Katrina Velarde
| Katrina Velarde | |
|---|---|
| Born | Katrina Copino Velarde.[1] December 5, 1994 Tondo, Manila, Philippines |
| 💼 Occupation | Singer, actress |
| 📆 Years active | 2010–present |
| Agent | Manila Genesis Entertainment and Management Inc. (2010–present) Viva Records (Philippines) (2016–present) |
| 👶 Children | 1[2] |
Katrina Copino Velarde known as Katrina Velarde (born December 5, 1994) is a Filipina singer and a former vocalist of girl group A.K.A. Jam formed by the judges after her audition on The X Factor Philippines (season 1).[3]
Early Life
At the age of 5, she started to join singing contests to help her family with their financial difficulties. Also, she used to sell Sampaguita leis for P2.00 per piece made by her mother.[4] She later joined The X Factor Philippines (season 1) in 2012 where she became a part of a girl group named A.K.A. Jam mentored by Gary Valenciano[5]. In 2013, she uploaded a video of herself singing Dangerously in Love 2 by Beyoncé while using her Comb as a microphone, which resulted in netizens calling her Suklay Diva (Comb Diva). It went viral after netizens were amazed by her talent, and she started to gain international fame through social media.[6][7][8][9][10]. Her video became a hit when Chris Brown and Beyonce's guitarist Bibi McGill shared it on social media from worldstarhiphop.com, which selected her as a female talent of the week in October 2013.[11] She also has the ability to imitate other singers’ voices. In 2018, she uploaded another video of herself, this time doing an impersonation of International Divas such as Mariah Carey and Celine Dion by singing Hello (Adele song). It went viral on various social media platforms and garnered the attention of foreign YouTube reactors.[12][13]
References
- ↑ Fan, O. P. M. (November 10, 2018). "Katrina Velarde - Suklay Diva - Artist Profile".
- ↑ "TWBA: Fast Talk with Katrina Velarde". entertainment.abs-cbn.com.
- ↑ Gayle, Latoya (July 2, 2018). "Beyonce, Whitney and Mariah impersonator goes viral with Adele's Hello". Mail Online.
- ↑ Gil, Baby A. "A suklay sent Katrina off to stardom". philstar.com.
- ↑ News, ABS-CBN. "A.K.A. Jam still thankful to mentor Gary V". ABS-CBN News.
- ↑ "Voila!". Manila Bulletin Entertainment.
- ↑ "Katrina Velarde aka 'Suklay Diva' 'goes the distance'". February 25, 2017. Archived from the original on January 29, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
- ↑ "'Suklay Diva' Katrina Velarde combs her way to stardom".
- ↑ "AKA Jam member Katrina Velarde's cover of Beyonce's song goes viral". ph.omg.yahoo.com.
- ↑ ""Suklay Diva" KATRINA VELARDE Didn't Think Her Old Videos Would Go Viral!". myx.abs-cbn.com.
- ↑ "PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com.
- ↑ Policarpio, Allan. "How social media has helped 'Suklay Diva' Katrina find her niche". entertainment.inquirer.net.
- ↑ PH, One Music. "WATCH: Katrina Velarde impersonates famous divas in viral video". One Music PH.
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