Kat DeLuna News


Kat DeLuna

Contact Celebrity

Contact Kat DeLuna

The Anthem Done Right... and Wrong

Daily Beast - Found 17 hours ago
... aguilera, denise richards, entertainment, hillary clinton, janet jackson, jimi hendrix, july 4, kat deluna, marvin gaye, michael bolton...
The Anthem Done Right... and Wrong - Daily Beast
Star-Spangled performances - Salt Lake Tribune
Explore All

Posted on July 3, 2009, 1:50 pm

Watch This!

Daily Beast - Found Jul. 1, 2009
At a September 2008 Dallas Cowboys-Philadelphia Eagles football game, Kat DeLuna gave an overwrought, pitchy rendition of the anthem that got...

Posted on July 1, 2009, 9:50 am

King of Pop Almost Died Same Way Once Before

FOXNews.com - Found Jun. 30, 2009
Kat Deluna performing a private set for guests at a party celebrating the recent multi-million dollar renovation of W Chicago-City Center on...

Posted on June 30, 2009, 2:57 am

Kat DeLuna Product/Service Pick : I love using aromatherapy oils. ...

Daily Beast - Found May. 18, 2009
Tags: aromatherapy, aromatherapy oils, egyptian musk, egyptian musk oil, kat deluna

Posted on May 18, 2009, 6:55 am

Kat DeLuna at Indy Pride.

Examiner.com - Found Jun. 2, 2009
... right around the corner, June 13th and along with all that a festival has to offer there will be music and headlining this year is Kat DeLuna.

Posted on June 2, 2009, 3:00 am

Weekend-long Columbus Pride is the largest ever

Gay People Chronicle - Found 19 hours ago
Rothan sang the praises of headliner Kat DeLuna, who has performed at the White Party and other LGBT events.

Posted on July 3, 2009, 12:03 pm

Columbus Pride Is Here! Friday and Saturday

Out in America - Found Jun. 30, 2009
Line-Up 11am Step Off 1pm Click Here for More Information Pride Festival Headliner Kat DeLuna Performs on Saturday at 8pm Friday, June 19th - 5 pm to ...

Posted on June 30, 2009, 7:22 am

PrideNews: Boat Cruise & Pride Picnic This Weekend

Out in America - Found Jun. 30, 2009
... kick off with regional favorites including Torri Fixx and Maura Levi to lead us into the headline acts of Exposé, Kristine W and Kat DeLuna.

Posted on June 30, 2009, 7:22 am

Britney Spears | Radar

Sony BMG Music Entertainment UK - Found Jun. 29, 2009
John Barrowman Johnny Cash Jordin Sparks Judas Priest Julian Perretta Justin Timberlake Kasabian Kat DeLuna Katharine McPhee Kelly Clarkson...

Posted on June 29, 2009, 10:54 am

Pride Guide 2009

Minneapolis Star Tribune - Found Jun. 25, 2009
Opening is Kat Deluna, Kristine W, Tori Fixx and Mara Levi. 5:30 p.m. Sat. Loring Park. $12 advance/$15 door.

Posted on June 25, 2009, 10:47 am

Kat DeLuna Biography

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

Kat DeLuna

Background information
Birth name Kathleen Emperatriz DeLuna
Born November 17, 1987 (1987-11-17) (age 21) 1
The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.
Origin Dominican Republic
Genre(s) Pop/R&B
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, dancer
Instrument(s) Vocals, piano
Voice type(s) Soprano 2
Years active 2006 - present
Label(s) Epic 2006-2008
Universal Motown 2008-
Associated acts Elephant Man, Omarion, Busta Rhymes, Don Omar, Akon, Darin, Lil Wayne
Website Official Website

Old Official Website

Kathleen Emperatriz DeLuna (born November 17, 1987. in The Bronx, New York)1 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 range 2and has won one Latin Billboard Music Award for her debut single Whine Up.3

Contents

Career

Early Life

DeLuna was born in the Bronx and raised in the Dominican Republic. Kat Deluna is Dominican of African descent. 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 (The Nations First Arts High School in the country for the Visual and Performing Arts), she responded to an audition in The Village Voice and was accepted into 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 she won it. After the competition, Cuban salsa singer Rey Ruiz advised DeLuna to start writing her own music.4 DeLuna signed a contract with the production label, Global Music Brand (GMB)founded by Tyrone Edmond. According to a brief interview she granted on HaitiXchange.com, she stated that she met Tyrone when she was 14, who was then scouting for talent.

9 Lives: 2007 - 2008

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 7 August 2007. Its peak position on the Billboard Top 200 Albums was #58 on 25 August 2007.5 It was also the theme for WWE Summer Slam in in the same year. It helped obtain a huge success over seas for Kat Deluna by breaking out of France holding position #1 in the airwaves for consecutive weeks and to add to her success with the single. At The Latin Billboard Music Awards 2008, DeLuna won the award in the 'Latin Dance Club Play Track Of The Year' category for her hit single "Whine Up"3

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.67 Time later labeled the performance the 8th worst National Anthem rendition.8

Inside Out: 2009

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.9 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 a New York City 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.10

Discography

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Johnson, Gregory. "Vixen: Sweet Thing" VIBE, October 2007
  2. ^ a b Diego Graglia (08 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 on 2009-05-29. 
  3. ^ 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 on 2009-05-29. 
  4. ^ "Kat's Biography". Sony Music Entertainment. 2007. http://www.katdeluna.com/biography. Retrieved on 2009-05-29. 
  5. ^ "Discography - Kat DeLuna". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=854386&aid=961016. 
  6. ^ 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 on 2009-05-16. 
  7. ^ 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 on 2009-05-16. 
  8. ^ 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 on 2009-05-16. 
  9. ^ 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 on 2009-05-29. 
  10. ^ . Hearst Communications Inc. http://www.mypromstyle.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-30. 

External links