Amanda Perez *Music essay thing*

What is something you look for in a female artist? Can the really sing? Are they just on the stage to become famous and get the money? There are a lot of female artists, in this world that sing about life and how things are for them and how they face them. One stands out from the rest this one female has been singing most of her life and making something of herself and showing who she really is and this one person is Amanda Perez. In Her songs she gets deep inside it she talks about what happen to her when she was in love and also she talks about how love can be. She expresses herself different from any other artist.
Amanda Perez was born in Wayne, Indiana were she has been singing from the age of four years old. She grew up around music; her older sister was the one she looked up to the most. Amanda wanted to be just like her sister. At first she was not raised around R&B or pop music, she was raised around Chicana music and she was influenced by her relatives who all were in a band called “The Sombra Chicana USA”. This is where she first experienced her singing passion and playing instruments by four she was playing the keyboard.
The start of her career began with her cousin Mike; they made her first band which was called “The Sombra Chicana USA”. At eleven Amanda was a seasoned musician this is where she began to write new songs and make music to go along with it. She and her band started to get some loyal fans. Amanda says in her biography that she was surprised about how many young kids would rush the stage and sing her music. In high school she got the taste of R&B she joined the schools choir, this is also where she performed at the school talent shows she would also try and shoe her talent at local expos. Amanda won over people with her undeniable singing skills and her energy she had on the stage. This is what led her to win “Junior Vocalist of the Year Female” in Indianapolis.
In 2000 there was a huge change in her life. She met a talent scout that saw real potential in her. Amanda wrote her own music and lyrics, the scout signed her into the company “Power house”. Amanda worked on her music and began to play a laid back type of R&B and hip hop.
When 2001 rolled around her first single came out and it made it on the Billboard Hot 100 with the song “Never” from the album “Where You At’’. Amanda kept going uphill from that she began to have more albums coming out and this is where she got her big break with her song “Angel”. She dedicated this song to her uncle “God send me an angel From the heavens above Send me an angel to heal my broken heart From being in love 'Cause all I do is cry God send me an angel To wipe the tears from my eyes” With this song it got on the top twenty on the American Billboard Charts.
Amanda Perez is still a big idol to people and kids around the world. Many people still play her songs and she still sings from her heart.