Colette Mary Carr (born January 6, 1991) is an American musician and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Carr's debut album, ''
Skitszo
''Skitszo'' is the debut studio album by American singer-rapper Colette Carr, which was released as a whole on July 9, 2013 through Interscope. The album consists of four digital EPs, each featuring four songs, released two months apart. The full ...
'', a collection of previously released digital EPs, was released on July 9, 2013. "
Never Gonna Happen", the fifth single from the album, was released May 5, 2013 and reached the number eleven spot on ''Billboard''s Dance-Club Chart. Her musical style has been compared to
Dev
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Little Boots
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.
Early life
Carr grew up in
Malibu, California. She has one older sister named Nicole. Carr played competitive
tennis
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, training for the Olympics, but the activity reduced the cartilage in her spine, and she was told by a doctor never to play again. She listened to hip hop music in her teens. She learned to rap freestyle, participating in
battle raps at parties.
Career
2009–10: Career beginnings and ''Sex Sells Stay Tooned''
Discovered at a
Game
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concert, Carr volunteered to go on stage when host comedian Story Moyd, asked the audience if anyone could freestyle. The audience reacted positively to Carr, screaming "Go white girl". Carr gained the attention of the audience, and various producers, including
the Cataracs, who produced various songs for her. Carr released her debut single, "
Back It Up" in 2009, which quickly became a viral success. The music video, directed by Richie Mac, received more than 465,000 views on MTV Music networks
MTVU channel, charting top 10 video of the week. When Carr's self-produced video, "Back It Up", went to No. 1 at MTVU, it attracted the attention of
Nick Cannon, who helped Colette release her debut mix tape, "Sex Sells Stay Tooned"" through his NCredible Entertainment label.
In 2010, Carr released promotional single "Bitch Like Me", accompanied with video directed by Jonathan Singer-Vine, and her first mix-tape "Sex Sells Stay Tooned", with over 100,000 downloads in its first few months.
2011–2014: ''Skitszo''
Interscope
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boss
Jimmy Iovine signed Colette and sent her to the recording studio for her debut album, ''
Skitszo
''Skitszo'' is the debut studio album by American singer-rapper Colette Carr, which was released as a whole on July 9, 2013 through Interscope. The album consists of four digital EPs, each featuring four songs, released two months apart. The full ...
'', which produced the ''Billboard'' Dance hit, "
Never Gonna Happen" and the ''Billboard'' Uncharted topper, "
(We Do It) Primo
"(We Do It) Primo" is a song by American recording artist Colette Carr. The song was written by Carr, and produced by Frankmusik. "(We Do It) Primo" was released on May 11, 2011 by Interscope as the first single from Carr's debut album ''Skitszo'' ...
", working with producers such as
RedOne
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As a record producer and songwriter, he has worked with many high-profi ...
(
Lady Gaga
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).
The lead single, "
(We Do It) Primo
"(We Do It) Primo" is a song by American recording artist Colette Carr. The song was written by Carr, and produced by Frankmusik. "(We Do It) Primo" was released on May 11, 2011 by Interscope as the first single from Carr's debut album ''Skitszo'' ...
", was released on May 11, 2011. It reached the number-one spot on ''Billboard''s Uncharted chart for artists whose music is primarily distributed online. Carr was included on the CherryTree Pop Alternative Tour along with
LMFAO,
Far East Movement,
Frankmusik, and
Natalia Kills
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.
Carr released four digital EPs, "Skitszo" parts 1–4, which consisted of songs from her debut album that had been split into four. Carr's debut album "Skitszo Collection" was released as a whole on July 9, 2013 through Interscope, which included parts 1–4 and four additional songs. "
Never Gonna Happen" was the album's fifth single, released on March 5, and a remix by
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appeared on ''Billboard''s
Hot Dance Club Songs
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chart at No. 11.
Colette then released "HAM" featuring Ben J from Hip Hip duo
New Boyz, co-written by
Nate Walka
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and
Jon Redwine, and produced by Marley Waters. Carr released and premiered the music video for "HAM" on popular American radio personality, television host, and producer
Ryan Seacrest
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's site RyanSeacrest.com on September 13, 2013. Carr toured along with Huey Mack and Mayo on the "Pretending Perfection" tour and then toured for the "On the Rise" tour, along with
Jake Miller,
Becky G,
T. Mills
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, and
Mike Stud
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.
2015–present: ''Believe in Us'' and Tiki Lau
In January 2015, Carr announced that she was working on her second studio album ''
Believe in Us'', due to be released in late 2017. The majority of the album has been written and produced with Carr's frequent collaborator
Frankmusik. Like her previous album, ''Believe in Us'' will be split into EPs with the full album being released as a whole later.
The first EP of "Believe in Us", ''Static.Start.'', was released on June 23, 2015 on Kawaii Nation. The EP includes Carr's lead single from her album, "Static".
A second single from the album, named "
Play House" was released on January 22, 2016 with the music video released on February 3, 2016.
A third long-awaited single from the album, named "Believe in Us" was released on October 27, 2017. By 2020, the album has been scrapped with no new information about the album being released.
In 2019, Carr came together with her fiancé and DJ and producer Naka to form a music group Tiki Lau. They released a single called “Mike Tyson” which charted at number 3 on Billboard's “Top Triller U.S.” on December 12, 2020. American Boxer
Mike Tyson
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, who the song is named after, used the song as his walkout theme for his comeback fight against
Roy Jones Jr.
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.
Personal life
Carr is an
oil painter
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who combines abstract atmosphere with recognizable figures. She has often painted herself with makeup before a concert.
Carr announced on September 2, 2018, via Instagram that she was engaged.
Discography
* ''
Skitszo
''Skitszo'' is the debut studio album by American singer-rapper Colette Carr, which was released as a whole on July 9, 2013 through Interscope. The album consists of four digital EPs, each featuring four songs, released two months apart. The full ...
'' (2013)
Concerts
Co-headlining tours
* The CherryTree Pop Alternative Tour (2011)
* Pretending Perfection (2014)
* On the Rise Tour (2014)
References
External links
*
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1991 births
American women pop singers
American women singer-songwriters
American women rappers
Interscope Records artists
Living people
Singer-songwriters from California
Rappers from Los Angeles
American hip hop singers
21st-century American women singers
21st-century American rappers
21st-century women rappers
American women in electronic music
21st-century American singers