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Diana "Wynter" Gordon (August 25, 1985) is an African-American singer and songwriter. Currently signed to Big Beat Records, Gordon plans to release her debut album, With The Music I Die, on June 17, 2011 in Australia; featuring the lead single "Dirty Talk" and "Til Death". "Dirty Talk" topped the US (Billboard) Hot Dance Club Songs and ARIA charts, which was certified 3x Platinum. "Til Death" has currently peaked on the ARIA charts at #21.
Wynter was born in Florida and was brought up in a poverty stricken neighborhood in Winter Garden. As the middle child of seven living in a t
Diana "Wynter" Gordon (August 25, 1985) is an African-American singer and songwriter. Currently signed to Big Beat Records, Gordon plans to release her debut album, With The Music I Die, on June 17, 2011 in Australia; featuring the lead single "Dirty Talk" and "Til Death". "Dirty Talk" topped the US (Billboard) Hot Dance Club Songs and ARIA charts, which was certified 3x Platinum. "Til Death" has currently peaked on the ARIA charts at #21.
Wynter was born in Florida and was brought up in a poverty stricken neighborhood in Winter Garden. As the middle child of seven living in a two bedroom house with an abusive and largely absent father, her childhood was difficult. Wynter discovered her talent for singing and dance at an early age. As a teenager, she was accepted to the LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts. Wynter has been writing music since an early age. She wrote her first song, "Daddys Song" at the age of 12. The track remains personal to Wynter and brought executives at Atlantic Records to tears during her showcase.
After high school, Wynter threw herself fully into realizing her music dreams, while also dealing with surviving on her own for the first time. She juggled several jobs while working in the studio at nights and as much as she could. During this time, Wynter met her manager, Keith White who introduced her to Don Pooh at Atlantic Records. Wynter worked closely with producer D'Mile since 2004 where they both came with her first track to fame, "Gonna Breakthrough" written by Wynter Gordon and produced by D'Mile was used as the title track to Mary J. Blige's 2005 album The Breakthrough. Soon after, Wynter was given an opportunity and signed to Atlantic Records, through Don Pooh Music Group, where she has been working on her debut album since 2004. Also, in 2008, Wynter penned two tracks for Danity Kane's second album Welcome to the Dollhouse, "2 of You" and "Do Me Good".
Wynter co-wrote the single "Sugar", a track that she was featured on with Flo Rida from his 2009 album R.O.O.T.S. after laying down a reference vocal. The track became an international hit and peaked at number 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 . Wynter also co-wrote and sang on the dance track "Toyfriend" from French DJ David Guetta's 2009 album One Love. Wynter worked close with Jennifer Lopez, writing four tracks for her including "What Is Love", "What Is Love Part II", "Starting Over" and "Everybodys Girl" for her seventh studio album Love?. Currently, Wynter is also writing for artists including Adrienne Bailon, Estelle & Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester.
During all this, Wynter has been working on her debut album. Wynter confirmed that the Jupiter Ace-produced "Dirty Talk" will be the official lead single. It was released on iTunes and Amazon.com on March 2, 2010. The single was later certified 3x Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association, for sales over 210,000. On October 22, Wynter announced via her official website that she would be releasing her debut EP, The First Dance, on November 9, 2010. She performed the national anthem for a Knicks vs. Heat game at Madison Square Garden. She was a headline act at the 2011 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras post parade party in March. A promotional single, "Putting It Out There (Pride)", was released in Australia on March 4 2011; it was the official theme song for the 2011 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
The Denzal Park remix of the song "Til Death" was released as the second single from her debut album in Australia on April 15, 2011. The album will be called "With The Music I Die" and will be released on June 17th, 2011 in Australia, while the rest of the world will be getting EP released just a week later.
In 2011 "Dirty Talk" was awarded the number 3 spot of all time misheard lyrics by 87.6 Surf FM, in Frankston, Victoria, Australia, for the lines 'I am no angel' being misheard as 'I am a Rachael'. This award was voted by listeners of the radio station. Another take on this line has been 'I am an Asian' and as such, a parody version has been made for a popular New Zealand TV and Internet show, The Super Mega Awesome Show, titled 'Asian Talk'.
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