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Castella
Award winning vocalist Castella made her radio debut in April 2020 with the release of her original song No Ordinary Love. Hailing from Long Beach, California, Castella has sang her entire life. She was inspired to become a songwriter by her mentor, Darryl Swann. Unknowing to Castella, this little project would turn into the fulfillment of unrealized dreams of sharing her gifts with the world. Castella released her first EP -Thinking About You, produced by Corey Stampley, in July 2019. She released her first single from that EP "No Ordinary Love"in April 2020. This tune reached #24 on the Smooth Jazz Charts and garnered her a"Breakout Artist of 2020" Nomination by Smooth Jazz Network, an original iHeartRadio station. She then decided to make another record and release it on her birthday as a gift to herself. During the pandemic, she met producer Jeff Canady. Along with Jeff, they pushed out two amazing records,"Let Me Love You" and "Sleigh Ride"! "Let Me Love You" reached #33 on the smooth jazz charts and rose to #5 on the Urban charts and rose to #1 on the Black Planet Radio chart in Italy. Sleigh Riderose to #6 on the smooth jazz Holiday Chart. Castella's work on "Let Me Love You" garnered her nominations for the"President's Award","New Comer of the Year"and"Best Female Artist of 2020"as well as being named "Artist of the Year" by the Central Standard Time Show on stlsmoothjazz.com. and she has the hardware to show it! Ever true to her work and trusting her heart, Castella decided to reach back into her pocket and release her tune Mojito from her debut EP. A very special record to Castella and her team where her mentor, multi-platinum, Grammy Award winning producer Darryl Swann contributed with writing on the tune as well as mixing and mastering the tune, in fact all of her tunes. Mojito did well on the charts, rising to #2 on the Urban Influencer R&B/Soul Chart and #49 on the Smooth Jazz Network Top 100 Chart!! Castella continues to work on more music to share with her fans. Castella released her chart topping tune “So Glad I Met You” featuring trumpeter and friend, Willie Bradley. This song did well on both Smooth Jazz Charts as well as hitting #2 on the UK Soul Charts and #1 in Canada with TeeRex Radio! Castella had the wonderful opportunity to work with French producer Tom Glide to produce a remix of “So Glad I Met You” which topped the UK Soul Breakers Chart at #1 as well as making several charts in the UK and Canada Top 10!
Castella Released her second EP "Let Me Love You" the EP on January 7, 2022. On the same day she released her single “So Into You” a remake of the 70’s classic by the Atlanta Rhythm Section with an exciting radio campaign spear headed by Gorov Music Marketing in the US and Gary Van den Bussche in the UK. “So Into You” has already made a big splash by hitting #1 on the UK Soul Breakers Chart on January 3, 2022. Castella’s new EP includes three previously released original tunes (Let Me Love You, So Glad I Met You and the Central Standard Time Show Groove) and two of Castella’s favorite tunes that she chose to remake, “So Into You” and “My Funny Valentine.” The remakes are a window into who Castella is as an artist! So Into You has remained on the Smooth Jazz Top 100 Charts for over 17 weeks, peaking at #31 on the Smooth Jazz Global chart and $39 on the Smooth Jazz Network Chart. Additionally, So Into You was loved in Canada! Reaching #1 on several charts including TeeRex Radio, Axcit Radio and 94.7 the Wave where it spent 3 weeks at #1. The song reached #1 on Black Planet Radio in Italy and stayed there for 2 weeks. And in the UK, So Into You reached #1 on Jazz Juice Radio! The song reached #1 on Cruz Inc and garnered Castella many “artist of the week” and “artist of the month” accolades. Castella also had a variety of articles written about her take on the song and some said she did better than the original. Absolutely mind blowing! Castella loves music of all genres and the remakes are just a small piece! Castella continues to work on new music having released two singles in 2023 - “I Saw You featuring Marqueal Jordan” and Intoxicated Love which remained on the charts for several months. In fact, “Intoxicated Love” was SONG OF THE YEAR on Black Planet Radio - Italy and on Cool Jazz Week! Castella also won her first Indie Soul Award for Jazz Single of the Year for “I Saw You.” Amazing honors for the singer! She continues to explore opportunities with a variety of different producers who have faith in her ability and choose to place her on their projects. Stay tuned for more from Castella, the future is very bright!
Castella wishes to inspire people to live out their dreams, share their gifts because it's never too late!