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{{Infobox musical artist
| Name = Kat DeLuna
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| Background = solo_singer
| Birth_name = Kathleen Emperatriz DeLuna
| Born = {{birth date and age |1987|11|17}}<ref name="imdb"></ref><ref name="age">Johnson, Gregory. "Vixen: Sweet Thing" ], 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..."</ref><br>], ], ], ]
| Origin = ]
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| Genre = ], ], ], ], ]
| Occupation = ], ], ]
| Years_active = ] - present
| Associated_acts = ], ], ], ], ]
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'''Kathleen Emperatriz "Kat" DeLuna''' (born ],<ref name="imdb"/> ]<ref name="age"/> in ], ]) is an ] singer of ] heritage. She is currently signed to ]/] and ]'s label ] through which her album will be re-released. She enjoys shitting on peoples' chests.

==Biography==
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She went back from ], ] to the ], where she spent her time listening to ] and realized her potential as a singer. At the age of 12, Kat was invited by the 'Queen of Merengue', ], 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 ] and was accepted into an all-Latina, Hip Hop/R&B group called Swallower. In April 2004, she opened for ] ] ] as part of the all Latino ] Swallower. Kat was accepted to the Arts High School in ] 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 ] sponsored karaoke competition. Her version of "]" won the competition.<ref name=autogenerated1> DeLuna's biography</ref> After the competition, Cuban ] singer ] advised Kat to start writing her own music.<ref name=autogenerated1 />
Kat DeLuna signed a contract with the production label, Get Money Brothers(GMB) Music Group owned by ]an male supermodel ]... According to a brief interview she granted on HaitiXchange.com, she stated that she first met Tyrone when she was 14 years old, who was then scouting for talent. Kat was finally picked up by ] and she is currently under both labels. She is managed by Cape Town Management. Cape Town Management is managed by Damon Degraff and Greg Maurice. Her debut album, '']'', produced by hitmaker ], and written by grammy nominated songwriter Jane't Sewell-Ulepic, was released on ] ], as confirmed by ] and will be re-released this Spring.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jspwell?pid=854386&aid=961016 |title=Discography - Kat DeLuna |access date=2007-08-02}}</ref>

Actor ] appears with DeLuna in the music video "In The End".

In July 2008 Kat Deluna stated via a ] video that she is back in the studio working on her second studio album which is yet to be titled.<ref></ref> 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 ] <ref name=autogenerated2></ref> and her ] <ref></ref>. Dawn Richard, Danity Kane member, has confirmed to be writing for Kat DeLuna's upcoming album.

=="Whine Up"==
] launched a promotional campaign for her worldwide first single "]". The song features ]. 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 ] on June 20. The song was released to radios in the United States on ], ].<ref name="FMQB"></ref> The song has debuted at number 24 on the ], equal to a #124 position on the ].<ref></ref> It has since peaked at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100. <ref></ref> She also had an appearance in ]'s video for the single "]". "]" has also been released in Australia because of heavy airplay and heavy rotation on Australian TV. Whine up won the billboard award in 2007 for Best Latin Song. Whine up was also nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2007

"Whine Up" was used as the theme song for WWE's ] ] wrestling event.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.wwe.com/inside/overtheropes/news/katdeluna|title="Whine up" to SummerSlam |publisher=WWE|accessdate=2008-03-29|last=Medalis|first=Kara A.|date=2007-07-26}}</ref> DeLuna recorded a version of "Whine Up" for the 2007 New York ]<ref> Kat DeLuna recording "Rise Up (Mets!)"</ref>. She also performed this song at Shea Stadium.<ref> DeLuna playing "Rise Up (Mets!) at Shea Stadium</ref>

==Discography==
===Album===
{| class="wikitable"
!align="center" rowspan="2"|Year
!align="center" rowspan="2" width="180"|Album
!align="center" colspan="5"|Charts
!align="center" rowspan="2" width="180"|Sales
|-
!width="40"|<small>]</small>
!width="40"|<small>]</small>
!width="40"|<small>]</small>
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!width="40"|<small>]</small>
|-
|<center>2007
|'']''
|<center>58
|<center>26
|<center>16
|<center>46
|<center>49
|<center>500,000+ <small>(Worldwide)</small>
|-
|<center>2009
|''Sophomore <ref></ref><ref name=autogenerated2 />''
|<center>
|<center>
|<center>
|<center>
|<center>
|<center><small>(Worldwide)</small>
|}
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===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
! width="3" rowspan="2"| '''Year'''
! width="200" rowspan="2"| '''Title'''
! colspan="13"| '''Chart positions'''
! width="100" rowspan="2"| '''Album'''
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|-
| rowspan="1"|2007
| "]" <small>(featuring ])</small>
| <center> 29
| <center> 9
| <center> 6
| <center> 18
| <center> 24
| <center> 6
| <center> 51
| <center> 15
| <center> -
| <center> -
| <center> -
| <center> 49
| <center> -
| rowspan="4"|<center>'']''
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| rowspan="4"|2008
| "]" <small>(featuring ])</small>
| <center> 69
| <center> 6
| <center> 8
| <center> -
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| <center> 5
| <center> -
| <center> -
| <center> 18
| <center> 2
| <center> 26
| <center> 29
| <center> 41
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| "]" <small>(featuring ])</small>
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| <center> 53 <sup>A</sup>
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| "In the End"
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| <center> 73 <sup>A</sup>
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| "Calling You"
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| rowspan="1"|<center>''Single only''
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* <sup>A</sup> Airplay Chart

==See also==
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==References==
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