DILANA started singing in her homeland, South Africa and scored a national number one hit with her band Wozani. While living in Holland DILANA scored a few hits from her 2000 album called Wonderfool, hits as Do you know and To all planets.
She moved to the USA and gained a loyal and large following after being the runner up on a national (and many other countries worldwide) TV show, Rockstar Supernova with Tommy Lee (Motley Crue), Jason Newstead (Metallica), Gilby Clarke (Guns n Roses) and Dave Navarro (Jane’s addiction n Red Hot Chili Peppers). After the show, DILANA released her third CD “Inside Out” in the USA in 2009. A few years later, she was the 1st and only female singer for the band LA Guns for 2 tours.
After a month in a studio in Seattle, DILANA released her fourth CD Beautiful Monster in 2013, produced by Jack Endino (Soundgarden, Nirvana, Pearl Jam). In 2016 her fifth album was released, called Dilana / Angel Camouflaged, the soundtrack of the movie with the same name. In the same year her first live (acoustic) DVD was also released. In 2016 Dilana was invited to be part of The Voice of Holland…
DILANA has opened for artists such as Joe Cocker, Aerosmith, The Bangles, Beth Hart, Golden Earring, Motorhead, Velvet Revolver, Lynyrd Skynyrd and many more…
DILANA also began her venture into film acting in 2009. She won the BEST ACTRESS award at the Action On Film International Film Festival as well as winning both the BEST ACTRESS award and the BEST MUSIC award at the American International Film Festival for the 9 songs she wrote/performed in ANGEL CAMOUFLAGED.