Natasha Duarté has just turned 18 but already she is becoming a major sensation on the Australian music scene, with lots of Fans in the US and a growing following throughout ASIA as well. First she won the Teen category of the International Song Competition (ISC) alongside Missy Higgins and Kimbra. Now she has a staggering 8 nominations in the current ISC. That’s more than double any other Australian writer. Her school tour and other promotions through 2012 including playing Music Matters in Singapore have built her Facebook following from just 1600 to around 50,000 fans. Her new video has had over 70,000 views in this first week alone. Her next round of touring kicks off in schools on March 1 coinciding with her iTunes release of this single. ip info . Natasha has an impressive team committed to her success including Glenn Wheatley, Russell Thomas and Dianna O’Neill along with Higgins and Carter at Empire Records and Sebastian Chase at MGM.
The album First Time is complete and ready to go. Natasha has written 7 of the 13 tracks and has been the principal writer in the remaining 6 co-written tracks. It’s an incredibly strong album from start to finish. Some saying up to 8 singles with 4 ‘breaking singles’ with another 4 songs perfect for sync in films and TV which leaves the 13th song which won the ISC in 2012.
Keep an eye out for her track on the next SoundsLikeCafe compilation coming soon
Website: natashaduarte.com.au
Facebook: facebook.com/tashiduarte
Youtube: youtube.com/officialtashiduarte.
