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Kristinia DeBargeGoodbye
DeBarge is the daughter of James DeBarge. DeBarge began singing when she was 3 years old, but did not begin to take it seriously until she was 12. When she was 12, her father took her into a recording studio. They worked until 4 A.M. recording a duet, which made her father realize that she was serious about beginning a singing career. During the summer of 2003 she was a contestant on the American Idol spin-off, American Juniors. DeBarge progressed to the semifinal round of twenty contestants. She was featured in the first group of ten semifinalists and sang the song "Reflection" from the Disney movie Mulan. However, she was not one of the five to progress from that group into the final ten. At 14, DeBarge was introduced to Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.
She worked with him for five years and, two days before her nineteenth
birthday, signed to a new division of Island Def Jam Records founded
by Edmonds and Jeff Burroughs called Sodapop Records. DeBarge began
work on her debut album in March 2009, with the record completed
in May 2009. "Goodbye" met with commercial success in the US, the single debuted at number 75 on the
Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, and later reached a peak of number
15 on the chart.[5] The single was also a success in Canada, where
it reached a peak of number 15 on the Canadian Hot 100.[6] The
second single, "Sabotage", was released for airplay a week before the release of her debut album, Exposed. "Sabotage" failed to chart on any chart worldwide. Her debut album, Exposed was released
on July 28, 2009. Exposed received generally positive reviews from
music critics, based on an aggregate score of 69/100 from Metacritic.[7]
In the US, the album debuted at number 23 on the Billboard 200.[8]
Worldwide, the album failed to chart anywhere it was released.
DeBarge also opened up for pop singer Britney Spears, during her
2009 world tour, The Circus Starring: Britney Spears.[9] In October
2009, DeBarge confirmed that a remix of Future Love would be released
as the third single, the remix would feature rapper Pitbull. This
remixed version was released on November 2 in the UK and November
10 in the US. "Future Love" was unsuccessful commercially, becoming her second consecutive single to miss
out on the Hot 100 singles chart in the US. In November 2009, The Wet Seal, Inc., a leading specialty retailer to young women, announced a partnership with DeBarge. The program included a collection of fashion pieces selected by DeBarge, online and offline marketing and events. In January 2010, DeBarge received an NAACP Image
Award nomination for “Outstanding New Artist.” DeBarge made an
appearance in School Gyrls, which premiered on Nickelodeon in March
2010. She Sang "Goodbye" and was later seen in a limo with rapper Soulja Boy. On April 26, 2011, DeBarge
stated on her Twitter account that she will make her acting debut
in a comedy film called The Lot,[10] which is set to be released
in 2012.[11]. In late 2009, the singer stated that she started
recording her second album. However, in November 2011, she stated
through her Twitter account that she was dropped from Island Records,
as her album had been postponed from being released several times
during the two years she was recording it. On November 26, 2011,
DeBarge announced she is working with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds on her sophmore album. [12] Release Date: July 28, 2009 23 US: 200,000 [edit] Singles US: Platinum France: Gold Exposed School Gyrls (2009) - as Herself [edit] Awards and nominations
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