Dev - Musician, 'Like A G6' & 'Dancing in The Dark' (Universal Republic)

Singer and writer Dev is from the small town of Mantica, California. She started making her own music on her laptop when she recorded a cover of an Amy Winehouse song – a friend of hers posted the song onto MySpace. That was the beginning for Dev. What came next was a rise even she couldn’t imagine. It was the Berkeley, California, duo The Cataracs, that found that song online and invited Dev to record with them. They recorded the song 2night which got exposure on the radio, the television channel mtvU, and charted on the Billboard Hot Dance. Soon after, The Cataracs along with Dev moved to a warehouse studio in Downtown Los Angeles that houses IndiPop. While there, they recorded the song Booty Bounce and at the same time The Cataracs were producing Like a G6 for Far East Movement. They decided to use the verse “Now I’m feeling so fly like a G6” from Dev's single Booty Bounce as the hook. Like a G6, which features The Cataracs and Dev, was released in April 2010, and became the #1 song in America on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song currently has over 57 million plays on YouTube. Dev and The Cataracs are currently featured in the single Backseat off New Boyz's new album, Too Cool To Care. The song is currently 38 on the Billboard Hot 100. Dev’s full length studio debut album, The Night the Sun Came Up, is set to be released this spring on Universal Republic. Her first official single off her new album with The Cataracs is called Bass Down Low and has already peaked at #61 on the Billboard Hot 100 where it still remains on the same chart today. Her goal is now to turn the pop world upside down. If Like a G6 was the opening act, we can’t wait to see the impact her debut album, The Night the Sun Came Up will have.