Writing Music and Songs

I was wondering to myself when she was introduced as the next American Idol judge "Kara who?" So I decded to fin out for myself. In case you were curious, his is what I found out. Number one I found out that for followers of the music world, Kara DioGuardi is very well known indeed.

Kara DioGuardi was born in 1970 in Ossening, New York. She was raised in New Rochelle, New York. She is of Italian/Albanian descent. Her educational background includes an undergraduate degree in Political Science at Duke University. (she'll need that for her battles with Simon!!). Her first job was selling advertisements for Billboard magazine.

But what Kara DioGuardi is known for in the music industry is her song writing prowess. Of her thousands of songs, more than two hundred of them have ended up on the charts being sung by some of the some popular singers of our time. Kara has co-written and co-produced songs for the likes of Celine Dion, Faith Hill and Nick Lackey along with dozens of others.

In her tenure as a writer she has received ten BMI Pop Awards as a writer. In addition, she won the 2007 BMI Pop Songwriter of the Year. Kara DioGuardi has had songs on thirty nine albums and has sold over 100 million records. Of all the judges on American Idol she has had the most interaction and experience with song writing and identifying talent.

Kara DioGuardi has been helping American Idols long before she took her new gig. She has written songs for Carrie Underwood, Clay Aiken, Bo Bice, Ruben Studdard and Kelly Clarkson. Kara DioGuardi is co-owner of Artwise Entertainment.