Deetah

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Deetah
Birth nameClaudia Ogalde
Born (1976-02-29) 29 February 1976 (age 47)
Chile
Genres Hip hop, R&B, dance, pop
Occupation(s) Rapper, singer, songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals
Labels FFRR

Claudia Ogalde (born 29 February 1976), better known as Deetah, is a singer, songwriter and rapper.

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Deetah's name is a shortening of a childhood nickname, "Claudita". She was born in Chile but moved to Stockholm at age six when her family fled the country's political turmoil. [1] In the mid-1990s, she launched a singing career with the group Goldmine and appeared on tracks by Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., and Ophélie Winter. Her debut solo album Deadly Cha Cha was released in 1998. The album yielded two top 40 hits on the UK Singles Chart: the song "Relax", which samples Dire Straits' "Why Worry", reached No. 11, and "El Paraiso Rico", which samples Madonna's "La Isla Bonita", peaked at No. 39. [2] She also appeared on Richard Blackwood's hit single, "1-2-3-4 Get with the Wicked". [3]

As a songwriter, Deetah has co-written songs such as 98 Degrees' "Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)", Mýa's "Again & Again" and Noora Noor's "Speaker Phone".

Discography

Albums

Singles

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References

  1. Greg Prato, Deetah at Allmusic
  2. Search for "Deetah" performed at Everyhit.com Archived 12 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine database on 1 August 2008.
  3. "Deetah Discography at Discogs". discogs. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  4. 1 2 "DEETAH | Artist". Official Charts. 26 September 1998. Retrieved 12 August 2013.