Where is lisette melendez

The talented singer was born and raised in East Harlem, New York together with her four siblings in the town. She was raised by her Puerto Rican parents who were always playing a variety of music at home which increased her love for music.

While growing spent most of her time at home listening to cassettes, working, and developing her singing skills. In the late s, she sang backup track music for Carlos Berrios a record producer who worked with sweet sensation and Samantha fox.

That became her break. When Lisette Melendez released her second album in , two of her songs, Goody Goody was 53 and A Day in my Life without you was 49 on the Billboard hot hit and the other song, Will you ever save me was on the Rhythmic Top 40 at In Japan, the album was well-received both commercially and critically. That same year, the album, True to Life, reached double-platinum status in japan where she also won a Grammy for the best new artist for that same year.

Even though her previous albums were such great hits, the subsequent one did not gain much audience when it was released. Chillin in Central Park with the fam.. She has also performed at the I love freestyle vol. Melendez who is of Puerto Rican descent is seen as the queen of Latin freestyle has made her mark in the music industry.

Hard work and perseverance had been the bedrock of her successful career, as a Latina, she has paved way for a lot who thought it would be hard for them to make it in the industry. She also signed her artist, Alex Malone, and is bent at making her record label succeed.

The self-taught singer sees the music industry especially the recording aspect as a bastion of racial equality and emphasizes that the problem in the record business is not ethnicity but the courage to keep trying till someone sees their potential. She is considered the most promising Latin singer in the business. While in high school, the success of Lisa Lisa spurred Melendez into forming her own group.

Their performances caught the attention of producer Carlos Berrios , who soon had Melendez providing backup and lead vocals on some of his club hits, including 's "Make Noise," which was credited to Only in the Dark. In , Melendez 's solo single "Together Forever" was noticed by the heads of Fever Records, who signed her to a deal with their label; her debut for Fever, also titled Together Forever , charted in the Top Ten of Billboard's Heatseakers album chart and had two Hot singles.

Her second album, 's True to Life , also scored chart hits and acclaim, particularly in Japan, where she won a Grammy for Best New Artist. Her greatest-hits album, which is a continuous mix by Carlos Berrios , was released in late She continued to perform concerts alongside artists like Lisa Lisa and Safire.

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