Luciana (entertainer)
| Luciana Caporaso | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Luciana Caporaso |
| Also known as | Luciana |
| Born |
23 June 1973 London, England |
| Genres | House, dance pop, R&B, electro house |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, actress, artist |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Labels |
Chrysalis Records (1994–1995) Violent Lips (2010–present) |
| Associated acts | Portobella, Crush, Bodyrox, Shooter, Super Mal, Taio Cruz, David Vendetta, Lethal Bizzle, Dave Audé, Benny Benassi, Betty White, Professor Green, Tiësto, Wolfgang Gartner, High, Joey Dale, KSHMR, AudioTwinz, DOD, JAGGS, Hardwell, Angger Dimas, Richard Vission, Will Sparks, Cristian Marchi |
| Website | http://www.luciana.com |
Luciana Caporaso (born 23 June 1973 in London), simply known as Luciana, is an English artist, actress, singer and songwriter. She is of English and Italian heritage.
Caporaso made her acting debut in 1994, in the final episode on the short lived British TV series, Anna Lee. On the show, she sang the track "Sister Sister" and other incidental songs. Caporaso signed with Chrysalis Records (part of Global Radio) and, in 1994, released her first solo single, "Get It Up for Love", which was produced by Dancin' Danny D from the band D Mob. The follow-up single was "If You Want". The third and final release was a double A-sided single and her first ballad, "One More River", and was coupled with the pop-dance track "What Goes Around", all three songs charted inside the Top 75 of the UK Singles Chart and were featured on the album One More River. After the poor sales of her three solo singles, Caporaso parted company with Chrysalis Records.
In 1996, Caporaso replaced Jayni Hoy, in the band Crush. Their second album was self-titled album Crush (the first with Caporaso) was released in 1997 by Robbins Entertainment.
Caporaso performed with several other artists including Tomoki Hirata, on the single "Facing Up", released in 1997 on the Interstate label. In 1998, she appeared on the single, "I Don't Know if I Should Call You Baby", released by Electrik Funk Records.
After several sessions in the studio with production duo Bodyrox she featured on their single "Yeah Yeah" released by Eye Industries in 2006. The song went on to achieve mainstream success in the UK and across Europe, the song peaked 2 on the UK Singles Chart. This song had both a mainstream and sensual videoclip. The following year in 2007 she featured on Super Mal's song "Bigger Than Big". The song also achieved critical and commercial success in the dance industry and peaked number 19 on the UK Singles Chart.
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