Jentina

Infobox musical artist
Name = Jentina
Born = birth date and age|1984|3|6


Img_capt = Cover of Jentina's single, "French Kisses"
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Background = solo_singer
Alias =
Origin = England
Genre = Hip hop, pop rap, R&B, pop, dance-pop, electronica
Years_active = 2004-present
Label = Virgin Records
(2004 - 2005)
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Influences = Missy Elliott, Nas, Timbaland, Jamelia
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Jentina Chapman, professionally known as Jentina, is a British pop singer, rapper, songwriter and model.

Biography

Chapman was born in Woking. She grew up in West Molesey, Surrey, alongside 13 brothers and sisters on a diet of cabbage and potatoes. By the age of 16 she had had several jobs and was working illegally in Dixons. By seventeen she had moved to work in London and got her first record deal at 19 years oldFact|date=November 2007

Music

After a heavy advertising campaign on television and features in various UK music magazines, (notably "NME"), her debut single "Bad Ass Strippa" was released in the summer of 2004. Heavily sampling an O'Jays classic, the song topped the Box charts for a week, but this did not translate into sales and ultimately it reached number 22 in the UK singles chart. Considering the heavy promotion, this was disappointing for Jentina's label and they quickly restyled her image and sound. Enlisting serial hitmakers Cathy Dennis & Greg Wells to write the next single, "French Kisses" was notably a more pop-oriented record. The single was released in the autumn of 2004, entering the chart at number 20. Jentina released another single after this in Italy only, "Mysterious". With little promotion, it reached the Top 30 in Italy. Her debut album "Jentina" was then released, again, only in Italy.

In 2005, Jentina was parodied in the underground , "Sad Arse Strippa" or, "Sad Ass Strippa" by peer and rival, Lady Sovereign. [ [http://www.chocolateindustries.com/ladysov/yrb.php Lady Sovereign releases Jentina diss] ] In the same year however, her songs: "Bad Ass Strippa" and "Mysterious" gained worldwide exposure after featuring in episodes of . [ [http://www.tunefind.com/show/CSI:+NY/Season+2 CSI NY Sountrack Guide] ] In 2006, "Mysterious" underscored some of the audition stages of MTV's DanceLife [ [http://adtunes.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=33283 Adtunes Forum Thread] ] Verify credibility|date=November 2007.

Modelling

In November 2007, Jentina represented lingerie brand Wonderbra, following on from the likes of Eva Herzigová and Caprice. She featured in a spoof video [http://video.aol.com/video-detail/cadburys-gorilla-vs-wonderbra-/3672287583] of the Cadbury's popular "Gorilla" television advertisement, in which a gorilla plays the drums to the Phil Collins single "In The Air Tonight". [ [http://www.duncans.tv/2007/wonderbra-two-cups-full-of-joy Wonderbra - Two Cups Full of Joy] ]

Jentina is currently represented by samanthabond.net as a glamour model. She recently shot a set of topless images for a Lads mag but pulled them before the magazine went to press.

Discography

Albums

ingles

References

External links

* [http://jentina.altervista.org/ Jentina Fan Site]
* [http://www.maximmag.co.uk/maximtv/girls/10074/jentina.html Jentina at Maxim]
* [http://frenchkisses.heavenforum.com/ French Kisses Forum]
* [http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/JentinaStreetTeam/ Jentina:Online Street Team]
* [http://www.jentinaweb.yoyo.pl/ JentinaWeb: FanSite About Jentina!]