DeDe feat Pras Michel (Fugees)

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Tour plan for DeDe

22/11 Guangzhou - C-Union - OPEN FOR PUBLIC
24/11 Hong Kong -Vibe Jazz and Live Music Club - OPEN FOR PUBLIC
28/11 Beijing - SAS Radisson (swedish chamber -private party)
29/11 Shanghai - Hotel Hilton (swedish chamber - private party)
2/12 Beijing - D22 - OPEN FOR PUBLIC

Her single "Turn you on" is written, produced and featured by Fugees star Pras Michel (Fugees). After nine weeks on Swedens singles chart "Turn you on" went No.2 (week 42). She is now focusing on finishing her new album with release spring 2008.

In november she signed a license deal for her album with oxyd records in Italy and will shortly sign a deal in China and Taiwan. December 13th & 15th she did two shows at the biggest clubs in Beijing, Club Mix and Club Cargo.

DeDe started her carrier as a dancer & backup singer and toured around the world between 1989-1994 with Dr.Alban, Melodie MC and the famous dance group Culture Beat (Mr. Vain). During her last year with Culture Beat she signed her first record deal and recorded the album TBA (Totally Bombastic Anecdotes) with Sony Music Sweden under her nick- name DeDe. Her second single (Party) opened up the market in Japan and her first album TBA went gold within a month.

With hits like Party, My lover, Get to you and Everybody, DeDe has released four albums, TBA (1995), I do (1997), Metaphor (1999) and Like A Queen 2002, these sold over 500.000 copies.

She has worked with some of the best producers and songwriters in the world such as Max Martin, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger, Kristian Lundin, Andreas Karlsson & Herbie Crichlow (Britney Spears, N ´sync, Celine Dion, Backstreet Boys), Anders Bagge ( Jennifer Lopez, Madonna), Sean Barney Thomas (Dr.Dre. Snoop Doggy Dog), Jock-E (Dannii Minogue, Ace Of Base, Pandora, Holly Valance, Jennifer Page, Lene Nystrom, Sertab), Father MC, Dannii Minogue, Johan Ekhe & Ulf Lindström (Robyn), Random (Lutricia Mc Neal, XLNS, A Teens) among others.

In 1997 DeDe was the only Swedish support act for Michael Jackson down in Ullevi Gothenburg. On November of 99 she went to Japan to do her show along with Diana King in the Tokyo Dome for two consecutive days. 100 000 people were watching those shows.

The end of 99 brought a new challenge for DeDe, she started of her own label, DLP International AB and by July of 2002 she released her fourth album in Japan (through Epic) under the title "Like a Queen". 2003 saw the release of three singles as well as her first DVD collection.

Denise "DeDe" Christanne Lopez, was born in Mexico City but grew up in Stockholm Sweden. She has three brothers and two sisters all spread out in the world. Oldest brother Arturo is a famous photographer in Los Angeles and in -97 shot the album cover of "I do". Sebastian, or "DJ ZEB" as he is called, is a famous DJ and producer in Sweden and has worked with DeDe, Meja, 666, Emilia and others. Youngest brother, Renato is a TV host in Los Angeles for NBC, he also play guitar in a band called, "The Prom Kings". Oldest sister Tiana lives in Spain and youngest sister Samatha is a jewlery designer and lives in New York. Her father, Renato Lopez is a music producer and was VP of Walt Disney Records Latin America Division for more than ten years, he worked with names like Phil Collins,Vanessa Williams and Sting among others. He now runs his own publishing company and jazz/blues bar in Playa Del Carmen, Mexiko called "The Jam Session". Her mother is a dance instructor and runs her own dance studio in Stockholm. They were both singers in their youth.

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