K'lee
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Kaleena McNabb A.K.A. K'Lee is a New Zealand pop star who released her first single in 2001 at the age of 17, and still in High School.
K'lee's first single was a cover of Mister Mister's "Broken Wings" which stormed up to #2 in the New Zealand Top 50 music charts. Her second single was "1+1+1, It Ain't Two", a song about being insulted by her boyfriend. K'lee's third single was "Can You Feel Me?".
K'lee went on to release a self titled album and by the age of 19, she had released four singles and one album, although to date this is all that K'lee has ever done.
She has previously hosted the night show on Auckland radio station Flava.
K'Lee has so far notched up 4 top 20 singles in New Zealand. Broken Wings #2 (2001), 1+1+1 It Ain't Two #12 (2001), Can You Feel Me #2 (2002) and A Lifetime Left To Wait #4 (2002).
Her debut self titled album debuted at no.7 on the albums chart and peaked at no.4 a week later. The album spent only 7 weeks in the top 50 albums chart and went on to sell 6,200 copies throughout New Zealand.
K'Lee received a video funding grant for a fifth single from her album to be released. The track 'Tonight' became shelved and no more singles were taken from K'Lee's album.
During a nationwide summer tour with Coolio, K'Lee was dropped by her record label Universal.
While trying to maintain her celebrity status, K'Lee posed on the cover of NZ Rugby magazine with nothing buy body paint. She made a brief appearance on the second season of Celebrity Treasure Island when she was the first person voted off the island by Louise Wallace.
K'Lee than returned briefly to the music scene with 'Feels Good' which was planned to be her new single. The song hit airwaves, but was then quickly taken off air as her independent record label scrapped 'Feels Good'.
K'Lee spent most of 2004 working on her follow up album in L.A which was funded through by private investors. K'Lee performed a new track 'Just Me' on What Now TV and had plans to release that as her comeback single. However, those plans were shelved and she headed back to L.A to record new songs for her next album.
K'Lee got the late night shift at New Zealands finest R&B and Hip Hop radio station, Flava. K'Lee's DJ role was highly successful and became one of the most popular radio Dj's from that station.
While still committed to her upcoming album, K'Lee lent her talents to King Kapisi and recorded 'Lock and Load' for his latest album. However, the record label were not satisfied that 'Lock And Load' would be a good album track, and the song became a b-side on the CD single 'Raise Up' which was released in early 2006.
Currently K'Lee is in America working on her new album, but with no record label behind her, it is hard to say when, or if, the album will get to see the light of day.
