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Colby O'DonisDon't Turn BackWhat You
O'Donis was born in New York City, USA[2] to Puerto Rican parents. His mother,
Olga, is a singer once crowned Miss Puerto Rico, and his father,
Freddy Colón, is a New York disc jockey.[3][4] He was named after
Colby O'Donis, a firefighter who was killed while saving his father's
life.[1] O'Donis took first place at a talent show by singing a
Michael Jackson song when he was only three and a half. When he was eight, O'Donis' parents had relocated
to Florida, where he began collaborating with the group Full Force,
which was responsible for numerous hits by the Backstreet Boys,
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, 'N Sync, and Britney Spears. Colby's rise
to fame began at ten, when he became the youngest recording artist
ever signed to Motown Records, in order to do a song for a major
motion picture soundtrack. The song, titled "Mouse in the House", was featured on the 1999 Stuart Little soundtrack. Soon after, he began taking
guitar lessons with Johan Oiested, a musician in Carlos Santana’s
rhythm section. At the age of eleven, he was making regular appearances
as an actor on the television series Grandpa's Garage. and by the
time he had reached fourteen, Colby was opening shows for major
recording artists, including JoJo, A-Teens, Hoku, S Club 7, Jump5,
B-5, Backstreet Boys, Brian McKnight, 98° and 'N Sync. Shortly
after his fifteenth birthday, Colby's parents made the decision
to relocate They moved to Los Angeles, and pursued a recording
deal using Colby’s 100+ song catalog. After this move, Colby was
introduced to Genuine Music Group, where he began collaborating
on producing an LP album consisting of songs from his catalog and
songs co-written by producers Damon Sharpe (J-Lo, Ginuwine, Kelly
Rowland, Anastacia), Gregg Pagani (Babyface, Musiq Soulchild, 3LW),
Brion James, Manuel Seal, Jr. (Mariah Carey, Usher, Mary J. Blige)
and multi-platinum recording artist Justin Timberlake. Colby also performed in California, opening
shows for Keyshia Cole, 112, Montell Jordan, Daddy Yankee, Omarion,
Don Omar, Brandy, Akon, Rihanna, Bobby Valentino, Ne-Yo and Lil
Wayne. During this time, he was briefly featured on an episode
of Nickelodeon's Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide as Nelson
Duckworth. Colby's first single, "What
You Got" featuring Akon, was released on February 26, 2008, and his second single, titled "Don't Turn Back", was released on June 24, 2008. Both singles were released for digital download
via iTunes, and are featured on his debut album, Colby O. O'Donis
was also featured on Lady Gaga's debut single, "Just Dance", earning him a nomination for Best Dance Recording at the 50th Grammy Awards.
In 2009, he won Best Dance Recording at the Teen Choice Awards
with Lady Gaga. He also has a performed a duet with Brooke Hogan
entitled "Hey Yo!". His most recent single 'What Are You Waiting For' [1] in collaboration with
Malaysian artist Mizz Nina has received extensive airplay in Malaysia
and other South East Asian countries.
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