Claudia Ogalde (born 29 February 1976), better known as Deetah, is a singer, songwriter and rapper. Deetah's name is a shortening of a childhood nickname, "Claudita". She was born in

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but moved to

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at age six when her family fled the country's political turmoil. In the mid-1990s, she launched a singing career with the group

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and appeared on tracks by

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, and

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. Her debut solo album ''Deadly Cha Cha'' was released in 1998. The album yielded two top 40 hits on the UK Singles Chart: the song "

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", which samples

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' "

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", reached No. 11, and "El Paraiso Rico", which samples

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", peaked at No. 39. She also appeared on

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's hit single, "1-2-3-4 Get with the Wicked". As a songwriter, Deetah has co-written songs such as

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's " Again & Again" and

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's "Speaker Phone".

Discography

Albums

*1999: ''Deadly Cha Cha''

Singles

*1998: "

" – UK No. 11 *1999: "El Paraiso Rico" – UK No. 39 *1999: "Honey Lollipop" *2000: "1.2.3.4 Get with the Wicked" (

featuring Deetah) – UK No. 10

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Deetah 1976 births Living people British women singers British dance musicians British pop singers British women rappers British people of Chilean descent Chilean emigrants to Sweden FFRR Records artists Place of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Stockholm English-language singers from Sweden