Dalisay



Dalisay Alatini (born July 19, 1989) is a, Carribean born singer/songwriter, who is currently signed with Saturday Records and is best known for songs 'Push It' and 'I Lost My Mind'. She has had sucess in the U.K, Australia, New Zealand, America, Mexico, Barbados, Jamaica, Denmark, France, Japan, Russia, Brazil and many more countries. It's widely known Dalisay suffers from Bi-Poler

Early Life
Dalisay was born on the Caribbean Island of Barbados to Dean Alatini and Eileen Tufa. Dalisay is one out of eight children born into her family; she was the second eldest along with her older brother Dareon and younger brothers Deon, Damien, Darren twins Dennis and David and younger sister Dejahnae.

From a young age, Dalisay looked after her family, while her mother was out working and her father served time in and out of prison. Her earliest memory of singing was when she was cleaning, she'd hum the latest tunes, realising she had a gift she began to take it seriously, entering numorous talent quests, kareoke competitions and other things in the like.

Music
Dalisay finally had her musical break in 2004 at 14 years, when her aunty decided that it'd be best for Dalisay to move from the small country of Barbados and over to the Big Apple, New York. From there, she was enrolled into NYC:Performing Arts School. There she learnt how to sing properly and play the drums.

While attending the school Dalisay met up with 2 other girls, Kelsea Taylor and Donna VonBacon who all shared a passion for singing, from there the girls formed a Trio, performing for the school and spending time in the recording studio together. That saw all three girls co-write their first single, which was released in the U.S June 2005. All three girls called themselves "Drop Dead"

June 6, 2005 saw Drop Dead release their debut single "Call On Me", which shot straight into the Top Ten Billboard Hot 100. The girls were met by rave reviews and were tipped off to be the next big thing globally - the girls released a second single together "Boys Will be Babies" which once again saw the girls scrape the Billboard Hot 100 at number 10. Of course, while the girls were on a promotional tour around America, Dalisay and Kelsea had a falling out, which caused Dalisay to walk on the band mid-tour. She was replaced in the following months and a year after Dalisays' departing saw the band split.

In March 2006, while Dalisay was performing for a school assignmet, MoneyBagz (A well known R'n B producer) was amazed by Dalisay and asked her into the studio at his home in L.A. Together the pair recorded her first hit single "Push It" by July 2006 the single was ready and Dalisay began promotion in the U.K.

When Dalisay arrived in the U.K she was instantly signed to Tigerstar Records and worked with them for a month or so, before in a quick decision, Dalisay departed and joined Vixen Records

Stories of a Barbados Girl
Dalisay's debut album 'Stories of a Barbados Girl', which she wrote, was released in November 20th. The first single released from the album was the track 'Push It', which shot in at number 3, before the next week, heading straight to the top spot. The second single, 'No More', was less successful only peaking the Top 5. The album itself shot into the Top 5, hitting #4 on the Charts and so far selling just under 500,000 units. Dalisay is currently waiting the release of her third single 'Perfect 8' which is the only ballad to be released from the album. The last song was Dalisays third Top 10, 'Kinky, Sexy, Love' featuring rapper Latavia. The original songs features rapper Miss Drips but after she went M.I.A in early 2007, Dalisay had Latavia add her own verse and vocals to the track.

No Title: Just Music
In 2007 saw Dalisay get dropped by Vixen Records, due to poor sales of her last single, of course within hours it was annouced Dalisay had infact signed with the now defunt Wired Records to release a new single. Although, Wired were brave in taking the risk, they invested a lot of money in the her, which seen the only single on Wired shoot into the top 3.

3 more singles were released from this album, met with mediocre reception by the public.

Tour
In late 2006, Dalisay went on the 5 Naughty Angels Tour, her first tour as a co-headlining act, co-headlining the world tour with Vernie, Hélène Schneider, Christine Tyler, and Loretta Lambert. The tour started on October 25 in London and ended December 8 in Los Angeles.

The 5 Naughty Angels soon split, after all 5 in a mutual decition decided it was for the best.

Dalisay was support act along with Tiki Yuki and Sandi "Norman" York for Sophie Ramone's tour.

Fashion Line
In January 2008 Dalisay announced plans to release her own bondage gear. The release of the bondage gear coincided with the release of her single, and has sold an immense amount.

Blunt Papers
Also in January 2008 the singer started her own line of Marajuana Papers for everyones pleasure, although they have not matched the sucess of her bondage line, they are making a good salary for the singer over in Amsterdam.

Shoe Line
In June of 2007 the singer released her own line of Dalisay shoes, sadly the shoes didn't hit home so well and were pulled off the selves within weeks

Other Jobs
Dalisay is also known to be the receiptionist at Wired Records, this was confirmed by singer Autumn White in a recent interveiw with her.

Personal Life
Dalisay has had a few brief flings, but the most public one was with AJ Hutton, the pair at first were only "friends" before it was offically announced they were a couple at an awards ceremony. The couple split 4 months later after claims AJ was nothing but a serioul womanizer, believing that all woman should cleaning.

It's also known that she had a fling with Nate Brown and Othello

Dalisay was dating Phoenix Rising member Ben, but the pair split up, after she moved back to Barbados.

Dalisay was involved in a car crash in late 2007, which say the singer hospitilized for a few months. The car crash is said to have caused her Bi-Pola.

Fueds
It's widely known that Dalisay had a massive spat with fellow R'n B singer Robin after Dalisay made claims that Robin had stolen her look. The pair are now on talking terms, although Dalisay ruffled the feathers when she performed Robin's duet with boyfriend Mikaire.

Future
Since 2008, Dalisay hasn't released any music, stating she "Doesn't have the desire to continue onward in music"

Albums

 * 1) Stories of a Barbados Girl (November 20, 2006)
 * 2) No Title: Just Music (June 2008)

Awards and Nominations

 * 2006: Urapopstar Awards - Best R'n b act (Nominated)
 * 2006: TRL awards - Best New Act (Won)

Endorsements

 * Nike