Kaci Battaglia

Short Biography

Kaci Lyn Battaglia (born October 3, 1987, Clearwater, Florida), is a singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and professional kickboxing instructor. She was born and raised in Clearwater, Florida, part of the Tampa Bay region. She is of Italian-American and Spanish-American ancestry. Kaci`s mother Donna remarried after a previous divorce to Kaci`s step father Chuck Stanmore. Unfortunately the two split up in 2005. Battaglia began singing when she was three years old and soon began attending various performance camps around Florida. She is an only child. After being turned down by literally over 20 record labels with his recording (which he also co-wrote called "Paradise") it was Mike Curb who called Joel literally months after receiving the recording him and told Joel that he thought "Paradise" was a smash and wanted to sign Kaci to Curb Records. Her debut single "Paradise" was released in 2001 and hit #13 in England. Kaci`s second single was a cover of David Cassidy`s, "I Think I Love You, " which by coincidence was also produced by Joel Diamond, who actually launched Katie Cassidy`s entire career.. It was released around the same time of his own daughter, Katie Cassidy`s cover of the same song. In 2003, Kaci teamed up with a Japanese photographer and released a photo book entitled, "Kaci: I`m A Singer." This photo book was filled with pictures of Kaci while in her hometown in Florida. The book was released exclusively in Japan, along with a re-release of her album, "Paradise, " that included a bonus DVD with her music videos and clips from the making of the photo book. In 2005, Kaci recorded a song for the movie, "The Perfect Man" called "I Will Learn To Love Again." In 2007, Kaci released, "I Can`t Help Myself, " a track that was released to dance radio stations. In 2009 Kaci signed on with a major management agency called Big Management Ltd, and altered her artist name by adding her last name to her work, instead of only using her first name. Kaci is currently recording her next album, slated for a 2009 release with the first single being "Crazy Possessive" hitting the airwaves, has become a huge hit on Sirius XM Radio, beating both Black Eyed Peas and Eminem. The single "Crazy Possessive" was released via iTunes and Amazon.com on May 26, 2009. Kaci`s relationship status is currently unknown. Also just as a note, "Paradise" which was co-written by Joel Diamond was also originally produced by Joel for actress Phoebe Cates and hit #1 in Italy and became an Italian "standard" over there.