Mynt is a dance music act from New York City. The co-ed quintet is made up of DJ/producer/remixers Albert Castillo and Rich "DJ Riddler" Pangilinan, male vocalist Joseph Murena, and female vocalists Marisol Angelique-Solorzano and

Kim Sozzi Kim Sozzi is an American dance-pop singer from Long Island, New York. Career Kim Sozzi's career began in 1999 when she signed a contract on Columbia Records for her first major album, ''Life Goes On''. Her first single from the album was "Til I ...

Career

Beginnings

Prior to forming the act, Castillo had done club mixes and productions, Rich Pangilinan was also a remixer and DJ for radio station, WKTU, Sozzi had two hits on the

Hot Dance Music/Club Play Dance Club Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States. It is a national look over of club disc jockeys to determine the most popular songs being played in nightclubs across the country. It was launched as th ...

chart, "Feelin' Me"(#4/2001) and "We Get Together"(Credited as HQ2/Hex Hextor Presents Kim Sozzi, #18/2002), Angelique-Solorzano did background vocal work and Murena was a semi-finalist on American Idol.

Not another "Faceless/Production" act

While some dance pundits think that this might be just another "faceless DJ/production" act, the members dispel that theory, saying that they were inspired by early 1990s acts such as Deee-lite and C&C Music Factory and they want to share, in their own words, "unique blend of the American Club culture with an alternative rock twist". All the members of the band (before

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Discography

Albums

*2005 – "''

Still Not Sorry ''Still Not Sorry'' is the debut album by the New York trio MYNT. The album did not appear on any of the Billboard charts, though their first single "How Did You Know" peaked at #3 in the Hot Dance Airplay chart and #97 ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Fol ...

''" Ultra Records

Singles

*''How Did You Know'' June 1, 2004 *''Stay'' (Kim Sozzi single) March 8, 2005 *''Back in Love'' August 9, 2005 *''Still Not Sorry'' October 11, 2005 *''You're the Only One'' April 11, 2006

Chart history

In 2004 the act transformed a cover of Kurtis Mantronik's "How Did You Know" into a number three smash hit single on the

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Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart that stayed on the charts for months. The song achieved some crossover success on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart peaking at #97. It was later followed by "Stay" (an original composition), which went top 5 on the Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart in 2005. Both tracks were credited as "MYNT Featuring Kim Sozzi". In October 2005, they released their first full-length CD (''

'') and their third single "Still Not Sorry", with Angelique-Solorzano on vocals. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mynt American dance music groups American disco musicians American pop music groups American disco groups