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Kat DeLuna
Musical artist

Kathleen Emperatriz "Kat" DeLuna (born November 17, 1987 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American Pop and R&B singer of Puerto Rican and Dominican heritage. She is currently signed to Universal Motown after previously being signed to Epic. She is noted for her Soprano vocal range and has won one Latin Billboard Music Award for her debut single "Whine Up".

Career

Early Life

Attended Arts High School

2007-2008: 9 Lives

DeLuna performing in 2007

In 2007, DeLuna was signed by Epic Records and released her single "Whine Up" which hit #29 on the Billboard Hot 100. Following the success of the single, her debut album, 9 Lives, was released on August 7, 2007. It peaked on the Billboard Top 200 Albums at #58.

"Am I Dreaming" was slated to be released as the album's second single, garnering a video shot in the Dominican Republic, as well as peaking at #26 on Billboard's Latin Tropical Airplay chart. However, the single release was eventually shelved.

In Fall 2007, she collaborated with Omarion for their single "Cut Off Time" which served as the lead single off the Feel the Noise soundtrack. The song peaked at #23 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.

In early 2008, her label decided to re-release her debut (removing the original version from iTunes to prepare), along with a new single, "Run the Show." The single's release on February 5th, 2008 removed Don Omar's rap (although his was used in the Spanish-release of the song) in favor of new vocals from Busta Rhymes. The song eventually peaked at #17 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. As the single underperformed, the album's re-release in the US was cancelled.

While her success in the US began to wane, she became highly successful overseas. In France, "Run The Show" held the #1 position for weeks. Additionally, at the Latin Billboard Music Awards 2008, DeLuna won the 'Latin Dance Club Play Track Of The Year' Award for her single "Whine Up."

In September, DeLuna performed the US National Anthem at Texas Stadium during the Monday Night Football game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Philadelphia Eagles. The performance garnered much media attention because of the booing coming from the crowd, during and after her performance. It went on to land the #1 spot on Billboard Magazine's "10 Worst National Anthem Performances Ever" in 2010.

Despite the negative press for the performance, DeLuna's international success continued. October 8th, 2008 saw the release of "Breathing Your Love," a collaboration with Swedish singer Darin Zanyar which became a #2 hit in Sweden and #13 in Finland.

2008–2009: Recording and Touring

In 2008, DeLuna premiered a new song called "Calling You" on her MySpace page and her website. In addition, DeLuna filmed the video for the third international single "In The End," only released in Europe. The video for the single premiered on YouTube in January 2009, along with the unreleased video for "Am I Dreaming?".

In 2009, her single "Unstoppable" featuring Lil' Wayne (featured on the soundtrack of the 2009 film Confessions of a Shopaholic starring Isla Fisher, along with Calling You) was released. She released a video, and set out on a "Gay Club" tour in February 2009 in the United States.

In June 2009, Kat DeLuna performed at New York City's Fashion Industries High School prom, as the star of My Prom Style's official website feature: "Ultimate Prom" fashion reality series. Three aspiring teen designers are competing to design the dress she wears to prom, and the pattern of the winning dress will be produced and sold nationwide by Simplicity Patterns. Additionally, later that summer she released another digital single, "Dance Bailalo" which was labeled "the single of the summer of 2009" by the popular pop culture blogger Perez Hilton.

Discography

Main article: Kat DeLuna discography

Awards

Nominations

  • ALMA Music Awards 2009
    • Female Rising Star

See also

References

  1. ^ Johnson, Gregory. "Vixen: Sweet Thing" VIBE, October 2007
  2. http://twitter.com/KatDeLuna/status/5780076139 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Diego Graglia (8 August 2007). "Opera-trained Kat DeLuna claims her pop music crown". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
  4. ^ Webmaster (11 April 2008). "2008 Billboard Latin Music Awards Winners". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
  5. "Discography - Kat DeLuna". Retrieved 2007-08-02.
  6. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/nfl-fans-boos-kat-deluna-039-national-anthem-performance.htm
  7. Monica Herrera (26 January 2009). "Kat DeLuna to Embark on a Gay Club Concert Tour". Latina.com. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
  8. . Hearst Communications Inc http://www.mypromstyle.com. Retrieved 2009-05-30. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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