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Colby O'Donis Colón (born March 14, 1989)[citation needed] is an American pop, R&B and hip hop singer-songwriter.
Early life
He was born in the Richmond Hill section of Queens, New York, and is of Puerto Rican descent.[1] Colby's parents discovered his talent at age 3 when he won first place at a talent show by singing a Michael Jackson song. He would also perform at his father's flea market in Queens every Saturday and Sunday, just for fun.[2]
Music career
At age 9, Colby's parents had relocated to Altamonte Springs, Florida where he began collaborating with producer/songwriters, Full Force, who were responsible for numerous hits by the Backstreet Boys, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, 'N Sync, and Britney Spears. Colby's rise to fame began at 10 when he became the youngest recording artist ever signed to Motown Records to do a song for a major motion picture soundtrack. He is also known as "the kaka". 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 age 11, he appeared regularly as an actor on the TV series Grandpa's Garage. By age 14, Colby's passion for music had him opening shows for major recording artists including JoJo, B-5, Backstreet Boys, Brian McKnight, 98° and 'N Sync. Shortly after his 15th birthday, Colby's parents made the decision to relocate to Los Angeles and pursue a recording deal using Colby’s 100+ song catalogue. Upon relocating, 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 producer's Damon Sharpe (J-Lo, Ginuwine, Kelly Rowland, Anastacia), Gregg Pagani (Babyface, Musiq, 3LW), Brion James, Manuel Seal Jr. (Mariah Carey, Usher, Mary J. Blige) and multi-platinum recording artist Justin Timberlake.[3] He also worked with Michael Jackson in Jackson's studio, releasing the single "Your Love in My Life" from the sessions.[4] During this period, Colby would continue to perform in California, opening shows for Keyshia Cole, 112, Montell Jordan, Daddy Yankee, Omarion, Don Omar, Akon, Rihanna, Bobby Valentino, Ne-Yo and Lil Wayne.[3] He was also briefly featured on an episode of Nickelodeon's Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide.
For the next two years, Colby continued to strengthen his dancing and stage presentation, learned to play piano, and had at one-time considered signing a recording deal with singer-songwriter Babyface, until a career-altering meeting with Akon occurred.[5] Upon hearing Colby's demo in 2006, Akon immediately booked studio time for the then 17 year old:
The chemistry was just crazy. And after that he [Akon] said, Yo, I got this new label I’m startin’ up soon. It’s called Konvict Muzik. It’s gonna’ be real big, we’re gonna’ be partnering up with Interscope Records, and I want you to be one of my acts on the label. And from there we kinda’ just ran with it. We were like, yeah, let’s do it. I was down. ‘Cause when you looked at his eyes you could just tell he had that determination that he wasn’t gonna fail, and the rest is just history in the making, so, we’re workin’ on it.[6]
Colby's first single, "What You Got" featuring Akon, was released on February 26, 2008 and in April 2008 he was featured on the global dance-hit "Just Dance" alongside Kon Live labelmate Lady GaGa. His second single titled "Don't Turn Back" was released on June 24, 2008. Colby's debut album Colby O was released on September 16, 2008. Colby performed his hit "What You Got" at the US Open's Arthur Ashe Kids Day, and was featured as an opening act for New Kids on the Block. On November 23, 2008, he performed the National Anthem at the 2008 MLS Cup. Colby was also featured on "Beautiful" from Akon's 2008 album Freedom. On December 4, 2008, he received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Dance Recording for his contribution on Lady GaGa's "Just Dance."
Discography
Albums
References
- ^ "Colby O'Donis Bio". myspace. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
- ^ "The New Kid on the Block". New York Times. 2008-09-23. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
- ^ a b "Colby O'Donis". IndieCharts. 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
- ^ "Artist Biography - Colby O'Donis". Billboard. 2007. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
- ^ "Colby O'Donis". imeem.com. 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
- ^ "Colby O'Donis Interview". djbooth.net. 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
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