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About|the Jamaican singer|the English actress|Diana King (actress)BLP sources|date=November 2009Infobox musical artist|image=|name = Diana King|background =solo_singer|birth_name =|alias = KingSinga|birth_date = Birth date and age|df=y|1970|11|8|birth_place = Spanish Town, Jamaica|Spanish Town , St. Catherine, Jamaica |instrument = Human voice|Vocals |genre = Reggae Reggae fusion Contemporary R& B|R& B |occupation = Singer , songwriter |years_active = 1994–present|label = Work Records|SONY/WORK (1994–2000)|associated_acts = The Notorious B.I.G. , Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna , Andy Marvel , Brian McKnight Celine Dion .|website = http://www.dianakingdom.com Diana King (born 8 November 1970, Spanish Town, Jamaica ) is a reggae fusion singer-songwriter who specifically performed a mixture and fusion of contemporary R& B|R& B , reggae and dancehall . She was born to a Jamaica Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin|Indian father and an Jamaicans of African ancestry|African mother.
Career
After making an appearance on The Notorious B.I.G. 's 1994 song "Respect," from his album Ready to Die , she signed a recording contract with Sony Music Entertainment|Sony Music . King's first Single (music)|single " Shy Guy (song)|Shy Guy ", co-written and produced by Andy Marvel , from her debut album Tougher Than Love , became a hit, reaching #13 on the Billboard Hot 100| Billboard Hot 100 and being certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA in the United States|U.S. ; the single also hit #2 on the UK Singles Chart , as well as reaching #1 on the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles chart, going on to sell nearly five million singles worldwide. The song made the soundtrack to the 1995 film , Bad Boys (1995 film)|Bad Boys . "Shy Guy" was also ranked by the Japan ese radio station J-Wave as the number-one song of 1995.
In 1997, King's second album Think Like a Girl entered the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Top Reggae Albums chart at #1. King also scored another well-received hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance Club Play with her cover version of the song " I Say a Little Prayer " (originally recorded by Dionne Warwick in 1967), which featured on the soundtrack to the film, '' My Best Friend's Wedding . King was also featured on the 1997 soundtrack to the documentary When We Were Kings , where she performed the title track with Brian McKnight . In 1998, King joined Celine Dion and Brownstone (group)|Brownstone on stage to perform the hit " Treat Her Like a Lady (Celine Dion song)|Treat Her Like a Lady " previously written and recorded by King from Tougher Than Love at the Essence Awards . That year she also appeared on Soul Train , RuPaul|The RuPaul Show , and VIBE to promote Think Like a Girl . In 1999 she toured India doing a five city tour. From Goa she said "I never thought I would come back to India." http://www.indianexpress.com Indianexpress.com
King entered negotiations with Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna 's Maverick Records label in 2000. In 2002, King released her third album Respect (Diana King album)|Respect . It received a Japan-only release on July 24th, 2002 http://www.amazon.com/Respect-Diana-King/dp/B000068RJ1/ref=sr_1_cc_3? s=aps& ie=UTF8& qid=1334689741& sr=1-3-catcorr until it was eventually released in other markets such as the UK on April 17th, 2006 http://www.amazon.com/Respect-Diana-King/dp/B000069RKQ/ref=sr_1_1? s=music& ie=UTF8& qid=1334689741& sr=1-1 and a digital-only release in the United States on April 29th, 2008. http://www.amazon.com/Respect-Explicit/dp/B0017T6FUW/ref=sr_1_1_title_1_mus? s=music& ie=UTF8& qid=1334689741& sr=1-1 The album's lead single "Summer Breezin'" premiered on Black Entertainment Television|BET and VH1 video and received some urban contemporary|urban radio airplay (radio)|airplay .
In 2007, she co-wrote and recorded the song "The Light Within" with the Germany|German reggae musician|artist , Gentleman (musician)|Gentleman , for his album Another Intensity . She also had the girl duo Brick & Lace join her on one of her concerts as backing vocalist|backup singers . Later that year, she formed her own record label , ThinkLikeAgirl. She also tours Asia annually.
Her fourth studio album Warrior Girl was released in Japan on September 22, 2010. http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB-%E3%83%80%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0/dp/B003XLE4JG/ref=sr_1_9? ie=UTF8& qid=1301031026& sr=8-9 Amazon.co.jp It was released digitally in the United States (under the title Agirlnameking ) on November 8, 2011. http://www.amazon.com/Agirlnameking/dp/B0062ZMEHO
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