PRESS RELEASE: APRIL 2008

NATALIA

‘Leggy, gorgeous and with a killer voice to match, it’s no wonder Girls Aloud picked Natalia to support them on their UK tour’ – Daily Star

‘Gorgeous’, ‘talented’, ‘amazing’ – these are all media accolades of which Natalia is the absolute epitome.  As this awesome and spirited talent wowed the UK music scene with her debut single, ‘Pretty Like Me’, in February of this year (peaking at No7 in the Music Week Club Charts), it was both her stunning looks combined with her amazingly unique voice which captured critical acclaim.  Now, the pop/rock goddess is back with a second helping of mind-blasting musical perfection as her follow-up single, ‘Perfect Day’, is released in July.

Penned by the amazing Frankie Storm (who also wrote Rihanna's 'Please Don't Stop The Music'), J Remy and Bobby Bass, ‘Perfect Day’ proves that the ultimate day comes simply with a good state of mind – not physical circumstance.  This mirrors Natalia’s personal ethos of, “If it feels good…it must be good, regardless of what the rule book says!”  ‘Perfect Day’ presents a very different approach from Natalia’s debut single where she took a tongue-in-cheek look at society’s obsession with image; a very bold debut statement from a young Natalia who’s outstanding talent led to peer bullying at school – a primary reason why Natalia is now an ambassador for the young people’s charities, UK Youth and Beat Bullying.

Natalia will also tear up the rule books as her debut album, ‘All Of Me’ – set for release later this year - presents an unusual cocktail of musical genres from edgy pop/rock to passionate ballads and club tracks.  The album also sees a collaboration with Joe Lean from Joe Lean and The Jing Jang Jong, with Joe writing a track especially for Natalia.

Born in Wales to a Greek mother and Lebanese father, Natalia started performing from the moment she could walk and by the age of 3 was attending her local ballet school, before winning a full scholarship to study ballet at Elmhurst, one of the UK’s leading dance schools.  Natalia is a classically trained ballerina who’s enjoyed massive success in theatre, TV and music videos. But her true talent was unleashed when she teamed up with producer, K Warren, to create a handful of experimental tracks, the best of which were launched onto MySpace. Rarely does a new talent attract such a mammoth fan-force as that bubbling behind Natalia.  As an unsigned artist in 2006, Natalia’s tracks reigned supreme at the top of the MYSPACE unsigned artists charts for 6 months, receiving nearly 150,000 hits between March – Dec of that year.

At the end of 2006, Natalia signed a major deal with Upper 11 Records under the presidential eye of Mark Shimmel – formally Senior Vice President of Marketing and Artist Relations at Arista and Chief Operating Officer at LaFace Records.

Produced by J Remy & Bobby Bass (who recently worked with Jay Sean, Fabulous and Nathan), plus a club mix and urban remix featuring hot new US rap star, Kaliba, this second single from Natalia is sassy, bold and confident, with addictive hooks and unique vocals that can only be delivered by the almighty talent of Natalia – sheer perfection!

‘Perfect Day’ will be released on Upper 11 Records in July 2008. 

To find out more about Natalia’s single, album and her live dates check out www.nataliaofficial.com

 For further details, or to request pictures or an interview, please contact

Cat Hockley at Fifth Element on 0207 287 0008 or email cat@fifthelement.biz