Biography
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Born
30 January 1986 (age 38)
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Born In
Buenos Aires, Argentina
There are six artists who have performed under the name Karina.
1) Karina Jésica Tejeda (Florida, Vicente López; January 30th of 1986), commonly known as Karina «la Princesita», is an argentine singer-songwriter. She's released eight studio albums, one greatest hits album and one live album.
2) Yu Jimin (Hangul:유지민, born April 11, 2000), commonly known by her stage name Karina (Hangul:카리나) is the leader of South Korean girl group aespa and a member of South Korean female super-group GOT The Beat. She made her group debut in 2020 with the single "Black Mamba". She currently has one solo song, "Sad Waltz" for Songs of the Bandits, a new Netflix show.
3) Maribel Llaudes aka Karina is a Spanish yé-yé singer and actress. Her career was in its peak during the late 60s to mid 70s. She debuted in 1961 under her real name before re-lauching her career as Karina (from Carina, meaning cute in Italian) in 1963. After releasing a lot of EPs during the 60s, she saw her debut album "Colores" released in 1970. In 1971, she participated in Eurovision Song Contest with the song "En Un Mundo Nuevo", which was later added on her second album "Pasaporte A Dublín" (1971), named after the TV contest that led her to join the Eurovision.
After two more albums in 1972 and 1974, and a lot of singles during the decade, she located in México, releasing three albums during 1981 and 1982, including a few hits such as "Ahora Que Estuviste Lejos" (later covered by Jenni Rivera) and "Ahora Te Puedes Marchar" (later covered by Luis Miguel). She will return to Spain in the late 80s and signed with different labels owned by Divucsa, which released her next albums that included both new material and re-recorded versions of her older songs. Her last studio album "Gracias" was released in 2003 via Valve Music, and after 2005 she went into a hiatus of recording music until 2019 which saw the release of her 14th studio album "Tú Eres" on the label Blanco y Negro.
4) Karina Pasian (born July 18, 1991) is an American singer and pianist. She is currently signed to Def Jam.
Karina is of Dominican and American descent. Pasian first began taking piano lessons at the age of three from her babysitter, and began classical piano training while in kindergarten. She began working with a vocal coach when she was eight. She learned how to sing in seven different languages (English, Spanish, Italian, Russian, French, Armenian, and Arabic), and is fluent in two (English and Spanish).
In 2003, Pasian met Quincy Jones, and he invited her and her family to his home in Bel Air, California. Soon after this, Pasian performed and won on Star Search. She also performed at Quincy Jones' We Are The Future concert in Rome. On June 22, 2007, Pasian performed at the White House for President George W. Bush in celebration of Black Music Month, making her the first person of Dominican descent to perform there.
Pasian became the subject of a bidding war when she was thirteen between three major record labels, Def Jam, Interscope, and Bad Boy Records. She ultimately chose Def Jam in 2006 because they "made the best offer.
Albums:
1. First Love
5) Karina is a pop-ballad singer-songwriter and actress as well as beauty pageant contestant from Venezuela. Her first album Amor a Millon was released in 1987 and she has spent time in and out of the spotlight since having several musical “come-backs.”
6) Karina is Helsinki-based trio: Karin Mäkiranta (singer/guitar), Helmi Tikkanen (Singer, bass) and Niko Koivuhovi (Singer/drums)
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