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but moved to

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at age six when her family fled the country's political turmoil. In the mid-1990s, she launched a singing career with the group Goldmine and appeared on tracks by

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, and

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. Her debut solo album ''Deadly Cha Cha'' was released in 1998. The album yielded two top 40 hits on the

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: the song "Relax", which samples

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' " Why Worry", reached No. 11, and "El Paraiso Rico", which samples

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's hit single, "1-2-3-4 Get with the Wicked". As a songwriter, Deetah has co-written songs such as 98 Degrees' "

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's " Again & Again" and Noora Noor's "Speaker Phone".

Discography

Albums

*1999: ''Deadly Cha Cha''

Singles

*1998: "Relax" – UK No. 11 *1999: "El Paraiso Rico" – UK No. 39 *1999: "Honey Lollipop" *2000: "1.2.3.4 Get with the Wicked" (

featuring Deetah) – UK No. 10

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Deetah 1976 births Living people British women singers British dance musicians British pop singers British women rappers British people of Chilean descent Chilean emigrants to Sweden FFRR Records artists Place of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Stockholm English-language singers from Sweden