November 17, 1987 [1][2] |
| Origin | Dominican Republic |
| Genre(s) | R&B, hip hop, pop, dancehall, Latin pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, dancer |
| Years active | 2006-present |
| Label(s) | Epic |
| Website | www.katdeluna.com |
Kathleen Emperatriz "Kat" DeLuna (born November 17,[1] 1987[2] in The Bronx, New York) is an American R&B singer, of Dominican descent, who is signed to Epic Records/GMB. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The City of New York New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Contemporary R&B (also known as R&B, urban) is a Music genre of western Popular music (predominantly American and Canadian Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Dancehall is a type of Jamaican Popular music which developed in the late 1970s initially as a more sparse and less political and religious variant of Reggae Latin Pop ( Pop Latino, in Spanish) generally refers to Pop music that has what may be perceived a "Latin" influence A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) is an Art form that generally refers to movement of the body usually rhythmic Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Epic Records is an American Record label. It is owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Contemporary R&B (also known as R&B, urban) is a Music genre of western Popular music (predominantly American and Canadian The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with Epic Records is an American Record label. It is owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment.
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Biography
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. Milagros Quezada Borbón, much better known in the musical entertainment world as Milly Quezada, is a Latin Grammy -winning Dominican Merengue music In April 2004, she opened for J Records musician Cassidy as part of the all Latino girl group CoqueThe Bronx, US to the Dominican Republic, where she spent her time listening to Aretha Franklin and realized her potential as a singer. 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September J Records is an American Record label, owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment, and is distributed through the RCA Records Group. A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a Barry Adrian Reese (born July 7, 1982) better known by his Stage name Cassidy, is an American Rapper. A girl group is a Popular music act featuring several young Female Singers who generally harmonize together The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25 1942 Franklin has had a total of twenty number-one singles on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart, two of which became #1 hits on the Kat was accepted to the Arts High School in Newark, New Jersey under the vocal instruction of Dr. Newark is the largest city in New Jersey, United States and the County seat of Essex County. Jerry Forderhase. Kat is said to have a 5 octave vocal range. 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 Coquette. This article is about a New York newspaper For the Ottawa Hills Ohio magazine see The Village Voice of Ottawa Hills. Kat continued to pursue her dream of becoming a solo artist and at age of 15, she entered a Coca-Cola sponsored karaoke competition. Coca-Cola is a carbonated Soft drink sold in stores restaurants and Vending machines in more than 200 countries Her version of "I Will Always Love You" won the competition. " I Will Always Love You " is a song written and originally performed by American country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton (first released as a single in 1974 After the competition, Cuban salsa singer Rey Ruiz advised Kat to start writing her own music. Salsa music is a diverse and predominantly Latin American Caribbean genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos abroad Rey Ruiz (Reinerio Ruiz born June 21, 1970 in La Lisa Havana Cuba is a well known salsa singer from Cuba. Kat DeLuna signed a contract with the production label, Get Money Brothers (GMB) Music Group owned by Haitian male supermodel Tyrone Edmond. Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole: Tyrone Edmond (born Enoch Edmond in Cap-Haitien, Haiti) is a Haitian-born model. According to a brief interview she granted on HaitiXchange. com, she stated that she first met Tyrone when she was only 14 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 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. RedOne is a Moroccan and Swedish producer writer based in Los Angeles. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry [3]
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"Whine Up"
Epic Records launched a promotional campaign for her worldwide first single "Whine Up". Epic Records is an American Record label. It is owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment. " Whine Up " is a song by Dominican-American pop / R&B singer Kat DeLuna, released as her debut single from her album 9 The song features Elephant Man. Elephant Man, also known as the Energy God, (born O'Neil Bryan on September 11, 1975, in Kingston, Jamaica) is a dancehall 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. MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and The song was released to radios in the United States on May 15, 2007. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [4] The song has debuted at number 24 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, equal to a #124 position on the Billboard Hot 100. The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. [5] It has since peaked at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100. [6] She also had an appearance in Yung Berg's video for the single "Sexy Lady". Christian Ward (born September 11, 1980) better known by his Stage name Yung Berg, is an American Rapper from " Sexy Lady " is the first single by rapper Yung Berg from his debut EP Almost Famous and later his debut full-length album "Whine Up" has also been released in Australia because of heavy airplay and heavy rotation on Australian TV. " Whine Up " is a song by Dominican-American pop / R&B singer Kat DeLuna, released as her debut single from her album 9 A tracklisting has also been revealed, it is slated for an early January release. In Australia the single debuted in the top 20, debuting at #18 on the 11/2/08. The song peaked at #9 on French charts by December 2007.
"Whine Up" was used as the theme song for WWE's SummerSlam 2007 pay-per-view wrestling event. SummerSlam (2007 was the twentieth annual SummerSlam Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment Pay-per-view (often abbreviated PPV) is the system in which Television viewers can purchase events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event
DeLuna recorded a version of "Whine Up" for the 2007 New York Mets. "Mets" redirects here For the medical term see Metastasis. The song was called "Rise Up (Mets!)" and was written by David Brody of the New York City radio station Z100. The song was also used in the commercial for So You Think You Can Dance: Canada, which premiered in 2008.
Epic Records has scheduled a summer 2008 U. S. release of a revamped version of DeLuna's first album, 9 Lives; this new version was released internationally on April 29, 2008. The new version of the album features new songs produced by R&B singer Akon. The release date was confirmed on MTV News and in the issue of Latina Magazine that featured Deluna. DeLuna will also be a guest in Elephant Man's new album "Let's Get Physical" and is featured in Jason Fox's new song "Coffee Girl".
Discography
Album
| Year | Album | Charts | Sales | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. | FR | BEL | AUS Urban | SWE | |||
| 9 Lives | |||||||
Singles
| Year | Title | U.S. | U.S. Dance | U.S. Pop | U.S. Latin | UK | CAN | FR | PT | AUS | BEL | FIN | ROM | EUR | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "Whine Up" (feat. The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Billboard 's Hot Dance Club Play chart (also known as Club Play Singles, and formerly known as Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Hot Dance/Disco The Pop 100 is a songs chart created in February 2005 and released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. The ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Tracks chart is the most important Music chart for Spanish language / Italian language singles in the The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine which ranks songs in Canada. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. The Romanian Top 100 is the national airplay -based singles chart of Romania. " Whine Up " is a song by Dominican-American pop / R&B singer Kat DeLuna, released as her debut single from her album 9 Elephant Man) | 29 | 1 | 17 | 43 | — | 15 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 6 | — | 4 | 38 | 9 Lives |
| 2008 | "Run the Show" (feat. Elephant Man, also known as the Energy God, (born O'Neil Bryan on September 11, 1975, in Kingston, Jamaica) is a dancehall " Run the Show " is a song featured from American Dancehall / R&B singer Kat DeLuna 's debut studio album 9 Lives. Busta Rhymes) | 103 | 2 | 65 | 38 | 41 | — | 8 | 8 | — | 6 | 5 | 13 | 25 | |
| "In The End" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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. Trevor George Smith Jr, (born May 20 1972 better known as Busta Rhymes, is an American actor and Musician of Jamaican descent Billboard 's Hot Dance Club Play chart (also known as Club Play Singles, and formerly known as Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Hot Dance/Disco The Pop 100 is a songs chart created in February 2005 and released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. The ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Tracks chart is the most important Music chart for Spanish language / Italian language singles in the The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine which ranks songs in Canada. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Omari Ishmael Grandberry (born November 12, 1984, in Inglewood California) better known as Omarion, is an American Grammy -nominated Kat DeLuna) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 44 | Feel the Noise O. Feel the Noise is a drama film written by Albert Leon, directed by Alejandro Chomski and produced by Jennifer Lopez. 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)
Live performances
On May 2, 2008, Kat was a featured artist, along with Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and Lifehouse, At the University of New Haven spring concert. Omari Ishmael Grandberry (born November 12, 1984, in Inglewood California) better known as Omarion, is an American Grammy -nominated Mr Vegas (born Clifford Smith, 1974 Kingston Jamaica) is a Jamaican Dancehall star Elephant Man, also known as the Energy God, (born O'Neil Bryan on September 11, 1975, in Kingston, Jamaica) is a dancehall Natoya Handy (born 1984 better known as Jha'Jha) is an American female rapper formerly part of the group The Diplomats. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
On August 24, 2007, Kat was a featured artist at the Miss Teen USA 2007 pageant. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Miss Teen USA 2007, the 25th Miss Teen USA pageant was held on August 24, 2007 in Pasadena, California. She performed her first single, Whine Up, along with two back-up dancers. [7]
On August 26, 2007, Kat was a featured artist at Arthur Ashe Kids Day. Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Arthur Ashe Kids' Day is an annual Tennis /children’s event that takes place in the end of August at the United States Tennis Association at Arthur Ashe Stadium She performed her first single, Whine Up, along with four back-up dancers. The dancers are represented by CESD (Cunningham) they are: Mark Jimenez, Joey Negron, Leboo Nuega, and Carlos Martinez.
On March 19, 2008, Kat performed at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut during the intermission at a Hartford Wolf Pack game. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The XL Center, formerly known as the Hartford Civic Center, is a sports and convention complex located in Hartford Connecticut, USA owned by the City of The Hartford Wolf Pack are an Ice hockey team in the American Hockey League.
On April 13, 2008, Kat performed at Gay Pride in Phoenix, Arizona. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common LGBT pride or gay pride refers to a world wide movement and philosophy asserting that LGBT ( Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Phoenix (ˈfiːˌnɪks O'odham Skikik, Yavapai Wasinka, Western Apache Fiinigis, Navajo Hoozdo,
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. This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on Billboard magazine 's Hot Dance Club Play chart "Vixen: Sweet Thing" VIBE, October 2007 "Twenty-two-year-old Kathleen Emperatriz DeLuna (her name means "Pure Empress of the Moon") might be as super-sweet as a Hershey's Kiss. Vibe is a Magazine, launched 1993 by founder Quincy Jones and funded by Time Inc October events and holidays Children's Book Week ( England) - First Week of October National Day ( China People's Republic Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. . . "
- ^ Discography - Kat DeLuna. Retrieved on 2007-08-02. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the
- ^ Release to radios
- ^ UKMIX - Forums - View topic - US Billboard Charts (26/05/2007)
- ^ Billboard.com - Discography - Kat DeLuna - Whine Up
- ^ NBC.com -Miss Teen USA
External links
- Official Website
- Official MySpace
- Kat DeLuna at the Internet Movie Database
- MTV Tr3s Kat DeLuna Artist Page
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