Melanie Fiona is a bright, young R&B artist and Kanye West protégé from Toronto Canada. Born Melanie Hall, the singer grew up in inner-city Toronto to Guayanese parents. Fiona developed a passion for music at an early age, influenced by groups and artists such as the Ronettes and Whitney Houston. It's no surprise, then, that she offers a throwback retro sound to complement her immaculate voice. Though she has been active in the music industry since 2002, her first recorded release came with Reggae Gold 2008, in the form of the track "Somebody Come Get Me." The track was instantly acclaimed as a highlight, as well as a fan favorite on the album, and it helped her get signed to Universal Motown. Fiona released her debut single, "Give It to Me Right,"
which samples "Time of the Season" by the Zombies. Fiona's melismatic and dynamic vocals propelled the single to the Top 20 on the Canadian Hot 100, in addition to charting on the ~Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart. Her debut album, The Bridge, was released in the fall of 2009, and was a Top 25 album on the Canadian Album Chart. The album which was spearheaded by Andrea Martin, and its lead single also charted in the U.K. and Italy. She is also known for being the opening act on Kanye West's European tour in 2008, which is notable because she hadn't even released an album at the time of the tour. I lknow everyone has had a ear for her single "kills me" which rated the charts on Billboard charts top 50 and touched hearts all around the world.
In 2011 we are expecting her new album "MF Life", Melanie says" “This sound is going to be definetely still soulful. But what I’m going to call it is stadium soul because I feel like, now that I’ve performed around the world, performed in small venues, large venues, I feel like the soul on this album is the graduation from the soul of the first album. So, it’s not as much retro but it’s got a very live sound with kind of like a Rock and Soul kind of thing. But it’s not Rock and Soul. It’s stadium Soul! I don’t know how to describe it. It’s like if you had an amazing drummer, keyboard player, guitar player and they just rocked out in an empty arena, that’s how this music sounds” this amazing artist is coming back with new music , check out her new single "Gone and never coming back"
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