Jeff Christensen AP photo Kristinia DeBarge If the last name looks familiar, it probably is. Yes, Kristinia DeBarge is one of those DeBarges, the musical siblings who briefly climbed to the height of pop music fame in the 1980s. 'I had a pretty normal life, except that my family just sang a lot. So I was always in the house and I was always hearing them on the piano or the drums or the guitar, or they were writing a song,' DeBarge says. But instead of singing the sultry soul and R&B her family members delivered years back, DeBarge is ready to take over the pop world with her debut CD, 'Exposed,' released this week. She's opening up for the Britney Spears tour next month and her first single which samples Steam's 1969 hit 'Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye),' is a Top 40 hit on the Billboard pop chart. Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds, the Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and producer, signed DeBarge to his new label and oversaw the direction of her album.

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He also produced 'Goodbye.' Edmonds said the comely singer is more than a pretty face: 'She actually has a voice. She can really sing,' he said in a phone interview. 'I think when you have a family history that's in music and that runs in their blood, sometimes what comes with that is a natural instinct in terms of performing,' he said. Kristinia first caught attention singing on 'American Juniors,' the youth counterpart to 'American Idol.'

But way before Kristinia was born, the DeBarge musical tradition began in the 1970s. Her uncles, brothers Bobby and Tommy DeBarge of Grand Rapids, formed the band Switch with other musicians and moved to Los Angeles.

They were signed to Motown Records after being discovered by another musical sibling: Jermaine Jackson. Switch released five albums while at Motown; one single, (rumored to be about Bobby's romance with La Toya Jackson) was sampled for rapper Rich Boy's 2006 hit DeBarge siblings Eldra, Bunny, Mark, Randy and James -- Kristinia's father, and one-time husband of Janet Jackson -- followed their brothers as a band of their own. DeBarge released five albums on the Motown Records imprint Gordy; from the album of the same name, would be the group's biggest hit. Like Switch, newer artists sampling DeBarge's other singles would be the norm for this band as well. The list is long; among notables, became and was; was used for the and; Windsor native Tamia of And then, Kristinia's uncle Chico forged a career of his own. Although his solo career kicked off in 1986, a string of neo-soul albums in the 1990s and 2000s certified his place in R&B.

Chico DeBarge The Associated Press contributed to this report.