Kat DeLuna

Pop singer Kat DeLuna has already been compared to Selena and Mariah Carey. The 19-year-old from the Bronx by way of the Dominican Republic has a stunning five-octave vocal range (that's some opera-level sh*t) and the hottest song of the summer: Whine Up, a bilingual jam that throws Jamaica’s Elephant Man into a crowded, sweaty Washington Heights dance party. Her label, Sony, has put some muscle into the single, lining up a dance contest on YouTube and the always painfully fun to watch appearance on morning television.

DeLuna grew up in the Dominican Republic and returned to the U.S. at age fourteen to study at the Arts High School of Newark, where she developed her singing chops and joined the short-lived Latina hip hop group Coquette.

The bronze beauty has just released her second single “Am I Dreaming?”, a subdued, mid-tempo R&B ballad that shows off her versatility and will undoubtedly whet appetites for her debut album, 9 Lives, set for release next week.