Kat DeLuna Profile

Contact Kat DeLuna

Full Name:Kat DeLuna

Full Biography

Kat DeLuna Pictures

Next

Image More about: Kat DeLuna Picture

Title: kat deluna picture 1.jpg
Description: More about: Kat DeLuna

Image More about: Kat DeLuna Picture

Title: kat deluna picture 3.jpg
Description: More about: Kat DeLuna

Image Kat DeLuna on Late Late Show Picture

Title: katdeluna.jpg
Description: Kat DeLuna on Late Late Show

Image Kat De Luna Picture

Title: Kat DeLuna s04.jpg
Description: Kat De Luna

Image Kat Deluna is Picture

Title: kat.jpg
Description: Kat Deluna is

Image Kat DeLuna in Picture

Title: katdeluna1.jpg
Description: Kat DeLuna in

Image Pop Kat Deluna, 9 Lives Picture

Title: 0943 KatDeLuna.jpg
Description: Pop Kat Deluna, 9 Lives

Image Kat DeLuna Need You Now Picture

Title: kat deluna.jpg
Description: Kat DeLuna Need You Now

Kat DeLuna Videos

Next

video Official release of the new Kat Deluna video for her third single In The End. Presented by GMB and The NYFrequency. Picture

Title: Kat Deluna In The End
Description: Official release of the new Kat Deluna video for her third single In The End. Presented by GMB and The NYFrequency.

video Music video by Kat DeLuna performing Run The Show (featuring Busta Rhymes). (C) 07 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT Picture

Title: Kat DeLuna Run The Show (featuring Busta Rhymes)
Description: Music video by Kat DeLuna performing Run The Show (featuring Busta Rhymes). (C) 07 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

video Unstoppable Featuring Lil Wayne Picture

Title: Kat Deluna Unstoppable
Description: Unstoppable Featuring Lil Wayne

video Music video by Kat DeLuna featuring Elephant Man performing Whine Up. (C) 07 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT Picture

Title: Kat DeLuna featuring Elephant Man Whine Up
Description: Music video by Kat DeLuna featuring Elephant Man performing Whine Up. (C) 07 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

video Sony Music copyright applied to this video. may not be available anymore. whatever. Kat De Luna one of her best songs Picture

Title: ♥ ♥ Love me Leave me ♥ ♥ Kat DeLuna
Description: Sony Music copyright applied to this video. may not be available anymore. whatever. Kat De Luna one of her best songs

video Kat DeLuna"Whine Up" featuring Elephant Man (P) 07 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. Picture

Title: Kat Deluna ft. Elephant Man Whine Up
Description: Kat DeLuna"Whine Up" featuring Elephant Man (P) 07 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.

video Kat De Luna Ft.Don Omar Run The Show. Picture

Title: Kat De Luna Ft.Don Omar Run The Show
Description: Kat De Luna Ft.Don Omar Run The Show.

video Kat DeLuna is the best! Her own Megamix coming soon :) Megamix of Lady GaGa & Kat DeLunas hits. In The End Kat DeLuna [9 Lives] Just ... Picture

Title: Kat DeLuna & Lady GaGa Megamix
Description: Kat DeLuna is the best! Her own Megamix coming soon :) Megamix of Lady GaGa & Kat DeLunas hits. In The End Kat DeLuna [9 Lives] Just ...

 

Kat DeLuna News and Gossip

 

Kat DeLuna Biography

Kat DeLuna
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License

Kat DeLuna

DeLuna in May 2009
Background information
Birth name Kathleen Emperatriz DeLuna
Born November 26, 1987 (1987-11-26) (age 22)1
The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.
Origin Dominican Republic
Genres Pop/R&B, Reggae
Occupations Singer, songwriter, dancer
Instruments Vocals, piano
Years active 2006 - present
Labels Epic (2006-2008)
Universal Motown (2008-present)
Website www.KatDeLuna.com

Kathleen Emperatriz DeLuna (born November 26,2 19871 in The Bronx, New York) is an American Pop and R&B singer of Dominican heritage, better known by her stage name Kat DeLuna. She is currently signed to Universal Motown, after previously being signed to Epic. She is noted for her Soprano vocal range3 and has won one Latin Billboard Music Award for her debut single "Whine Up".4

Contents

Career

Early life

DeLuna was born in The Bronx, New York City. As a child, DeLuna spent her time listening to Aretha Franklin and became interested in becoming a singer. At the age of 12, DeLuna was invited by Milly Quezada to sing with her on stage. In her freshman year of high school at Arts High School in Newark, NJ she joined an all-Latina, Hip Hop/R&B group called Coquette. In April 2004, she opened for J Records musician Cassidy as part of Coquette. DeLuna continued to pursue her dream of becoming a solo artist and at 15, she entered a Coca-Cola sponsored karaoke competition and won. After the competition, Cuban salsa singer Rey Ruiz advised DeLuna to start writing her own music.5 DeLuna signed a contract with Global Music Brand (GMB) founded by Tyrone Edmond.

2007-2008: 9 Lives

DeLuna performing in 2007

DeLuna was finally picked up by Epic Records and she was under both labels. She is managed by Capetown management. Capetown management is run by Damon Degraff and Greg Maurice. Her debut album, 9 Lives, produced by hitmaker RedOne, and written by songwriter Jane't Sewell-Ulepic and Kat DeLuna herself, was released on August 7, 2007. Its peak position on the Billboard Top 200 Albums was #58 on August 25, 2007.6 It was also the theme for WWE Summer Slam in the same year. Kat became highly successful overseas, especially in Europe. In France, her hit single "Run The Show" was holding #1 position in the airwaves for a few consecutive weeks. At The Latin Billboard Music Awards 2008, DeLuna won the award in the 'Latin Dance Club Play Track Of The Year' category for her debut single "Whine Up"4

In September 2008 Deluna performed the US National Anthem at the Texas Stadium during the Monday Night Football game between the Cowboys and the Eagles. The performance garnered media attention because the crowd booed her during the performance.78 "Time" later labeled the performance the 8th worst National Anthem rendition.9 DeLuna also appeared in rapper Young Berg's debut single Sexy Lady music video.

2009–present: Inside Out

DeLuna premiered a new song called "Calling You", specifying that it was only an exclusive single and not a single from her second album. She premiered the song on her MySpace page and her website. Dawn Richard, ex-Danity Kane member, has confirmed to be writing for Kat DeLuna's upcoming album. DeLuna filmed the video for her third worldwide single "In The End," which was 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) was released. She released a video, and set out on a "Gay Club" tour in February 2009 in the United States.10 Currently she released a new single entitled "Dance Bailalo", labelled "the single of the summer of 2009" by the popular pop culture blogger Perez Hilton. She is currently recording tracks for her 2-disc English/Spanish album, Inside Out. 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.11

After the releases of "Unstoppable" and "Dance Bailalo", Kat DeLuna will release the official first single from Inside Out entitled Push Push in the first quarter of 2010. The song was produced by RADIO and written by Nasri, RADIO, Tiwa Savage and Kat Deluna and features Akon.

Discography

Main article: Kat DeLuna discography

Awards

Nominations

  • ALMA Music Awards 2009
    • Female Rising Star

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Johnson, Gregory. "Vixen: Sweet Thing" VIBE, October 2007
  2. ^ , http://twitter.com/KatDeLuna/status/5780076139 
  3. ^ Diego Graglia (8 August 2007). "Opera-trained Kat DeLuna claims her pop music crown". NY Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/2007/08/08/2007-08-08_verdi_to_bachata.html. Retrieved 2009-05-29. 
  4. ^ a b Webmaster (11 April 2008). "2008 Billboard Latin Music Awards Winners". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/awards/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003788413. Retrieved 2009-05-29. 
  5. ^ "Kat's Biography". Sony Music Entertainment. 2007. http://www.katdeluna.com/biography. Retrieved 2009-05-29. 
  6. ^ "Discography - Kat DeLuna". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=854386&aid=961016. Retrieved 2007-08-02. 
  7. ^ Alice Jean (17 September 2008). "NFL fans boo Kat DeLuna's National Anthem Performance". International Business Times. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/nfl-fans-boos-kat-deluna-039-national-anthem-performance.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-16. 
  8. ^ Paula Duffy (15 September 2008). "Kat Deluna booed after singing the national anthem". Examiner. http://www.examiner.com/x-426-Sports-Examiner~y2008m9d15-Kat-Deluna-is-booed-after-singing-the-national-anthem. Retrieved 2009-05-16. 
  9. ^ Dan Fletcher (April 2009). "Top 10 Worst National-Anthem Renditions". Time. http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1889754_1889752_1889726,00.html. Retrieved 2009-05-16. 
  10. ^ Monica Herrera (26 January 2009). "Kat DeLuna to Embark on a Gay Club Concert Tour". Latina.com. http://www.latina.com/entertainment/music/kat-deluna-embark-gay-club-concert-tour. Retrieved 2009-05-29. 
  11. ^ . Hearst Communications Inc. http://www.mypromstyle.com. Retrieved 2009-05-30. 

External links

v • d • e
Kat DeLuna
Albums
Singles
"Whine Up" · "Run the Show" · "Am I Dreaming" · "In the End" · "Unstoppable" · "Dance Bailalo" · "Push Push"
Featured singles
"Cut Off Time" · "Breathing Your Love" · "Shake It Up"
Related articles