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Christopher "Chris" Rene (born December 25, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and producer from Santa Cruz, California. He had been in a band called Diversion and also had a solo career, including the album Soul'd Out.He applied to the first season of The X Factor USA with one of his original compositions "Young Homie" and was one of the finalists to the competition's live shows where he was mentored by L.A. Reid. He finished third overall in the competition, behind winner Melanie Amaro and runner-up Josh Krajcik.
Diversion was an alternative pop band based in Soquel, California (1994-2002)
Christopher "Chris" Rene (born December 25, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and producer from Santa Cruz, California. He had been in a band called Diversion and also had a solo career, including the album Soul'd Out.He applied to the first season of The X Factor USA with one of his original compositions "Young Homie" and was one of the finalists to the competition's live shows where he was mentored by L.A. Reid. He finished third overall in the competition, behind winner Melanie Amaro and runner-up Josh Krajcik.
Diversion was an alternative pop band based in Soquel, California (1994-2002) composed of Tas Szemeredi (vox/bass), Chris Rene (guitar/vox), and Mike Rene (drums). They were only 12 or 13 years old when they formed the band, but still managed to perform at venues such as the Red Room. Diversion was one of the young alternative pop bands in Santa Cruz.
Diversion released a self titled CD Diversion in 2000. The band recorded some more tracks for a second album, but they broke up in early 2005 without being able to finish it.
After split-up of the band, Chris Rene worked solo and released in 2009 the album Soul'd Out on an independent label.
On September 21, 2011, Rene auditioned by singing one of his original songs entitled "Young Homie" getting a standing ovation from the audience and four "yeses" from the judges. Judge Simon Cowell said of his audition "...always my favorite feeling in the world...is when I sit in this chair and I meet a star for the first time". During the competition, he performed two of his original compositions (lyrics and music). They were "Young Homie" (during auditions, week 5 of the live shows and his performance in the final) and "Where Do We Go from Here" (in week 7 of the live shows, on December 7, 2011). He also sang a mix of "Let It Be"/"Young Homie" on November 22, 2011 in Week 5 of the live shows of the series, and also in the Final of the show.
L.A. Reid has confirmed that Chris has started recording music for a post-X Factor album.
On January 17, 2012, it was confirmed that Chris has signed with a joint venture between Syco & Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. Rene has re-recorded his original song "Young Homie", it was made available on iTunes on March 13, 2012.
Chris shot the music video for the song on February 16, 2012 in his hometown Santa Cruz, California and it was released on Youtube and Vevo on March 20, 2012. The song is confirmed to be the lead single of his debut album. He has recorded several songs already for his upcoming debut album. Some songs include "Trouble", "Back From the Dead", "Chains", "Rocking With You", and "Yeah I Told You So."
On May 22, 2012 Chris performed "Young Homie" at the first Q102 Springle Ball 2012 concert. He has confirmed his next single will be called "Trouble" on his official website. He later announced via Facebook that it would be released on June 26, 2012. The lyric video was released on June 20, 2012, while the music video was released on August 13, 2012.
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