She was first introduced as the next American Idol judge for the 2009 season and the tabloids were asking "Kara who?” For followers of the music world, Kara DioGuardi is very well known indeed.
Kara DioGuardi was born in 1970 in Ossening, New York. She was raised in New Rochelle, New York. She is of Italian/Albanian descent. Her educational background includes an undergraduate degree in political science at Duke University. Her first job was selling advertisements for Billboard magazine. What Kara DioGuardi is known for in the music industry is her song writing prowess. Of her thousands of songs, more than two hundred of them have ended up on the charts being sung by some of the most popular singers of our time. Kara has co-written and co-produced songs for the likes of Celine Dion, Faith Hill and Nick Lackey, along with dozens of others. In her tenure as a writer, she has received ten BMI Pop Awards as a writer. In addition, she won the 2007 BMI Pop Songwriter of the Year Award. Kara DioGuardi has had songs on 39 albums and has sold over 100 million records. Of all the judges on American Idol, she has had the most interaction and experience with song writing and identifying talent.
Kara DioGuardi has been helping American Idols long before she took her new gig. She has written songs for Carrie Underwood, Clay Aiken, Bo Bice, Ruben Studdard and Kelly Clarkson. Kara DioGuardi is co-owner of Artwise Entertainment.
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