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Natalie Delia Louise La Rose (born 11 July 1988) is a Dutch singer. In 2013, she signed a recording contract with American rapper
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's International Music Group imprint and
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. She is best known for her 2015 song " Somebody".


Early life and education

La Rose was born in
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.Bijgewerkte Hitflits: tweede week voor Racoon; Na doorbraak in Amerika nu ook Nederlands succes voor Natalie la Rose
, De Megaman (weblog), 2015. Retrieved on 3 March 2015. Her parents are of
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se ancestry. La Rose has a sister, with whom she would dance and sing during her childhood. She also has two older brothers, who are not dancers nor singers. La Rose graduated in 2008 at the Lucia Marthas Dance Academy in Amsterdam, where she had studied singing and dancing.Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...
,
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, to become a singer and dancer. She explained: "I didn't feel like I was getting anywhere in the Netherlands. I'd always had this belief that America was the place to be for me." In 2010, La Rose got her first opportunity when she signed a deal with
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's former label
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, while being distributed by
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, as part of a musical duo named Amsterdam with dancer Sigourney Korper, who debuted in the music video for label mate J. Lewis and
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's "Dancing for Me". However, she says of this situation: "The group didn't work out, and no music was released. It just wasn't the right time." In 2011, La Rose appeared as the leading female dancer in Lloyd's " Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)". In the same year, while at an
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s after party, she went up to Flo Rida and told him that she was going to work with him one day. Impressed with La Rose's confidence, the multi-platinum international superstar invited her to the studio. Over the next two years, she performed with Flo Rida around the world. In 2013, La Rose officially signed a deal with his International Music Group (IMG) label and
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.


2015–present: Breakthrough with "Somebody" and later work

On January 6, 2015, she released her debut single, " Somebody" (featuring
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). "Somebody" peaked at No. 2 on the Official UK Singles Chart, No. 10 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 12 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. On 24 April 2015, it was announced that La Rose will accompany
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and
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as opening acts for the summer leg of
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's Reflection Tour, which began on 15 July in
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. On 2 June 2015, she released her second single, " Around the World" (featuring
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), produced by
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. The song was written by Marco Borrero, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Martin,
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, Rickard Goransson, DJ Frank E, and Fetty Wap. An accompanying music video for "Around the World" premiered on 24 July 2015. In May 2022, La Rose released "Tables", her first single in seven years. The song was released under Global Sound Entertainment, indicating that La Rose was no longer signed to Republic Records.


Artistry


Influences

La Rose cites
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,
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,
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, and
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among her musical influences.


Discography


Singles


As lead artist


As featured artist


Music videos


Awards and nominations


Tours

Featured act *
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– Reflection: The Summer Tour (2015)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:La Rose, Natalie 1988 births 21st-century American singers 21st-century Dutch singers 21st-century Dutch women singers American people of Surinamese descent Dutch expatriates in the United States Dutch female dancers Dutch dancers Dutch people of Surinamese descent English-language singers from the Netherlands Living people Dutch women singer-songwriters Dutch singer-songwriters Musicians from Amsterdam Republic Records artists Singers from Los Angeles Contemporary R&B singers