Zuri Star
Los Angeles, California, United States | SELF
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Nominated in Adult Contemporary for the song "Starz Look Down." - www.hmmawards.com
Zuri Allen Star featured on AOL Music and AOL Popeater this month.
View the feature on AOL Music and the interview on AOL Popeater by clicking the links below,
http://music.aol.com/artist/genre/pop
- AOL Music, AOL Popeater
U.S. Urban Pop singer brings power with DJ Motiv8 backing her on 8 city tour through China. Zuri Star a soft spoken sweet heart opens up to us about being the only girl on the bill for a tour through China.
A.N.D.TV- how are do you like singing in China?
ZS- I love the people and singing here has been a joy, this is my last show here tomorrow I fly to Beijing then home.
A.N.D.TV- How did you meet DJ Motiv8 from the Black Eyed Peas?
ZS- I met him here, he and I are working on music together after the tour though, and I was sent here by one of the sponsors of the tour, Stereofame.com
A.N.D. TV- Do you have a favorite place?
ZS- I've been to Shanghai, Fuzhou, Tianjin, Xi'an and tomorrow Beijing. I have loved all of the cities, so far my favorite show was in Fuzhou.
*Translated text powered by Alive Not Dead-
- www.alivenotdead.com
Friday Artist Bringing The Talent
Up next we've got a pretty special artist. Zuri Allen Star got our attention right away with one of the best crafted songs from anyone in the competition. All the judges agreed there wasn't a better pop song. "Walk With Me" is an undeniable hit. And the fact that Zuri wrote and performed the song is another huge plus.
Zuri's look is contemporary and cool without looking like she tried too hard. A great songwriter, a great singer and performer, Zuri is going to do big things in her music career.
Please check out the best song of the competition from Zuri Allen Star!
Check back tomorrow for another finalist and then we will announce the winner next week!!
Michael Steele”
- uber.com's Michael Steele
Top Five Vocalists honorees list for this month's competition.
1. Zuri Allen Star
"Walk With Me." (pop/AC). Performed by Zuri Allen Star of Los Angeles, CA. Written by Zuri Allen Star & Mike K.
http://singeruniverse.com/competitionwinner38-123.htm
- www.singeruniverse.com
Stereofame, the pioneering online social music game, has chosen Zuri Allen Star as their November Artist of the Month
Hollywood-based singer/songwriter Zuri Allen Star has been performing since the age of 5. Her music, which is a blend of urban pop, has been climbing the charts on Stereofame since a fan created a profile for her about a year ago.
http://www.1888pressrelease.com/stereofame-the-pioneering-online-social-music-game-has-cho-pr-161892.html
- 1888pressrelease
"“Zuri Allen Star's song V.I.P featuring Excel.” Killer drum loop, obligatory lyrics about clubbing and a chant-like infectious hook similar to what we’ve seen from Fergie and Gwen Stefani. There’s no reason V.I.P. couldn’t be an annoyingly huge hit."
- Chris Jay & Michael Cicero, V.C. Reporter
- VC Reporter
"Walk With Me" selected as a finalist for the International Songwriting Competition out of over 15,000 songs submitted.
www.songwritingcompetition.com/finalist - ISC
Selected as an honorable mention - Malibu Indie Music Awards
Selected for the Almighty Emerging Artist Jukebox, booked through sonicbids - Almighty Emerging Artist Jukebox
Zuri Allen Star's song "Walk With Me" was first in the contemporary channel in May. She also had two songs in the top ten in May also; "FIRE" was number 6 on the Pop channel out of 800 entries and "Walk With Me" was 8th out of 4000 entries on the Battle for the Roo channel. She is being featured this week on the home page at www.ourstage.com. - www.ourstage.com
Discography
Single- "Love or Hate" digital release 2010
Single- "Walk With Me" digital release 2008
independent radio play, internet radio play
Single- "FIRE" digital release 2008
independent radio play, internet radio play
"My Number One" hard and digital released in November 2008
independent radio play, internet radio play
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Bio
Full of life, passion, and love Zuri’s music is clearly defined as Pop but she breaks the rules by infusing them with meaning beyond the club, the hype, and at the core we get who she is, Zuri is a LOVER! She was brought up with a heavy focus on theater, dance, and music. Her mixed "brady-bunch" esque family suffered a lot of tragedies and Zuri recalls this is why she started writing songs. As for singing, she pauses and says "singing is the only way I know how to deeply connect and breathe."
In 2008 she independently released her first single "Walk With Me," written by Zuri and Mike K. (David Archuleta, Natasha Bedingfield). That year, "Walk With Me," was selected as a finalist in several contests such as the Uber.com "You Bring the Talent" contest, The International Songwriting Competition and licensed to a film. Songs “FIRE”, “Walk With Me” and “Incomplete were voted first place four times and several times voted into the top ten on various channels on Ourstage.com. Other notable features were the home page feature on AOL Music and PopEater.com. Two years later the songs from “My Number One” continue to get recognized, her China music video for “FIRE” was voted into first place in September out of over 400 entries. Additionally “Starz Look Down” was nominated for an award with the Hollywood Music in Media Association.
Eccentrically coined to be similar to none she claims that her biggest influences are Prince, Queen, Madonna, RadioHead, Aretha Franklin, and Blondie.
Fresh out of a bad contract Zuri just released her newest song "Love or Hate" independently, written by Mike Krompass, Dolena K. and Zuri herself. Produced by Mario Marchetti (JoJo, Girlicious, Miranda Cosgrove). Take a listen here and keep up with Zuri and her fans dubbed as LOVERS on Twitter and www.ZuriStar.com.
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