Amanda Nicole Perez is a female R&B singer-songwriter and record producer of Mexican descent.
[edit] Biography
Amanda Perez was raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana and grew up in the Waynedale community of Fort Wayne, where she attended North Side High School. In 2001, she and carmen ange l released her first single "Never", which became Perez's first charting single of her career, peaking at #79 on the Billboard Hot 100 sales chart. In April 2002, she released her first album, Where You At?, headed by Los Angeles radio DJ and A&R music producer Mighty Mike Quinn (Mike Q.) under the label Powerhowse Records Beverly Hills, California. Co-production of LP included Los Angeles based producer Tony P. (Palacios). Perez scored her biggest hit in 2003 with the single "Angel" (released February 11, 2003) which peaked at #20 on the Hot 100 sales chart and #3 at radio. This single helped the album (also called Angel) to become a hit.
Quinn also directed and produced four music videos for Perez, which made MTV and charted Perez on TRL (Total Request Live) at #7 on the MTV show. The album was a hit in the United States, and made her a celebrity in her hometown, inking a deal with Universal Records. It also summoned the attention of other major record companies.
Amanda is said to be currently working on a new album to be released in late 2012. The working project album is to be called "Love Don't Make Sense." Perez, has had little success since departing form the original Powerhowse producers in 2005. Matt Serletic, former president and chairman of Virgin Records who signed Quinn's Powerhowse Silverstone labels said "she needs her original team." She became the Latin girl of rap and R&B breaking into a market that Latin artists prior to her had not tapped. "I never seen a more requested artist" said former KWIN-FM Radio programming manager John Christian who broke the artist in Stockton, California.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums
[edit] Singles
| Year |
Title |
Chart Positions |
Album |
| U.S. |
U.S. R&B |
| 2002 |
"Never" |
79 |
— |
Where You At? |
| 2003 |
"Angel"[5] |
20 |
57 |
Angel |
| "I Like It" |
— |
— |
| 2004 |
"Dedicate" |
— |
— |
I Pray |
| "I Pray" |
— |
— |
| 2007 |
"Candy Kisses" |
— |
— |
Hand Of Fate |
| 2009 |
"This Time" |
— |
— |
| 2011 |
"Rain" |
— |
— |
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. |
[edit] Music videos
| Year |
Song |
Director |
| 2001 |
"Never" |
Mike Quinn and Andrew Little |
| 2001 |
"Angel" |
Mike Quinn |
| 2003 |
"Angel |
Mike Quinn and Powerhouse |
| 2004 |
"I Pray" |
Mike Quinn and Powerhouse |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Amanda Perez - Angel - Music Charts aCharts.us Retrieved 09-19-10
- ^ Angel - Amanda Perez | Billboard.com Retrieved Sept. 19, 2010
- ^ I Pray - Amanda Perez | Billboard.com Retrieved Sept. 19, 2010
- ^ The Hand Of Fate - Amanda Perez | Billboard.com Retrieved 09-19-10
- ^ Amanda Perez - Angel billboard.com Retrieved Sept. 19, 2010
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