b. Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA. Perez apparently spent her teenage years dealing drugs and boxing. Prior to her US success in 2003 with "Angel" and the album of the same name, the writer, producer, rapper and singer took part in underground boxing matches, where she would famously fight against men. Perez also readily admits to selling drugs to help her family. Nevertheless, despite the apparent pose of thuggery, Perez take on hip-hop, R&B and pop ballads seems curiously sentimental and saccharine. On her hit single she sings "I asked God/God sent me an angel/From the heavens above/Sent me an angel/To heal my broken heart/From being in love/'Cause all I do is cry". The title track of the album was written in memory of both an errant lover and her cousin, who Perez cites as a major personal/musical influence but who died of heart failure when he was 31. Although Perez had been in bands since the age of 11 (her uncles and cousins were in a local group the Sombra Chicana USA, who had a large following on the Latin/Tejano scene and Perez accompanied the group as the Sombra Chicana Chiquitos), Perez's route to a recording contract is nevertheless the stuff of dreams: an A&R had visited Perez's Indiana home-town to sign a rock band. After the deal failed to materialise, the A&R asked his hotel's receptionist for the name of the town's hot talent. The clerk passed the A&R a copy of her sister-in-law's demo tape. "Angel" was first released on Where You At? in 2002, but yielded only muted success until the album was repackaged and released as Angel, a year later. Perplexingly I Pray, the following year, contained another two recordings of "Angel".

Listen to Amanda Perez at Finetune.

• (2007)  Candy Kisses
• (2007)  Come Home
• (2007)  The Hand Of Fate
• (2004)  I Pray
• (2004)  Angel (Acoustic Guitar Version)
• (2004)  Dedicate (remix)
• (2004)  I Pray (Never Forget)
• (2003)  Angel
• (2002)  Where You At?

• Angel
• I Pray (Never Forget)
• Love Is Pain
• I Still Love You
• Hoe

• Tiffany Evans featuring Ciara
• Dr. Dre
• Christina Aguilera, Pink, Mya, Lil' Kim
• No Name
• Akon
• Rihanna
• Beyonce
• Pretty Ricky
• Ciara
• Chris Brown
• Mariah Carey
• Alicia Keys
• Fergie
• Ne-Yo
• Ashanti
• T-Pain
• Usher
• Destiny's Child
• Mary J. Blige
• Keyshia Cole

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• Laceys on 2008-10-09 15:55:05.053:
  Its been five months, since you went away left without a word, nothing to say, when i wuz the one who gave you, my heart and soul but it wasnt good enough for you, no so i asked god, god sent me an angel. from the heavens above he sent me an angel to heal my broken heart.bein in love. cuz all i do ooh ooh is cry.god sent me an angel to wipe the tears from my eyes.... My heart cant take no more lies.... this has got to be the best song that expresses a true feeling to the thing called LOVE.
• stephine on 2008-07-24 14:37:58.230:
  i love good seen me angel
• SnoutchC6 on 2008-02-08 22:07:22.623:
  I ♥ Ur MUSIK
• SnoutchC6 on 2008-02-08 22:07:21.310:
  I ♥ Ur MUSIK
• PIXIE121 on 2007-09-23 15:40:57.420:
  we luv u
• gege3212 on 2007-09-06 18:13:57.950:
  I LUV U
• 916rainbowgurl on 2007-08-16 03:00:16.340:
  amanda perez is hella hot
• jakeypanda on 2007-05-28 16:49:14.343:
  ms perez is decent her voice is the best keep it up mami
• jakeypanda on 2007-05-28 16:49:03.950:
  ms perez is decent her voice is the best keep it up mami
• cinthia9704 on 2007-04-17 12:25:49.580:
  I LOVEYOUR SONGS
• STEPHANIE214 on 2007-04-13 11:04:44.410:
  I LOVE UR SONGS