Allison Iraheta (born April 27, 1992 in Glendale, California) is an American singer. She won the reality television competition Quinceañera: Mamá Quiero Ser Artista and came in fourth place on the eighth season of American Idol.
raheta was born in Downey, California to Salvadoran immigrants who moved to the United States before she was born.[2][3] According to her parents, she has been singing since she was a toddler. In 2001, she began taking voice lessons with Raphael Enriquez at the Los Angeles Music and Art School, a non-profit community school of the arts in East Los Angeles.[4] Before rising to prominence, she was a frequent performer at the local Latin supermarket La Curacao and the Los Angeles Music and Art School's annual benefit concert, Stars for the Arts.
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