UKat Deluna wazalwa ngoNovemba 26, 1987 eNew York. Lo mculi waziwa ngamahithi akhe e-R&B. Omunye wabo udume umhlaba wonke.
Ukuqanjwa kwe-incendiary Whine Up kwaba yingoma yasehlobo lika-2007, eyahlala phezulu kumashadi amasonto ambalwa.
Iminyaka yokuqala kaKat DeLuna
UKat Deluna wazalelwa eBronx (ingxenye ye-New York), kodwa ngokushesha ngemva kokuzalwa wahanjiswa abazali bakhe ezweni lakubo.
Kusukela ebuntwaneni, le ntombazane yanquma ukuba umculi futhi kukho konke ukufana nesithombe sakhe - u-Aretha Franklin. Lapho intombazane eneminyaka engu-9 ubudala, abazali bakhe babuyela e-United States futhi bahlala edolobheni laseNewark.
Ngeshwa umshado wabazali bakhe wabhidlika. Intombazane yahlala nomama wayo, yaze yanikela ngengoma yayo yokuqala kuye. Engomeni ethi Estoy Triste, ucele unina ukuthi angabe esakhala.
Ngemva kokuba uyise eshiye unina, umkhaya wawuntula imali. UKat nodadewabo baze bancenga. Kodwa kancane kancane isimo sezimali saqala ukuba ngcono.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, odade bakwazi ukuzibonakalisa enkundleni yemidlalo yaseshashalazini. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, baqala ukwenza ngempumelelo enkulu emibukisweni ehlukahlukene nakweminye imicimbi emikhulu, lapho okwakukhokhwa khona.
Ukuqala komsebenzi womculi
Embuthanweni wemidlalo yaseshashalazini, umculi wawela izindlela ezinezinkanyezi ezifana noMilli Quezada noMarc Anthony. Balazisa kakhulu ikhono lentombazane futhi bacela ukungena esikoleni semidlalo yeshashalazi.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-14 ubudala, uKat wabhaliswa esikoleni sobuciko bedolobha, lapho abonwa khona ngabameleli belebula le-J Records, ababeqasha amantombazane anekhono eqenjini lamantombazane e-Koketka.
Ithimba lidlale ezinhlotsheni ezifana ne-Latina, i-hip-hop ne-R&B. Yiqiniso, akuzange kuhlale isikhathi eside. Okuhlangenwe nakho kokusebenza eqenjini kwasiza umculi ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe wedwa.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-15, uKat wanquma ukubamba iqhaza emqhudelwaneni ohlonishwayo we-karaoke. Le ntokazi ikhethe ingoma ethi I Will Always Love You yanqoba umncintiswano. Ngokushesha ngemva komklomelo, umculi waseCuba kanye nenkanyezi ye-salsa uRey Ruiz waya entombazaneni.
Walithanda ikhono lale ntombazane futhi wayimema ukuba iqophe ezayo izingoma. Lokhu kwenziwa lapho umculi esayina inkontileka yakhe yokuqala yobungcweti.
Ekuqaleni, izingoma zomculi azizange zimenze adume. Inkanyezi yesikhathi esizayo yanquma ukushintsha ilebula futhi yasayina inkontileka nesitudiyo esisha. Eyokuqala ethi Whine Up, eyakhishwa kanye ne-Elephant Man, yayithandwa kakhulu.
Yaqonda ngqo kunombolo 29 eshadini eliyinhloko le-US Billboard Hot 100 futhi yahlala lapho amasonto angama-24. Ngale hit, uKat Deluna uthole umklomelo ovelele. Waphawulwa ekuqokweni kwengoma ethi "Best dance club track of the year."
I-albhamu yokuqala kaKat DeLuna
Ehlobo lika-2007, uKat Deluna wethula i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ethi 9 Lives. Yafinyelela inani eliphakeme kunombolo 58 eshadini elikhulu laseMelika futhi yahlala lapho amasonto amane.
Kuleli cwecwe bekunezingoma ezinhlotsheni ezinjengalezi: i-hip-hop, i-R&B, i-merengue, i-electronica, i-Latin jazz, njll. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ngenxa yezwi lika-Kat elingenakulinganiswa, i-albhamu izwakala njengephelele. Abagxeki nabalandeli bomculo odumile bathole kahle le nto entsha.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-19, intombazane yayithandwa kakhulu, kodwa yayingeke iphele lapho. Ngaphezu kwalokho, emithonjeni yezindaba yeSpanishi wabizwa ngokuthi "uSalvador Selena".
Kodwa uKate naye waba nokuhluleka okuqondile. Enye yazo yiculo lesizwe lase-US, wamenywa ukuthi abonise amakhono akhe ezwi ngaphambi komdlalo we-NFL.
Izithameli (abantu abayizinkulungwane eziyi-105) zagxeka umculi. Izilaleli aziyithandanga indlela ayecula ngayo ingoma eyinhloko yezwe lakubo. Umagazini i-Time wabiza ukudlalwa kweculo lesizwe lase-United States njengokubi kakhulu emlandweni.
Kodwa lokhu kwamthukuthelisa kuphela, futhi wanquma ukufakazela ukuthi wayenekhono eliyingqayizivele lezwi. Ngo-2008, lo mculi wasayina isivumelwano nelebula le-Universal Motown futhi waqala ukusebenza nge-albhamu yakhe yesibili. I-albhamu ethi Inside Out yaphuma ngoNovemba 2010.
I-disc yayigxile kakhulu emakethe yaseYurophu. Izingoma ezimbalwa kuphela ezikhishwe e-USA, kodwa azikwazanga ukuzuza ukuthandwa i-debut disc eyayinayo.
I-albhamu yesithathu ikhishwe ngo-2015. Intombazane yaqala ukusebenza kuyo ngo-2011, kodwa ukukhululwa kwabambezeleka njalo. Nakuba i-Bum Bum eyodwa ibe nezilinganiso ezinhle, ezinye izihlabani ze-R&B zibambe iqhaza ekurekhodweni kwalokhu kuqanjwa.
Ngo-2016, u-Kat Deluna wakhulula iqoqo lakhe lokuqala elihle kakhulu, elithi Loading. Ngaphezu kwezinto ezaziwayo ezaziqoshwe ngaphambilini kuma-singles nama-albhamu omculi, i-disc ithole izingoma ezine ezintsha.
Ngo-2018, uKat Deluna wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe yesine yobude obugcwele. Yandulelwe ukukhishwa kwezingoma ezithi Nueva Actitude nethi Last Night In Miami. Lezi zingoma ziphinde zavumela izwi likaDeLuna ukuthi lizwakale kuwo wonke amakilabhu agxile emculweni womdanso.
Kat Deluna namuhla
Umculi uthanda ukuxhumana nabalandeli bakhe ku-inthanethi. Izinkundla zokuxhumana zomculi zigcwele izithombe namavidiyo avela ekuzilolongelweni kwezingoma ezintsha. UDeluna usevele wabelane kwenye yazo mayelana nokukhishwa kwerekhodi elisha osekuseduze.
Uyaqhubeka nokuthuthukisa ikhono lakhe lokukhuluma futhi uzama ukubuyela kulezo zikhundla emashadini abekuwo ngemuva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu yakhe yokuqala.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, umbheka njengengxenye yokuqala yomsebenzi wakhe. Uma uKat ekwazi ukuthola umkhiqizi omuhle, khona-ke konke kufanele kusebenze.
