Colette Carr

Colette Carr (born January 6, 1991) is an American musician based in Malibu and Los Angeles, California. She is signed with Cherrytree Records. Carr released her debut single, "Back It Up", in 2009. On August 13, 2010, she released her first mixtape, Sex Sells Stay Tooned. Her debut album, Skitszo, is scheduled for release sometime in 2013. The lead single "(We Do It) Primo" was released on May 11, 2011, and the second single "Sex (feat. New Boyz) was released December 13, 2011 The third single, "Like I Got A Gun", was released on June 26, 2012. She also hosts her own radio show on Cherrytree Radio, titled "Colette Carr Pool Live." Besides her music career, Carr also owns and manages her clothing brand, "Coca-Nico." The fourth single from Skitszo "F16" was released on November 13, 2012 and the music video was released December 11, 2012. The fifth single "Why Are You Leaving?" was released January 8, 2013 and the music video was released January 24, 2013. The sixth single "Never Gonna Happen" was released on March 5. Career edit: Beginnings edit: Carr had always loved music growing up. "I was obsessed with music growing up. I had my walkman on 24/7. I would write lyrics and song titles all over my walls in sharpie. I was extremely consumed," said Carr. Carr originally was a competitive tennis player, until an injury involving her back led her to be unable to play anymore. "I was either going to become paralyzed and continue playing or stop and find a new destination for myself," says Carr. 2009-10: Career beginnings edit: Carr was discovered at a Game concert. While waiting for him to arrive, the host, comedian Stroy Moyd, asked the audience if anyone could freestyle. Carr got on stage and free-styled while the crowd waited for the Game to show up. The fans reacted positively, screaming "Go white girl,", and Colette "fell in love" with performing. After the show, she met with various producers, including The Cataracs, who produced various songs for her. In 2009, Carr released her debut single, "Back It Up". The song quickly became a viral success, with its music video, directed by Richie Mac, earning more than 465,000 views on MTV Music and becoming one of mtvU's top 10 videos of the week. Carr then caught the attention of Nick Cannon, who signed her to his N'crediable Records. In 2010,Carr released a video for the song "Bitch Like Me", directed by Jonathan Singer-Vine. It was released as a promotional single. On March 28, 2010 Carr performed at the 2010 Bamboozle in California. Also in 2010, she released her first mix-tape "Sex Sells Stay Tooned". It gained over 100,000 downloads in its first year. In 2010 Carr designed the brand, "Coca-Nico". The brand designs different clothing and accessories, including hats, scarves, wallets, handbags, luggage, umbrellas, backpacks, jewelry, and more. The first "Coca-Nico" store opened in December 11, 2010 in San Francisco, and the second store opened in March 2012 in Las Vegas. 2011-present: Skitszo edit: Carr's debut album, Skitszo, is due to be released sometime in 2013. The first single "(We Do It) Primo" was released on May 11, 2011. The song led to Carr reached the number-one spot on Billboard's Uncharted Artists chart. She mentioned in an interview that "Skitszo" is a tribute to her schizophrenic uncle Robin. Carr was also featured on Frankmusik's single "No I.D." from his second album Do It in the AM. Her second single off "Skitszo", "Sex" (feat. New Boyz), was released on December 13, 2011. In April 2012, Carr released a song called "F16" on Sound Cloud and Youtube. The song was produced by Frankmusik. It is expected to be on her upcoming album. In May 2012 Carr collaborated with the Peruvian band, Adammo, for their new album called Tiempos Violentos. She had a featured part on their song, "Caminando (Canciones Del Ayer)". Carr plans on releasing her third single off Skitszo, "Like I Got A Gun", in the summer of 2012. The track was released on Sound Cloud on June 1st, and it premiered on Cherrytree Radio the same day. Carr confirmed on her official facebook page that a music video will also be released for the song. She released a 16 second trailer for the song via YouTube. Carr released "Like I Got A Gun" on iTunes on 26 June 2012 and released the music video on the same day. In August 2012 Carr collaborated with singer The Lady Tigra for her album called S.P.O.R.K!. She had a featured part on her song, "Pick Your Boogie". Carr tweeted that she has just finished filming a new music video. Carr announced the release date of her début album, "Skitszo" on The Morning Orchard on 28 September. She said she is planning to release 4 EP's called "The Skitszo Collection" with the 5th one being her entire album plus 4 new songs and finally releasing her album on July 9, 2013. She is recently revealed to be collaborating with American singer Porcelain Black. She collaberated with The Good Natured and released a song called "Christmas Wrapping". The music video for the fourth single from Skitszo "F16" was released December 11, 2012. The fifth single "Why Are You Leaving?" featuring Far East Movement's Kev Nish was released on January 8, 2013 as a part of "Skitszo Part, 2". The music video for "Why Are You Leaving?" was released on January 24, 2013. The sixth single is called "Never Gonna Happen" and was released as a part of "Skitszo, Part 3" on March 5, 2013 and the music video was released on her VEVO channel April 5, 2013. Influences edit: Carr has stated in various interviews that her influences include Baris Mancho, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, The Cure, Dr. Dre, Biggie, 2Pac, Wu-Tang Clan, Eminem, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Britney Spears.

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