Kiley Dean (born April 12, 1982) is an American
contemporary R&B
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The genre features a distinctive record production style, drum machine-backed rhythm ...
singer. Dean was born and raised in a small town in Arkansas. When she was about 7 years old, her family decided to move to Orlando. She grew up singing in school and church, which led her to singing back-up for
Britney Spears
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' tours, "
…Baby One More Time" and "
Oops!... I Did It Again" as well as
Madonna
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's tours, "
Sticky & Sweet", "
MDNA" and "
Rebel Heart
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Career
In 2002, she was signed to
Timbaland
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's short-lived Beat Club Records, releasing two singles before her Timbaland-produced debut, ''Simple Girl'', was shelved. In 2005, she set work on her second album under the name 'Blue Eyes
' and released a single "Lookin' For Love" to radio. Her second studio album ''Changes'' was set to be released in 2006, preceded by the single "Who I Am," which was sent out to radio.
The following year, she signed with
Mathew Knowles
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' Music World Entertainment label in 2007. She was set to release her album "Changes" on the label, but left soon after six months.
In 2008, she joined pop singer
Madonna
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on her
Sticky & Sweet Tour
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as a backup vocalist, replacing Madonna's long-time backing singer
Donna De Lory
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, who was pregnant at the time and unable to tour.
In 2010, she released her album "Changes" digitally on the ReverbNation store for a limited time. Later that year, she recorded a couple of remixes which was made available on YouTube and her Soundcloud accounts.
She joined the
New Kids On The Block
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and
Matthew Morrison
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tours in 2011, singing backup for them.
As of 2012, she's currently singing backup for
Madonna
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. She performed on her
MDNA Tour
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and
Rebel Heart Tour
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runs.
In 2015, she launched a
Kickstarter
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campaign to fund her ''Scream'' EP which successfully met its goal in February. In July, she premiered the EP's first single and music video "Lockdown" to her backers, with the digital release (and YouTube/VEVO) in August. On September 21, the EP was made available to her backers, with a digital release set in the next following weeks.
Personal life
She married musician Mason McSpadden on October 26, 2015.
In a blog post in March 2018, she announced she & her husband welcomed their first child Sullivan Sue McSpadden in May 2017.
Discography
Albums
* 2003: ''Simple Girl''
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Changes
Changes may refer to:
Books
* ''Changes'', the 12th novel in Jim Butcher's ''The Dresden Files'' Series
* ''Changes'', a novel by Danielle Steel
* ''Changes'', a trilogy of novels on which the BBC TV series was based, written by Peter Dickinson ...
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Singles
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Make Me a Song" (2003)
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Who Will I Run To?" (2003)
* "Lookin' For Love" (2005)
(as Blue Eyes)
* "Who I Am" (2006)
* "Lockdown" (2015)
* "Scream" (2015)
* "Backseat" (2015)
Unreleased/Leaked
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Guest appearances
* DJ Enuff & Timbaland Present
Bubba Sparxxx
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& The Muddkatz — ''New South: The Album B4 the Album'' (2003)
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* Bubba Sparxxx — ''
Deliverance
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'' (2004)
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* Timbaland — ''The World Is Ours'' (2004)
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* ''Unity: The Official Athens 2004 Olympic Games Album '' (2004)
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Randy Jackson
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Jackson began his career in the 1980s as a session musician playing bas ...
— ''
Randy Jackson's Music Club: Volume One'' (2008)
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Flo Rida
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— ''
Mail On Sunday
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* Fabian Buch — ''Hello Hello'' (2010)
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Charts
References
External links
Official SiteYouTube Channel
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1982 births
Living people
American contemporary R&B singers
People from Alma, Arkansas
21st-century American singers
21st-century American women singers