Luciana (entertainer)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Luciana


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Luciana Caporaso
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Born = 1977 (London,
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Instrument = Vocals
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Genre = House, Dance, Post-punk, Pop
Occupation = Singer, Rapper, Actress, Artist
Years_active = 1994 to present
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Associated_acts = Portobella, Crush, Bodyrox, Super Mal, Taio Cruz
URL = http://www.lucianaofficial.com
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Luciana (born Luciana Caporaso in 1977 in London) is a English pop singer and rapper.

Biography

She is of English and Portuguese parentage.

Luciana made her film debut in 1994 in the final episode on the short lived British TV series, "Anna Lee". On the show, Luciana sang the track "Sister Sister" and other incidental songs.

Luciana 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 "If You Want" showcased Luciana's more sensual sounding vocals. The single was well promoted and the dance remixes were popular in British clubs. The third and final release was a double single and Luciana's first ballad "One More River" and was coupled with the pop-dance track "What Goes Around". The double single was anticipated to provide Luciana with her first Top 40 entry but failed to reach the UK Top 60.

After the poor sales of her three solo singles, Luciana parted company with Chrysalis Records.

In 1996, Luciana replaced Jayni Hoy, joining Donna Air (also from the TV series "Anna Lee") in the already established group Crush. The self-titled album "Crush" (the second album from the group, although the first with Caporaso) was released in 1997 by Robbins Entertainment and featured the singles "Luv’d Up" and "Jellyhead". "Crush" was mostly a dance-remixed version of Crush's first album, and only featured Caporaso's vocals on 4 of the 12 tracks.

Luciana performed with several other artists including Tomoki Hirata on the single "Facing Up" in released in 1997 on the Interstate label. In 1998, Luciana appeared on the Definitive single "I Don’t Know if I Should Call You Baby" released by Electrik Funk Records.

Following Crush Luciana formed the band Shooter and released the album "..And Your Point" which featured "Life's a Bitch" which was picked up for the Dawson's Creek soundtrack.

Luciana formed another group called Portobella and in 2004 released the single "Covered in Punk" with Island Records. The follow up single, released in 2005, was "Viva La Difference".

Luciana achieved mainstream notable success after teaming up with Bodyrox on the single "Yeah Yeah" released by Eye Industries in 2006.

In 2007 she performed the vocals on Super Mal's house track "Bigger Than Big". The song achieved critical and commercial success in the dance industry and peaked at number 19 on the
UK singles chart.

Luciana created her first collection of art work entitled "Icon" in 2004 which consists of portraits of those individuals who have dominated popular culture for the past 50 years. Her original artwork combines photography, painting and silver and gold leaves. Luciana has also produced both posters and album sleeves for record companies.

On 3 March 2008 the song "Come On Girl" by Taio Cruz was released, which she features in. It peaked at number 5 in the UK Singles Chart, and appears in the album "Featuring Luciana" which was released later the same week.

Filmography

* "Anna Lee" – Requiem (1994) TV Episode… Lucy

Discography

Albums

2008: "Featuring Luciana"

ingles

Art collections

*"Icon" - 2004

External links

* [http://www.lucianaofficial.com/ lucianaofficial.com]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105942/fullcredits Full Cast and Crew for "Anna Lee" (1994), IMDb.com]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1975235/ Luciana Caporaso, IMDb.com]
* [http://www.lucianacaporaso.com/ lucianacaporaso.com]
* [http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?what=A&obid=402640 Luciana Caporaso, Discogs]
* [http://www.myspace.com/lucianacaporaso Luciana's MySpace Profile]