Carmelina Cupo is a young singer poised to capture the pop market with strong songwriting, infectious pop appeal, and beauty. Carmelina has already created a strong fan base in the Vancouver, BC Canada area by performing for numerous talent shows, festivals, and telethons and by winning various modeling contests in Canada and Italy.
Carmelina Cupo's debut album entitled "I Don't Look Like You" will be released on April 15th, 2000. It features eleven strong tracks that deal with issues such as jealousy, envy, loneliness, trust, and discrimination. The strikingly beautiful Carmelina named her album, "I Don't Look Like You" because of the emotional chord this song touched. The song addresses the issue of being chastised and discriminated against.
Carmelina's album was recorded at Beat Productions in Chiliwack, BC with the incredible musicianship and arranging skills of Peter Kilgour (FARA). It was mixed with John Shep (MATTHEW GOOD) at Utopia Parkway Studio in Vancouver, BC., and it was mastered with Craig Waddell (98 DEGREES/SARAH MCLACHLAN) of Gotham City Recordings in Vancouver, B.C. The producer for Carmelina's album is Darren Staten, who co-wrote nine out of the eleven songs on the album, and is an award winning songwriter and founder of her label Synergy Records.
Carmelina toured Italy in the summer of 1999 competing in singing competitions, and she was a regional finalist for the Miss World Beauty Pageant. One of her original songs she performed, "Waiting" was extremely well received by the audiences she sang for. The song "Waiting" co- written by Carmelina and her producer Darren Staten, received a Top 500 finish in the 1999 Billboard Songwriting Contest out of over 10,000 entries in the pop category worldwide. Carmelina defeated over 700 entries and won the B.C. portion of the 2000 Canadian National Songwriting Contest with her song, "Careless Words." Carmelina was also a featured artist selected for the 2000 Nemo Music Showcase in Boston, Massachusetts.
Performing has always been easy for Carmelina, from an early age she has mesmerized her audiences by creating a bond between herself and them. "I want my audience to feel what I feel and to come along for the ride!"
