Melanie Fiona Hallim was born on July 4,1983 and is a Canadian singer and songwriter.
26 Facts About Melanie Fiona
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Melanie Fiona went on to be part of The Renaissance, and under the name Syren Hall, recorded some reggae songs.
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Melanie Fiona Hallim was born on July 4,1983, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Melanie Fiona is the daughter and second child of Guyanese immigrant parents, who immigrated to Canada in the late 1970s.
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Melanie Fiona's parents are of Afro-Guyanese, Indo-Guyanese, and Portuguese descent.
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Melanie Fiona's father was a janitor before working in finance, and her mother worked in banking.
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Melanie Fiona's father was a guitarist in a band and would allow her to sit on the stage when she was younger as he would play.
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In 2002, Melanie Fiona was part of a girl group called X-Quisite alongside Nicole Holness and Nirvana Savoury.
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Melanie Fiona was in a group called The Renaissance with rapper Drake.
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In 2005, Melanie Fiona traveled to Los Angeles, in search of a recording contract.
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Melanie Fiona recorded the reggae song "Somebody Come Get Me" under the stage name Syren Hall, which was included in the Reggae Gold 2008 compilation album.
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Melanie Fiona went on to tour with Kanye West in his Glow in the Dark Tour Prior to completing her debut album, Fiona met with recording artist Jay-Z and his friend Tyty.
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Melanie Fiona played them some of her music and was then signed to be managed by Roc Nation.
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Melanie Fiona released her debut album, The Bridge, in June 2009, which has sold 248,000 copies in the United States.
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Melanie Fiona participated in "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" to benefit after the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
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Melanie Fiona began touring with Alicia Keys as an opening act on The Freedom Tour in 2010.
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Melanie Fiona was put on the top 100 charts for her song "it kills me" and "4am".
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Later on that year Melanie Fiona released her second single, "4 AM" was sent to urban stations on August 30,2011.
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Melanie Fiona and songwriter Jared Cotter have a son born on 14 March 2016.
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Melanie Fiona cites Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Christina Aguilera, Sam Cooke, Sade, Amy Winehouse, India.
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Melanie Fiona cited Janet Jackson's career as inspirational, who she called an icon.
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Melanie Fiona called Lauryn Hill's The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill the album that changed her perspective, calling it an "amazing body of work".
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Melanie Fiona's father was a guitarist in a band, while her mother would sing around the house.
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Melanie Fiona explained that "[m]y parents were big music lovers and played soul music all the time", who would play The Supremes, The Ronettes and Cooke, as well as Caribbean music like soca, calypso and reggae.
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Melanie Fiona stated that she attempts to "keep [the songs] as universal as possible, unless I am writing about something very personal, even then the themes are universal".
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Melanie Fiona has received comparisons to Amy Winehouse, Lauryn Hill, Macy Gray, Chrisette Michele, Marsha Ambrosius and Jill Scott.