Music career Melanie Amaro

1 music career

1.1 2011: x factor

1.1.1 performances on x factor


1.2 2012–present: truly, label conflict , broadway ventures

music career
2011: x factor

in june 2011, amaro persuaded mother audition first season of x factor usa. auditioned in front of judges simon cowell, paula abdul, nicole scherzinger , l.a. reid, singing listen beyoncé knowles. tried auditioning @ local fox affiliate fast pass , not received producers there , subsequently auditioned general public @ bankunited center in coral gables, florida. after becoming 1 of top 32 finalists, performed michael jackson s there in judges house, in front of mentor cowell. amaro not chosen part of top 16 , eliminated girls category. however, after 2 weeks cowell surprised @ florida home, inviting competition after deciding had made huge mistake in not including her.

amaro progressed live shows in cowell s girls category, along rachel crow, drew, tiah tolliver , simone battle. addition of amaro took total number of qualifiers first live show 17. on december 15, amaro won place in final along chris rene , josh krajcik. following week, declared winner. amaro declared show s youngest contestant win @ age 19. prize $5 million recording contract syco music , sony music label, largest guaranteed prize in television history. shortly after winning, sony music label epic records announced had officially signed amaro, working alongside l.a. reid @ label. in addition contract, amaro appeared in pepsi commercial alongside sir elton john, aired during super bowl xlvi on nbc.

performances on x factor

melanie amaro performed following songs on x factor:

amaro did not make through live shows, later brought wildcard.

2012–present: truly, label conflict , broadway ventures

amaro scheduled release debut album in 2013. amaro s pepsi commercial aired during super bowl xlvi on nbc part of x factor prize. commercial featured amaro singing dance cover of respect , alongside elton john, flavor flav, , annie ilonzeh. song released music download on february 2, 2012, , reached #3 spot on billboard dance/club chart. on august 1, amaro released debut single don t fail me , written livvi franc , produced rodney jerkins. amaro s album set release on december 4, 2012. on 19 october 2012 amaro premiered music video don t fail me on official vevo account. song failed chart , album pushed 2013. performed new single, long distance , live on x factor on december 6, 2012. song released on december 3, 2012. rescheduled march 2013, never released. while season 2 winner tate stevens debut album released in april 2013 under rca nashville, amaro s label has stated album has no confirmed release date.

in august 2013, amaro performed in indonesia rcti s 24th anniversary television special, x factor around world along samantha jade, jahméne douglas, collective, novita dewi , fatin shidqia. amaro performed new single long distance , world s greatest duet fatin shidqia.

on october 4, 2013, amaro made musical theater debut in national tour of re never alone .

on june 19, 2014 premiered lead single fuel fire on soundcloud upcoming ep of same name. amaro described song being frustration lack of music released label. song released independently digital download on june 26, 2014, without epic or sony being credited.

as of september 2014, amaro s album believed have been scrapped , not released. months later fuel fire taken off of itunes unknown reasons.

on may 6, 2015, amaro released new song dust featuring american hip-hop recording artist, fabolous. second independent release of artist ever since departure syco & epic records. dust released digital retail stores in september 2015, solo version without fabolous released.

on feb 17, 2016, amaro released new song one.