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-PERSONAL LIFE-

Sohanny (Born November 3, 1984) is a Latin-American singer, song writer, and acress. Born in the Dominican Republic where she lived with her two parents and four other siblings, Sohanny grew up in a world filled with music and the encouragement to pursue her creative goals and love for the art. Sohanny uses her music as a medium to express not only herself but also her pride for the Dominican culture and its people. The music is a tropical genre ranging from Merengue Mambo to Bachata with hints of salsa and cumbia fusion. Sohanny has been enjoying her steady rise to fame since her and her family emigrated to West Cranston, Rhode Island when she was 9 in 1993 where, from a very early age, realized her destiny was to be made in the music entertainment business. Troubled by the hardships of moving to a new country and both of her parents out of work, Sohanny and her family often turned to music to help overcome the rough ups and downs of a new life. By age 11 Sohanny was fully focused on her song writing and had the optimism and determination instilled in her from that age on by her mother. Sohanny was very pro-active by constantly enrolling in talent competitions beginning in middle school and when she was 16, entered and won the International Talent and Model Competition in Los Angeles, California with a monologue she had written herself. Sohanny never had any fear of losing since she viewed these times as stepping stones, lessons learned, and opportunities to grow as an artist. Shortly after this triumphant success, she phoned her father and told him "Papi, I have reached out to someone who can help me. I have a strong premonition that something big is going to happen to me in this city." The fact of the matter is, this was purely a gut call on Sohanny's part, as there was no real communication made to back up this claim. Her father quickly hung up the phone and planned to move himself and his family to Miami. After only four months Sohanny caught a huge break. Barely 17, she was approached by Emiolio Estefan, Tommy Mottola, and Sony Music, and was offered a contract to join the Miami Sound Machine, where her fondest memory was made performing live in front 500,000 fans at an open air arena in Spain with MSM. Sohanny prides herself on being extremely fan friendly and loves to be front and center since she has the natural ability of forging a strong bond between her and her fans by putting in to lyrics intangible feelings that evoke all emotions and feelings. Sohanny will be the first to tell you the two people who have had the biggest impact on her life and career are her grandfather and the late Calton Colyer who took Sohanny under his wing and encouraged her to leave Rhode Island to attain her goals and live the life she had