Taking
centerstage by storm, Robbins’ Entertainment/BMG recording artist, Reina
hasn’t skipped a beat since her debut blockbuster, “Find Another Woman” hit
the airwaves back in 1999. In just a few weeks this song catapulted to #2 on
Billboard’s Dance Chart. Produced by Grammy award winner Hex Hector
Billboard Magazine proclaims, “It has been far too long since club land has
given birth to a singer with such strong mainstream appeal.”
In 2003 her hit song "No One's Gonna Change You", crossed over and entered
Billboard's Top 100 Chart. Fast forward to June 1st, of 2004 and her new
single "If I Close My” (Everything Will Be Alright) was debuted at radio and
within weeks the record soared to the top of the music charts. She performed
the song live on the “Regis & Kelly” talk show on ABC, and her debut album
“This Is Reina” was released on October 26.
The Spanish translation of Reina, means queen and the name fits. It should
come as no surprise that she brings such a mature persona to her work
because she has performed since she was 12 years old. “My mom taught me to
sing” she says, “she was a singer when she was younger, but gave it up to
raise her family.” “Now she is my co-manager and sings background on my
records which is cool, needless to say music has bonded us in a very special
way.”
Oozing with sex appeal and a five and a half octave range, Reina has
captivated audiences throughout the country. At WKTU’S Beat Stock Concerts
she sang for 31,000 adoring fans. In addition to singing, this 26-year-old
charismatic New Yorker from the Bronx is a proficient songwriter. She
co-wrote her single “Anything For Love” and upon hearing this song, Donna
Summer was impressed enough to enlist Reina to write for her. “I’ve always
been a number one fan of Donna Summer”, Reina enthuses, “and I’m honored
that she asked me to write a song for her.”
Reina, knew that her childhood hobby would become her livelihood after
performing the Fame ballad, Out Here On My Own in a high school production
of Hooray For Hollywood. She recalls afterward this girl in tears walked up
to me backstage and said ‘you changed my life tonight’. “She told me that
she’d been considering suicide and that she connected to something in my
performance.” “It blew my mind, and from that moment, I knew I had to do
this professionally and use it as a means of promoting positive messages.”
“Whenever I sing, I’m touched by the response of my audience and I’ve
watched them be moved from laughter to tears and only God knows what else.”
Taste The Rainbow a slogan from Skittles is how she describes her audience.
She quips “my audience is as racially diverse as I am, we are the Rainbow
Coalition”. Her fans have expressed that Find Another Woman prompted them to
leave bad relationships and that the song is as empowering as the 70’s hit I
Will Survive.
She earned a nomination for “Best New Artist” at The Winter Music Dance
Conference and was featured on Seventeen Magazine’s New Star Showcase, and
she recently debuted 2 songs from her album on the WB11 morning show. Reina
has had a total of 5 top twenty dance hits and as the accolades continue to
come in on her new single and album, it's apparent that she has another hit
on her hands!
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