Kara DioGuardi

Kara DioGuardi is one of the greatest songwriters of our time. She grew ip in New York. Kara has a degree in political science from Duke University. At the beginning of her career, she worked for Billboardmagazine. She was an assistant there then later became a sales representative at the same magazine.

Kara writes most of her songs for pop, R&B, dance and rock artists. She also often collaborates with performers such as Christina Aguilera, Pink, Britney Spears, etc. For two seasons she was a judge on American Idol, and the head judge on Platinum Hit (a Bravo singer-songwriter talent show). Kara DioGuardi deals with talent development at Warner Brothers Records. One of her most successful talents is Jason Derülo.

Kara's writing and co-writing credits include

• Ain't No Other Man (Christina Aguilera)
• Ooh Ooh Baby (Britney Spears)
• Sober (Pink)
• I Do Not Hook Up (Kelly Clarkson)
• Had It All (Katharine McPhee)
• Undo It (Carrie Underwood)
• Spinning Around (Kylie Minogue)
• No Boundaries (American Idol season 8 single)
• and many more.

They say you need about 10,000 hours of work and practice to become really good at something. And Kara definitely hasn't been lazy. She has written hundreds of songs and has had almost 200 cuts on mega-selling albums. She has been nominated for a Grammy and received the BMI Pop Songwriter of the Year award in 2007.

She has recently released her book A Helluva High Note: Surviving Life, Love, and American Idol. It's a "soundtrack to Kara's life". The book is about success, failure, picking yourself up again and again and then ultimately succeeding. You'll learn what it was like for Kara to collaborate with some of the most popular recording artists, and find out about her personal journey so far. A MUST READ for any future or present hit songwriter!

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