Kristinia DeBarge

Kristinia DeBarge (Pronounced krɪstɪ'niə) is a phenomenal new singer. She is only 19 years old and was born March 8, 1990. Kristinia is an American R&B singer. Her father, James DeBarge, was a founding member of 1980s R&B family group DeBarge. She was born and raised in Los Angelas California. She has been singing since she was 3 years old but didn't take it seriously until she was 12. During the summer of 2003 when she was 13 she became a contestant on the American Idol spinoff, American Juniors. She then progressed to the semifinal round of twenty contestants. She was featured in a group of ten semifinalists and sang the song Reflection. However, she was not one of the five to from that group to make it into the final ten. She is now known by her single Goodbye which made it's debut on Itunes, April 7th 2009. It was released by the Island Def Jam Music Group. As of June 9, Goodbye had made it to a#15 on the Billboard Hot 100 after 6 weeks on the charts. Her debut album will be released by Sodapop Music and Island Records. It's release date is expected to be July 28th 2009. All though she proved to be a Phenomenal singer on Regis and kelly, Her debut TV appearance on So you think you can dance was thought to be her lipsynching. She is an amazing artist and will most likely do great things in the future.