Paula DeAnda, a 17 year old musical
artist whose ubiquitous debut single "Doing Too Much" and recent hit "Walk
Away" introduced the world to her musical talent, will be performing a live
concert in the Second Life online world on May 21st. An avatar or "animated
character" is currently being designed in Paula's likeness for the event
where Paula will perform a live set of her chart-topping hits to a virtual
audience and chat with fans at 8 pm EST. Second Life is a 3-D interactive
world entirely built and owned by its residents and is inhabited by over 5
million people from across the globe. Anyone can create a free basic
membership at http://www.secondlife.com and attend the show.
Paula DeAnda comments: "I cannot wait for this event to happen! It will
be so incredible to perform and chat with my fans worldwide in real time,
and how cool is that to have an animated character created for me! I live
online and chat with my fans constantly, so this is a huge thrill and
amazing opportunity." Comments Tom Corson, Executive Vice President and GM,
J/Arista Records: "This concert is another example of Paula as a
multi-channel, multi- threat entertainer. Paula's personal interaction with
her online community is simply 'next level'. We hope this is the first of
many Second Life events for Paula and other artists on the J/Arista
roster."
In the meantime, fans can log on to http://www.pauladeanda.com, her
newly revamped 2.0 site which launches today, where they can create their
own profile (like Myspace.com), message with other fans, add other Paula
fans to their page, share photos, videos, album and tour reviews. The new
site also features a contest where fans can help Paula by creating their
own music video for her new single "When It Was Me." Paula will pick the
ten best video submissions, and the winner will have their video posted on
http://www.pauladeanda.com and will be able to meet Paula in person.
Signed on the spot at her audition with Clive Davis last year at the
young age of 16, DeAnda's self-titled Arista debut has sold over 1.6
digital singles and ringtones, and over 190,000 scanned physical albums. A
huge MySpacer herself, Paula has over 280,000 friends at MySpace, and is
the #2 Most Searched Latin artist on the site above Shakira, RBD and
Frankie J. The breakthrough video for "Walk Away" debuted in the Top 10 on
MTV's Total Request Live and remained in the Top 20 at Yahoo! Music for
over 3 months after its worldwide debut there in December.
The new single from her self-titled debut, "When It Was Me" was the #1
most added song at the Rhythm Radio format its first two weeks out, beating
out Ciara, Mike Jones and Ne-Yo and the single goes for adds at the Top 40
format this week. Her current hit single "Walk Away" still tops the pop
charts and has enjoyed a massive audience of over 50 million.
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