Kara DioGuardi
American music producer, composer and pop singer
Kara Elizabeth DioGuardi ( KARR-ə DEE-oh-GWAR-dee; born December 9, 1970) is an American songwriter, record producer, music publisher, A&R executive, and singer. She primarily writes music in the pop rock genre. She has worked with many popular artists; sales of albums on which her songs appear exceed 160 million worldwide. DioGuardi is a 2011 NAMM Music for Life Award winner, 2009 NMPA Songwriter Icon Award winner, 2007 BMI Pop Songwriter of the Year, and has received 20 BMI Awards for co-writing songs.
DioGuardi was a judge on American Idol for its eighth and ninth seasons. In 2008, she was appointed to the position of executive vice president of talent development at Warner Bros. Records; she has signed acts such as Jason Derulo and Iyaz. In 2011, she was a head judge on the Bravo singer-songwriter competition series Platinum Hit.
Early life and education
DioGuardi was born in Ossining, New York. Her father is former Republican Congressman and 2010 US Senate candidate Joe DioGuardi; her grandfather was Albanian.
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