Kara DioGuardi
Famous For...: Writing Hit Songs and Being a Judge on American Idol
Former American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, music publisher, A&R executive, composer and TV personality. She writes music primarily in the light pop-rock, dance, and R&B genres. Kara has worked with many popular artists and is credited on over 120 album releases. In 2008, she was appointed to the position of executive vice president of talent development at Warner Bros. Records and has signed Jason Derülo and Iyaz.
Kara has a songwriting catalog of several hundred songs, of which more than 280 have been released on major labels worldwide, and 170+ have appeared on multi-platinum selling albums. She's had nearly 50 international charting singles over the course of her career, and her songs have helped propel 58 albums into the Top Ten of the Billboard 200. Her songs have been featured in major motion pictures, television shows, film soundtracks and radio spots, as well as national and international commercial campaigns.
DioGuardi co-owns Arthouse Entertainment, a publishing company that is a resource business for record companies and other music entities seeking compositions, productions, artists and related music services. After quitting American Idol, DioGuardi took on the role of head judge on Going Platinum, a new singer-songwriter, reality competition airing on Bravo.
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