DJ Colette

DJ Colette
Birth name	Colette Marino
Also known as	DJ Colette, Colette
Born	May 27, 1975 (1975-05-27) (age 36)
Origin	Chicago, Illinois
Genres	House
Occupations	DJ, Singer, Songwriter
Years active	1996-present
Labels	Om
Website	http://www.djcolette.com

Colette Marino, (born May 27, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois), known as DJ Colette or just Colette, is a house music DJ and vocalist from Chicago, Illinois. She is a resident DJ at the SmartBar in Chicago, Illinois (along with Kaskade and others). She first gained attention when she started singing over her mixes as DJ.^{[1] [2]}

In 1993, she helped form the group SuperJane with DJ Heather, DJ Dayhota, and Lady D.

During the preparations for her album Push, she married actor/rock music star Thomas Ian Nicholas.

In 2003, she was, along with Paul Van Dyk and Felix da Housecat, chosen to advertise Motorola's cellular phones. Her song used in this commercial would go on to win Dancestar's Best Song Used in a Commercial for Motorola.^[1]

Her album Hypnotized was the most downloaded house dance album on Apple's iTunes Music Store in June 2005.^[3][4] Her song What Will She Do for Love from this album was a Billboard No. 1 Dance Club Play Single.^[3] The title track, Hypnotized, was licensed to the movie The Devil Wears Prada for the soundtrack.^[3]

She hosted Lancaster, California, KVVS-FM radio station's show, Maximum Rotation.^[3]

She has performed all over the world, including, Detroit, Michigan, Cambridge, Singapore, Calgary, Hollywood, and Montreal.

She has been compared to Kylie Minogue^[3] and Deborah Harry.^[2] She's also been called Om Records' First Lady of House.^[3]

Discography

• Push (2007)
• Hypnotized (2005)

Singles & EP's

• Try Her For Love (2000)
• Find Your Love (2000)
• Innocent (2001)
• Sexuality (2002)
• Do You Want Me (2002)
• Keep It Down (2004)
• Our Day/Smile For Me (2004)
• Didn't Mean To Turn You On (2005)
• What Will She Do For Love (2005)
• Feelin' Hypnotized (2005)
• "About Us" (2007)
• "If" (2007)
• "Stay" (2008)
• "Make Me Feel" (2009)
• "Think You Want It" (2009)
• "UR Everything" (2010)
• "Call On Me" (2010)
• "On A High" (2010)
• "Give Something" (2011)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Colette's profile at the SmartBar Chicago website". http://www.smartbarchicago.com/residents/index.html#colette. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "You Should Know...DJ Colette". Chicago Magazine. http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/December-2007/You-Should-Know-DJ-Colette/. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "IMEEM profile". http://djcolette.imeem.com/. 
4. ^ "Official website". http://www.djcolette.com/index2.php. 

External links

• DJ Colette Official site
• DJ Colette Myspace
• Colette Bio at Om Records
• Colette Bio at the Smart Bar (where she is a resident DJ)
• Colette Bio at United Divas (and interview)
• Colette Events and Tour Dates
• Interview with Colette by Matt Diehl of BNet
• Motorola Commercial starring DJ Colette
• DJ Collette Facebook

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