Veronica (born Veronica Vazquez; July , , the Bronx, New York) is an
American dance music singer and stage actress. Along with singers
Ultra Nate, Deborah Cox, she is considered to be one of the divas of
the s club music scene. She also is one of the few Latinas to become a
successful artist in the English-language dance music genre.Born in
the New York City borough of Queens, her parents who were originally
from Cuba encouraged her to pursue her artistic inclinations. Veronica
began her career in when she was years old with the release of the
lead single "Without Love" released on August , two months prior to
the debut album V...As in Veronica which was released on October , .
The album was a mixture of R&B and Hip hop. The album featured
production from Rodney Jerkins and Dallas Austin. On October , , she
released her second album Rise. She released two singles/videos off of
this album. The first single was "No One But You" and it featured
Craig Mack. The second single and album title track Rise was released
and that featured guest vocals by Big Pun & Cuban Link.As one of the
first artists to sign to Jellybean Recordings, a label founded by
music producer Jellybean Benitez, Veronica had a string of hits on the
Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, including three which
reached the top ten. "Let Me Go... Release Me" landed the number one
spot in , and soon afterwards it was followed by the club anthem
"Someone to Hold" (which peaked at the number two slot) which was
remixed by producer Johnny Vicious and played heavily in the club
circuit scene. The song still remains a classic among clubgoers today
and it was featured on the soundtrack to the independent film Trick
released in and starred Christian Campbell and Tori Spelling. She
scored a second number one dance hit in with her cover of Evelyn
"Champagne" King's classic R&B song "I'm in Love", which was
rerecorded for a club setting. She remains a very popular singer to
this very day among gay audiences and especially in the club circuit
scene.She moved away from New York and the club music scene for a few
years. During these years, she pursued her love for musical theater
and was given the opportunity to portray slain Tejano singer Selena in
a traveling production about her life and times. The production,
titled Selena Forever traveled to numerous cities with a large
Mexican-American population for over a year. Shortly after the
successful run of the production, she decided to return to New York
and start a family and return to her love of music. In , Veronica
recorded a song with rapper Triple Seis titled "Krazy". The song was
featured on Triple Seis' debut album Time'll Tell. After a brief
hiatus, Veronica returned in , with music producer Tim Rex on her
first dance single in over five years, "Relentless...Just a Game". She
can be seen in the film The Singer where she plays Héctor Lavoe's
mother in his younger years.
American dance music singer and stage actress. Along with singers
Ultra Nate, Deborah Cox, she is considered to be one of the divas of
the s club music scene. She also is one of the few Latinas to become a
successful artist in the English-language dance music genre.Born in
the New York City borough of Queens, her parents who were originally
from Cuba encouraged her to pursue her artistic inclinations. Veronica
began her career in when she was years old with the release of the
lead single "Without Love" released on August , two months prior to
the debut album V...As in Veronica which was released on October , .
The album was a mixture of R&B and Hip hop. The album featured
production from Rodney Jerkins and Dallas Austin. On October , , she
released her second album Rise. She released two singles/videos off of
this album. The first single was "No One But You" and it featured
Craig Mack. The second single and album title track Rise was released
and that featured guest vocals by Big Pun & Cuban Link.As one of the
first artists to sign to Jellybean Recordings, a label founded by
music producer Jellybean Benitez, Veronica had a string of hits on the
Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, including three which
reached the top ten. "Let Me Go... Release Me" landed the number one
spot in , and soon afterwards it was followed by the club anthem
"Someone to Hold" (which peaked at the number two slot) which was
remixed by producer Johnny Vicious and played heavily in the club
circuit scene. The song still remains a classic among clubgoers today
and it was featured on the soundtrack to the independent film Trick
released in and starred Christian Campbell and Tori Spelling. She
scored a second number one dance hit in with her cover of Evelyn
"Champagne" King's classic R&B song "I'm in Love", which was
rerecorded for a club setting. She remains a very popular singer to
this very day among gay audiences and especially in the club circuit
scene.She moved away from New York and the club music scene for a few
years. During these years, she pursued her love for musical theater
and was given the opportunity to portray slain Tejano singer Selena in
a traveling production about her life and times. The production,
titled Selena Forever traveled to numerous cities with a large
Mexican-American population for over a year. Shortly after the
successful run of the production, she decided to return to New York
and start a family and return to her love of music. In , Veronica
recorded a song with rapper Triple Seis titled "Krazy". The song was
featured on Triple Seis' debut album Time'll Tell. After a brief
hiatus, Veronica returned in , with music producer Tim Rex on her
first dance single in over five years, "Relentless...Just a Game". She
can be seen in the film The Singer where she plays Héctor Lavoe's
mother in his younger years.
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