Melanie Fiona

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Biography

Melanie Fiona Hallim (born July 4, 1983) is a Grammy winning Canadian R&B singer-songwriter from Toronto, Ontario. She was born to Guyanese immigrant parents (mixed with black, Indian, and Portuguese ethnicities) and grew up in the inner city of Toronto. Living in a music filled household, Fiona says she always knew music was her passion. Her father was a guitarist in a band and would allow her to sit on the stage when she was younger as he practiced, and remembers her mother playing music at home; everything from The Ronettes to Whitney Houston. Fiona was featured on Reggae Gold 2008 with the Supa Dups-produced "Somebody Come Get Me". Her debut album The Bridge was released in the summer of 2009. She worked on the album with Future Cut, Vada Nobles, Stereotypes, J. Phoenix, Peter Wade and Salaam Remi. The debut single "Give It to Me Right" was released to radio stations on February 28, 2009, and peaked at #20 on Billboard's Canadian Hot 100 and #41 on the UK Singles Chart. The second single, "It Kills Me", became her breakout song on the Billboard Hot 100 where it cracked the Top 50, along with hitting #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The song earned Fiona a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. Her second album, The MF Life, was released through the SRC Records and Universal Republic on March 20, 2012 after several delays. The Break Down The Walls Songfacts reports Fiona told Billboard magazine that her goal with The MF Life was to give an "honest" depiction of her life and how things have changed from her debut set, The Bridge. In 2002, Fiona was briefly involved with girl group X-Quisite. Early in her career, she would perform at nightclubs in Toronto. In 2005, Fiona traveled to Los Angeles, California, in search of a recording contract. According to Fiona, record labels "loved" the way she looked and sung, but "knew that the minute I worked with them or would have signed with them, they would have tried to change me into someone else completely different. That was something that I didn't want to do." She went on to co-write songs for recording artists Rihanna and Kardinal Offishall. Fiona also recorded the reggae song "Somebody Come Get Me" under the stage name Syren Hall, which was included in the Reggae Gold 2008 compilation album. Entrepreneur Steve Rifkind discovered and signed Fiona to SRC Records and Universal Motown in 2007. She went on to tour with Kanye West in his Glow in the Dark Tour.

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Year Formed 1983
Number of Albums 12
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R & B

Trivia

Who is a Grammy winning Canadian R&B singersongwriter from Toronto, Ontario?

Melanie Fiona Hallim

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What was the name of her debut album?

The Bridge

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When was The Bridge released?

summer of 2009

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When was her first single released?

February 28, 2009

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What was her second single called?

It Kills Me

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What year was Melanie Fiona Hallim born?

1983

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2002

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What was the name of the rapper that Fionna was a part of?

Drake

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When was her debut solo album The Bridge released?

2009

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Where did Give It To Me Right rank on the UK Singles Chart?

41

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How many Grammy Awards did Fionea win in 2012?

two

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Who was the song Fool For You sung with?

CeeLo Green

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When was Melanie Fiona Hallim born?

July 4, 1983

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Who released her debut single in 2009?

Give It to Me Right

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What was the name of the second album released in 2012?

The MF Life

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In what year was The MF Life released?

2012

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What city was Melanie Fiona Hallim raised in?

Toronto

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What did her mother do?

banking

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When did she begin writing her own songs?

16

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Who helped Melanie explore her creative side with different types of producers and different genres?

her manager

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Melanie went to Los Angeles in search of a what?

recording contract

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What did people call me after hearing me?

Syren

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What kind of quality does this album have?

unique

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Who played everything from The Ronettes to Whitney Houston around the house as I grew up?

My mother

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What was the name of the songwriter that would prove seminal for The Bridge?

Andrea Martin

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Where was Melanie born and brought up?

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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What was the name of Melanie's song?

Fool for You

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How old was Melanie Fiona when she began her career in music?

19

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What label did XQuisite belong to?

Warner Music Canada

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Melanie was a member of what group with rapper Drake?

The Renaissance

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What is the age at which Melanie fiona earned most of her net worth?

37

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