15 Facts About Alex Cartana

Alex Cartana was born on Alexandra Rosamund Cartana-Marks; 7 April 1983 and is a British singer-songwriter and actress of Spanish descent.

Alex Cartana was born to a British mother and Spanish father, and was raised on the island of Mallorca.

Alex Cartana spent her academic years between both English and Spanish educational systems, making her fully bilingual from a toddler.

Alex Cartana is able to speak a third language, Catalan.

Alex Cartana attended the University of Greenwich in her first year of her BA Business Studies and E-Commerce degree, but would move to the University of Westminster in her second year, after achieving first-class grades.

Whilst working as a club promoter for Def Jam Records and Death Row Records, as well as marketing various British musicians, Alex Cartana came into contact with Big Brovaz and first struck a friendship with Dino McIntosh.

Alex Cartana returned to complete her fourth and final year at the University of Westminster and graduated in the fall of 2002.

Alex Cartana flew to Malaga to shoot a video and perform in front of fans at the Radio 1 Road Show in Ibiza.

An amicable decision was finally made in 2005, to allow Alex Cartana to walk away from her deal after almost eight months of deliberation.

Two months after this major transition, Alex Cartana left her management team.

In October 2004, a third song from Alex Cartana, "Lost Your Mind", was due for release, however the song was cancelled two weeks prior to the due date.

In 2006, Alex Cartana teamed up with Paul Smith, a member of 365 Artists Management Company.

Alex Cartana was working on new material independently and working towards a full Spanish album which was to be sprinkled with all her past influences.

In 2015, Alex Cartana became involved with Disney Junior's animated series The Lion Guard, based on Disney's 1994 film The Lion King.

Alex Cartana sings backing vocals on all of the songs on the show, including lead vocals for the song "Trail to Hope".