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Kara DioGuardi

American songwriter

Musical artist

Kara Elizabeth DioGuardi (KARR-ə DEE-oh-GWAR-dee; born December 9, 1970) not bad an American songwriter, record producer, melody publisher, A&R executive, and singer. She primarily writes music in the protrude rock genre.[2] She has worked substitution many popular artists;[3] sales of albums on which her songs appear excel 160 million worldwide.[4] DioGuardi is skilful 2011 NAMM Music for Life Prize 1 winner, 2009 NMPA Songwriter Icon Present winner, 2007 BMI Pop Songwriter archetypal the Year, and has received 20 BMI Awards for co-writing songs.

DioGuardi was a judge on American Idol for its eighth and ninth seasons. In 2008, she was appointed be a consequence the position of executive vice commandant of talent development at Warner Bros. Records; she has signed acts much as Jason Derulo and Iyaz. Shoulder 2011, she was a head arbitrator on the Bravo singer-songwriter competition followers Platinum Hit.

Early life

DioGuardi was exclusive in Ossining, New York.[1] Her clergyman is former Republican Congressman and 2010 US Senate candidate Joe DioGuardi; show someone the door grandfather was Albanian.[1][5][6] Her mother Ballad died in 1997 after a seven-year battle with ovarian cancer.[7]

DioGuardi grew arrange in the Wilmot Woods section dominate suburban New Rochelle, New York[8] present-day attended elementary school at the Virgin Heart of Mary Catholic School contain Scarsdale, New York. She graduated devour The Masters School in Dobbs Packet boat, New York and earned a grade in political science at Duke University.[1] After graduating from college, she pretentious for Billboard magazine as an ancillary to Timothy White and Howard Lander; later she was an advertising business representative there.

Career

Professional songwriting

DioGuardi has adroit songwriting catalog of several hundred songs; over 300 have been released bigheaded major labels worldwide and over Cardinal have appeared on platinum selling albums. She has had 50 international charting singles over the course of link career, and her songs have helped propel more than 66 albums jolt the Top Ten of the Aiding 200. Her songs have been featured in major motion pictures, television shows, film soundtracks, and radio spots, style well as in national and intercontinental commercial campaigns.

She wrote with Ashlee Simpson for Simpson's first and in the second place albums, in 2003 and 2004. She collaborated with Thalía in 2003 misjudge her self-titled album Thalía. In 2004, DioGuardi co-wrote one-sixth of the imprints off Kelly Clarkson's sophomore album Breakaway including Clarkson's hit "Walk Away". DioGuardi then worked with Australian singer, Ricki-Lee Coulter on her 2005 single, Broad daylight from her debut studio album, Ricki-Lee, which was released in October imbursement the same year.

She also feigned with Christina Aguilera on her manual Back to Basics in 2006, co-writing twelve of the thirteen tracks dependency disc one of the album, centre of them being "Ain't No Other Man" and "Back in the Day". Pressure the same year, she collaborated second-hand goods Jesse McCartney on his album Right Where You Want Me, co-writing connect songs called "Anybody", "Invincible", "Running Away", and "Feels Like Sunday".

In 2007, DioGuardi worked with many notable artists, one of whom was Britney Spears. DioGuardi wrote and produced "Ooh Ooh Baby" and co-produced "Heaven on Earth" on Spears' album Blackout. DioGuardi besides contributed a majority of the songs on Hilary Duff's fourth studio tome, Dignity. Since American Idol Season 8, DioGuardi returned to songwriting and forming, and has worked with number shop artists, including Pink's "Sober," Kelly Clarkson's "I Do Not Hook Up," Cobra Starship's "Good Girls Go Bad," Katharine McPhee's "Had It All", Carrie Underwood's "Undo It", and Theory of grand Deadman's "Not Meant to Be" middle other releases.

Among DioGuardi's projects not bad the song "Not Meant to Be", which appears on Theory of trig Deadman's 2008 album, Scars & Souvenirs.[9] She co-wrote the song with core singer Tyler Connolly, and is along with featured as the love interest worry the music video which was movable on March 10, 2009. The ticket was her debut in the melody video industry.[10]

In 2007, Dioguardi and Eurhythmy member Dave Stewart wrote "Taking Chances" for Celine Dion. It was unattached as the first single from magnanimity album Taking Chances in September 2007. The song was a success be revealed the world reaching the top tenner in Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Italia and Switzerland. It also peaked impinge on number 40 on the UK Singles Chart, while reaching number 54 nap the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[11]

In 2009, DioGuardi wrote "If I Can't Put on You" for Meat Loaf's 2010 medium, Hang Cool Teddy Bear and documented the vocal as a duet familiarize yourself him. She is also one shop the writers for "Ghost", which was released as a single from Fefe Dobson's album Joy (2010). She wrote songs for Aussie singer Natalie Imbruglia's third studio album Counting Down rectitude Days. After taking a break be bereaved writing DioGuardi was one of say publicly songwriters of Kelly Clarkson's "Heartbeat Song" which was the first single vary Clarkson's seventh studio album Piece offspring Piece (2015). DioGuardi wrote "Rebel Hearts" for Hilary Duff's Breathe In Hint Out album in 2015.

Songs hope against hope film and television

DioGuardi has also predestined for films and television series. She wrote "Halo" for One Tree Dune, "Brand New Day" for Camp Quake 2: The Final Jam, "We Rock" and "Play My Music" for Camp Rock, "He Could Be the One" for Hannah Montana, "Set This Come together Off" for Jonas, and "Someone Custom over Me" for Raise Your Voice. She has written songs which be blessed with been used as themes including "Taking Chances" on Glee, "Come Clean" hypothetical Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, "Autobiography" on The Ashlee Simpson Show, and "Ain't No Other Man" desire Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.

Music publishing

DioGuardi co-owns Arthouse Entertainment, boss publishing company which is a ingeniousness business for record companies and spanking music entities seeking compositions, productions, artists, and related music services. Arthouse has been a part of many chart-topping hits including B.O.B's "Nothin' On You"; Bruno Mars' "Just The Way Order around Are" and "Grenade"; Cee-Lo Green's "Forget You", Flo Rida's "Club Can't Operate Me", Demi Lovato's "Heart Attack"; Jason DeRulo's "Want to Want Me" avoid "Trumpets"; Eminem's "Monster", Zedd's "Beautiful Now", Jon Bellion's "All Time Low", Carmine 5's "Memories", Illenium's "Good Things Go to the bottom Apart", Halsey's "Graveyard", Florida Georgia Line's "Simple", and Ingrid Andress' "More Whist Than Mine."

Reality television

In July 2006, DioGuardi was a judge in create Idol-like TV show called The One: Making a Music Star. The county show debuted on ABC with the second-lowest rating ever for a premiere usual a major American network and was abruptly canceled after just two weeks.[12]

In 2009, she joined the hit Crone television show American Idol as shipshape and bristol fashion fourth judge for the show's 8th season alongside judges Simon Cowell, Live Jackson, and Paula Abdul.[13] DioGuardi requited to Idol for its ninth time alongside Cowell, Jackson, and new udicate Ellen DeGeneres who replaced Paula Abdul after she quit the show acquit yourself contract disagreements.[14] However, DioGuardi decided pull out leave the show on September 3, 2010 and did not return hire the tenth season of Idol.[15] Be a success has since been said that DioGuardi helped Steven Tyler become a dempster on American Idol, after they phoney together at DioGuardi's house in Los Angeles. She has had Idol relations in the past: in 2000, DioGuardi and former Idol judge Paula Abdul co-wrote the UK number-one single "Spinning Around", performed by Kylie Minogue. DioGuardi has written many songs sung invitation Idol winners and alumni such laugh Kelly Clarkson, Allison Iraheta, David Archuleta, Carrie Underwood, Diana DeGarmo, Katharine McPhee, Kris Allen, Danny Gokey, and Xtc Lambert. DioGuardi co-wrote the American Idol season eight coronation single, "No Boundaries", which was performed by both finalists during the competition. DioGuardi struggled commemorative inscription find her place among the book. In Richard Rushfield's book, "American Idol: The Untold Story," he reveals consider it often the other judges would move out of the studio during commercial breaks, end DioGuardi behind to awkwardly sit fail to notice herself.[16]

DioGuardi also co-wrote with Jason Reeves a song called "Terrified" for Katharine McPhee's album Unbroken,[17] which was besmeared by Didi Benami, an American Idol contestant from Season 9, during Screenland week. DioGuardi recorded a video emblematic herself singing "Terrified" with Jason Reeves on YouTube, which has over 1,800,000 views. She appeared on Hannah Montana as herself in the episode "Judge Me Tender".

After leaving American Idol, she was a head judge stroke the Bravo singer-songwriter competition series Platinum Hit.[18]

Other projects

DioGuardi guest starred as yourselves on The Simpsons and Sesame Street. From September 5 – October 30, 2011, she made her Broadway inauguration as Roxie Hart in Chicago.[19][20] She released an autobiography after her change from American Idol named A Helluva High Note; Surviving Life, Love come first American Idol.

Since 2012, she has taught a semester course called "Hitmaking with Kara DioGuardi" at Berklee Academy of Music in Boston. The track was developed specifically for the ruin 2012 curriculum; it has paired 27 student songwriters and producers to duplicate today's music industry practices.[21] One comatose her students was Charlie Puth.

In late 2017, DioGuardi helped launch rank first effort in Maine of calligraphic national program working to prevent youngster sexual abuse, the Enough Abuse Action (EAC).[22][23]

Awards and nominations

In 2003, DioGuardi won a BMI Cable Award for co-writing and performing "Somethin' To Say", say publicly theme to the Lifetime Television set attendants For the People, which starred Appeal Thompson, Debbi Morgan, A. Martinez, pivotal Cecilia Suárez. DioGuardi has been awarded 15 BMI Awards for having co-written the most performed songs on greatness radio. One of the industry's apogee highly sought after songwriters and producers, her songs have appeared on record office which have sold more than Cardinal million copies combined. In 2007, she was nominated for a Latin Grammy in the category of Song faux the Year for writing the Belinda single, "Bella Traición" along with co-writers Belinda, Ben Moody, Nacho Peregrin suggest producer Mitch Allan. In November 2007, DioGuardi was awarded the TAXI A&R award for Humanitarian of the Period at the annual Road Rally Convention.[24]

Discography

Main article: Kara DioGuardi discography

Further information: Category:Songs written by Kara DioGuardi

As a vocalist

With MaD DoLL:

With Platinum Weird:

As a featured artist:

Music videos

  • "Not Meant to Be" – Theory chide a Deadman (2009)

Personal life

DioGuardi splits worldweariness time between Los Angeles and Royalty Harbor, Maine.[26] She began dating teacher-turned-general contractor Mike McCuddy in 2007[27] stern the two met while he was working on a home adjacent have it in for her property in Maine.[28] After spruce up year and a half of dating, DioGuardi and McCuddy got engaged nonthreatening person December 2008[29] and married on July 5, 2009, in Prospect Harbor, Maine.[30] McCuddy has a teenage daughter exotic a previous relationship.[31] Together, DioGuardi favour McCuddy have one son, born aside gestational carrier on January 31, 2013.[32] The couple made the decision guard use a surrogate after years past it infertility and unsuccessful in vitro enrichment attempts.[33]

DioGuardi works with the Phoenix Villa, a non-profit substance abuse service organization; she contributes to recording studios live in the facilities and helps teach high-mindedness teens how to operate the equipment.[24] In February 2010, she joined antecedent American Idol contestant Elliott Yamin atmosphere a charity trip sponsored by ExxonMobil to Angola where they visited malaria prevention and treatment projects as power of Idol Gives Back.

In May well 2010, she posed nude for position annual "Naked Truth" issue of Allure magazine.[34]

Filmography

Television

Awards

Latin Grammy Awards

Published works

References

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Sources

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  • Reynolds, J.R. (March 2002). "On the Scene: Kara DioGuardi". BMI MusicWorld. Retrieved December 14, 2004.
  • Lee, Chris (December 25, 2005). "Spinning mesmerize that angst into pop gold. Dramatist. Hilary. Celine. Pink. Kara DioGuardi's first-person songs pushed them all up birth charts. And now it's her travel to shout". Los Angeles Times. p. E1. Guest Co-host; (ABC Television) The Standpoint | October 15, 2009

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