Doja Cat

Person from United States

Genres: hip hop, pop, pop rap, trap, west coast hip hop

About Doja Cat

Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini (born October 21, 1995), known professionally as Doja Cat (), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. Dubbed the "Queen of Pop-Rap", she began making and releasing music on SoundCloud as a teenager. Her 2012 song "So High" caught the attention of Kemosabe and RCA Records, with whom she signed a recording contract prior to the release of her debut extended play, Purrr! (2014). After a hiatus from releasing music and the uneventful rollout of her debut studio album, Amala (2018), Doja Cat earned viral success as an internet meme with her 2018 single "Mooo!", a novelty song in which she makes humorous claims about being a cow. Capitalizing on her growing popularity, she released her second studio album, Hot Pink, in the following year. The album eventually reached the top ten of the US Billboard 200 and spawned the single "Say So"; its remix with Nicki Minaj topped the Billboard Hot 100. Her third studio album, Planet Her (2021), spent four weeks at number two on the Billboard 200 and over six months in the top 10, the most for any album by a female rapper ever, it spawned the top ten singles "Kiss Me More" (featuring SZA), "Need to Know", and "Woman", and became the 10th and 13th best-selling album in 2021 and 2022 respectively, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). Her fourth studio album, Scarlet (2023), adopted a hip-hop-oriented sound and peaked within the top five of the Billboard 200, while its lead single "Paint the Town Red" marked her first solo number-one on the Billboard Hot 100—also peaking atop sixteen international charts and the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S, becoming the first rap song ever to top the latter chart. Named by Vibe as one of the five greatest live performers of the current decade and the greatest outside the R&B genre, by Revolt as one of the 15 greatest live performers of all time, and by GQ as the "reinventor of the award show performance", Doja Cat is known for her versatility, live performing skills and stage presence. Well-versed in Internet culture, she is also famed for her absurdist online personality, being often referred to as the "Queen of Memes" by numerous major publications. Her accolades include a Grammy Award from 19 nominations, 6 Billboard Music Awards, 5 American Music Awards, and 5 MTV Video Music Awards. Billboard named her one of the world's biggest pop stars and the 24th top woman artist of the 21st century. She was listed by Time as one of the world's most influential people in 2023.

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