Veronica (singer)

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See also: Veronika (Romanian singer) and Veronika (Ukrainian singer)
Veronica
Birth nameVeronica Vazquez
Born (1974-07-24) July 24, 1974 (age 49)
Origin
actress
Years active1995–present
LabelsJellybean Records
Mercury Records

Veronica (born Veronica Vazquez; July 24, 1974) is an American singer and stage actress. Along with singers

divas
of the 1990s club music scene.

Early life

Veronica was born and raised in

Bronx, New York to parents from Puerto Rico. She has one younger sister. From an early age she expressed interest in music and singing. As a child, she attended the performing arts program at the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club,[1] in her neighborhood, which boasts such alumni as actress Kerry Washington and actress/singer Jennifer Lopez, who was also from the same neighborhood. She eventually attended New York City's famous Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts (also known as High School of Performing Arts), made famous by the 1980s movie, Fame
. There she studied vocal music, including being professionally trained in opera.

Career

Veronica began her career in 1995 when she was 21 years old with the release of the lead single "Without Love" released on August 29, 1995 two months prior to the debut album V...As in Veronica which was released on October 24, 1995.[2] The album was a mixture of R&B and Hip Hop and featured production from Rodney Jerkins and Dallas Austin. On October 28, 1997, she released her second album Rise. She released two singles/videos off of this album. The lead single was "No One But You" was released on September 26, 1997, and it featured Craig Mack. The second single and album title track Rise was released on December 9, 1997, 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

I'm in Love", which was re-recorded for a club setting. It was the albums' sixth and final single of the Rise album and released at a later time, on June 2, 2000. She remains a very popular singer to this very day among gay
audiences and especially in the club circuit scene. Unfortunately, the albums' fourth single, "60 Wayz" released on April 14, 1998, did not chart.

She was part of the 2005 reading of Lin Manuel Miranda’s 2008 Broadway hit In The Heights, playing the role of Vanessa García.

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

Triple Seis titled "Krazy". The song was featured on Triple Seis' debut album Time'll Tell. After a brief hiatus, Veronica returned in 2006, with music producer Tim Rex on her first dance single in over five years, "Relentless...Just a Game". She can be seen in the 2007 film The Singer where she plays Héctor Lavoe
's mother in his younger years.

In 2021, Veronica recorded the song "Out of My Dreams" for the film adaptation of the Jonathan Larson musical Tick, Tick...Boom!

Personal life

She presently resides in New York City with her husband, Christopher Jackson, who starred in Hamilton, their son, C.J. and daughter Jadelyn. After her son was diagnosed with autism, Veronica has become an advocate for research and has led several efforts, including charitable walks, to raise research funds and awareness for the condition.

See also

  • List of number-one dance hits (United States)
  • List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

References

  1. ^ "Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club". www.kipsbay.org.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Soulmovement - Veronica". www.soulmovement.nl.

External links

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