Kathleen Emperatriz "Kat" DeLuna (born November 17, 1987[1] in The Bronx, New York) is an American pop and R&B singer of Dominican heritage. Her mother, born in the Dominican Republic, owns a bakery shop in downtown Newark. She is currently signed to Akon's label Konvict Muzik. Konvict originally announced its intention to re-release her debut album, 9 Lives but her recent announcement on MySpace that she is back in the studio working on her second album, has cancelled plans for a 9 Lives re-release.

Biography

or J Records musician Cassidy as part of Swallower. 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.[3] DeLuna signed a contract with the production label, Global Music Brand (GMB). 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. DeLuna was finally picked up by Epic Records and she was under both labels. She is managed by Damon Degraff and Greg Maurice of 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. Its peak position on the Billboard Top 200 Albums was #58 on August 25,2007.

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, Danity Kane member, is 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 the U.S. single, "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. As of then, she is currently recording tracks for her 2-disc English/Spanish album, "Inside Out". In June 2009, Kat DeLuna will perform at a New York City high school prom, as the star of MyPromStyle.com's "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.

Discography

Albums

2007    
9 Lives

2009    
Inside Out

Soundtracks

2009    
Confessions of a Shopaholic    
"Unstoppable"
"Calling You"

Singles

2007    
"Whine Up" (feat. Elephant Man)
"Am I Dreaming"    

2008    
"Run the Show" (feat. Busta Rhymes)    
"In The End"
   
2009    
"Unstoppable"[9] (feat. Lil Wayne)
"Dance Bailalo"    

Featured Singles

2007    
"Cut Off Time" (Omarion feat. Kat DeLuna)
 
2008    
"Breathing Your Love" (Darin feat. Kat DeLuna)

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