Kate Alexa

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Kate Alexa


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Kate Alexa Gudinski
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Born = birth date and age|1988|3|2
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Origin = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Instrument = Vocals, Piano, Guitar
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Genre = Pop, pop rock
Occupation = Singer, songwriter
Years_active = 2004–present
Label = Liberation
(2004-present)
Associated_acts = Jesse McCartney, Backstreet Boys, Cyndi Lauper, Baby Bash
URL = [http://www.katealexa.com www.katealexa.com]
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Kate Alexa Gudinski [http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20562832-5006024,00.html Cameron Adams "Kate Alexa speaks to us"] . "Herald Sun". Retrieved September 16 2007.] (born March 2, 1988 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), is an Australian pop singer and the daughter of Australian music promoter Michael Gudinski AM. Alexa first hit the spotlight in 2004 when her song "Always There" was featured in the Channel 7 series "Home & Away". The second single was a mediocre success, but after supporting the Backstreet Boys on their Australia tour, her third single "All I Hear" shot straight into the ARIA top ten, and stayed inside the top twenty for eight weeks. There are many who think that Alexa's music success was due to an act of nepotism by her father, who in fact owns her record company [ [http://poptrashaddicts.blogspot.com/2008/02/kate-alexa-pop-diva.html Pop Trash Addicts: Kate Alexa - Pop Diva ] ]

Life and music career

2001–2004: Early career

Alexa's career began when she was thirteen and wrote her first song, then the following year she started doing demo's. [http://www.katealexa.com/ Official website "About Kate"] . "Katealexa.com". Retrieved September 16 2007.] "Colors of the Rainbow" was the first song she recorded stating "It's a really fun song, but I don't think I'm ever going to play it for anyone".

She then went on to sign a record deal with Liberation Music in early 2004.

2004-2006: Broken & Beautiful

In 2004, when Alexa was in Year eleven of high school, her debut single, "Always There" was selected to be the soundtrack to Channel Seven’s "Home and Away" promos during the 2004 Olympic Games. This provided valuable promotion for Alexa, with many viewers wanting to know more about the song. This was very rewarding for her as the song was very meaningful to her.

In 2005, Alexa was finishing Year twelve at high school (studying Photography, English, Legal Studies and IT) when she released her second single, "My Day Will Come", a song about seizing the moment, it was another top thirty hit. Also in 2005 she graduated from high school knowing the importance of finishing school and deciding music is what she wants to do forever.

On her eighteenth birthday in 2006 she released her third single, "All I Hear". As she celebrated, she found out she had glandular fever and because of this, she was unable to do much promotion for the song. The song peaked at number nine on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and Alexa states "Having a top Ten hit was just an unbelievable feeling. It ment so much to me that people where promoting the song". On September 4, 2006 Alexa released her fourth single "Somebody Out There" which was another top-thirty hit for her, and on September 23 2006, Alexa released her long-awaited debut album "Broken & Beautiful" and describes the album as a reflection of her life and journey over the past few years and claims that everything on the album is true.

2007–present: Recent career

In 2007, Alexa wrote and recorded twelve original songs plus the theme song and two songs from "Broken & Beautiful" for the soundtrack for the television series "" series two, which was released in Australia on September 8, 2007.

In late 2007, Alexa teamed up with Australian producer Molly Meldrum and U.S. singer Baby Bash to do a cover version of the Womack & Womack song "Teardrops", which will be the first single released from the album in 2008. [http://www.liberation.com.au/artists.cfm?id=44 "KATE ALEXA LATEST NEWS"] . "Liberation Music". Retrieved February 7 2008.]

Kate Alexa's second studio album is to be released in either late 2008 or at some point in 2009. Her MySpace blog she said that she has been working on it in LA, New York and London, and has described her new sound as "quirky pop". [http://www.myspace.com/katealexa1 "MySpace Blog"] . "MySpace.com". retrieved June 21, 2008.] A new bulletin on her official website also states that the "" soundtrack is to be released in over 120 countries. [http://www.katealexa.com/ "New Bulletin"] "KateAlexa.com"]

Her first album "Broken & Beautiful" was released in Japan on April 16, 2008, with two bonus tracks, "Walk On" and an acoustic version of "Always There". [http://www.towerrecords.co.jp/sitemap/CSfCardMain.jsp?GOODS_NO=1790202&GOODS_SORT_CD=101 "Information on the Japanese edition of "Broken & Beautiful"] . "Towerrecords.co.jp". Retrieved April 26 2008.]

In February and March 2008, Kate supported Cyndi Lauper on her national tour of Australia. Her setlist for the tour confirms three new songs that may be on the new album, "Nothing Compares", "Cherry Pop", and "Hit by Love". [http://www.take40.com/artists/1014/tourdiary/Kate-Alexa "Kate's Tour Diary"] . "Take40.com". Retrieved June 21, 2008.]

Discography

Albums

*2006: "Broken & Beautiful"
*2008: "TBA"

oundtracks

*2007: ""

ingles

¹ Only released in Australia as a radio single.

Miscellaneaous

*"All I Want for Christmas Is You" (2005) — a cover version of a Mariah Carey song and appears on "The Spirit of Christmas 2005".

References

External links

* [http://www.katealexa.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/katealexa1 Official Myspace]