Yendry Cony Fiorentino was born on 27 July 1993 and known mononymously as Yendry is a Dominican-Italian singer and songwriter.
17 Facts About Yendry
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Yendry first achieved popularity in Italy in 2012 thanks to her participation in the sixth edition of X Factor Italy which earned her a record deal with Sony Music Italy.
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Yendry was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to a single mother, Rosa Maria Polanco.
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Yendry grew up in Herrera, one of the poorest neighborhoods in the municipality of Santo Domingo Oeste.
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Yendry lived in Herrera with her mother and grandmother until the age of three.
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Yendry's stepfather adopted her and she grew up with brothers from her mother's second marriage.
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Yendry began to discover her predisposition for music during the period of the liceo linguistico.
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Yendry started to attend singing class alongside a modeling career that led her to participate in the regional selections of Miss Italia and then to win the title of Miss Deborah Piemonte in 2012.
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Yendry comes up to the fifth episode of the program, one step away from the semi-finals, eliminated by televoting, but despite the elimination she was approached by Sony Music Italy who offered her a record deal.
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In 2013 was released her debut single as Yendry Fiorentino entitled Here, a Dance pop song.
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Not satisfied with the direction that the record company had decided for her and given the results obtained from her first single in 2014, Yendry decides to conclude the contract with Sony to undertake a path as an independent artist.
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In 2016 Yendry is one of the regular appearances as a backing vocalist in the program of Maurizio Crozza called Crozza nel Paese delle Meraviglie and in the same year she's one of the backing vocalist for the Italian singer Dolcenera at the Sanremo Music Festival 2016.
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Yendry moved to London, met her manager Chris Hesketh, and signed with his company Blacksheep Music Management and with the independent label Liberator Music.
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The song, inspired by Yendry's mother's story, is an anthem to the independence and freedom of women represented in the official video, directed and produced by MYBOSSWAS, in which the story represented is that of a young mother who is a victim of abuse, and who decides to free herself thanks to her supernatural powers.
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Yendry was approached by Sony Music Latin and RCA Records, with whom she signed a double recording contract and announced the news in October 2020.
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Yendry recorded the song in Los Angeles a couple of months before the release.
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The documentary was filmed in Herrera, Santo Domingo Oeste, the neighborhood where Yendry grew up and where her grandmother and part of her family still live.