Jentina
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 Cover of Jentina's single, French Kisses
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| Born | March 6, 1984 |
| Origin | England |
| Genre(s) | Hip hop, R&B, pop, dance-pop, electronica |
| Years active | 2004-present |
| Label(s) | Virgin Records (2004 - 2005) |
Jentina Chapman, professionally known as Jentina, is a British pop singer, rapper, songwriter and model.
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[edit] 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 old[citation needed].
[edit] 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.
[edit] Media Presence
In 2005, Jentina was parodied in the underground diss song, Sad Arse Strippa by peer and rival, Lady Sovereign.[1]
In the same year however, her songs: Bad Ass Strippa and Mysterious gained worldwide exposure after featuring in episodes of CSI:NEW YORK.[2] In 2006, Mysterious underscored some of the audition stages of MTV's DanceLife[3][unreliable source?].
In November 2007, Jentina represented lingerie brand Wonderbra, following on from the likes of Eva Herzigová and Caprice. She featured in a spoof video [1] of the Cadbury's popular Gorilla television advertisement, in which a gorilla plays the drums to the Phil Collins single In The Air Tonight.[4]
Jentina is currently working on a new album[citation needed].
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.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
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[edit] Singles
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Bad Ass Strippa
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French Kisses
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Mysterious
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