Melanie Fiona
Offering a throwback sound to complement her rich voice, Melanie Fiona is a Grammy-winning R&B artist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Born Melanie Hall, the singer grew up in inner-city Toronto to Guyanese parents. Fiona developed a passion for music at an early age, influenced by groups and artists such as the Ronettes and Whitney Houston. Though she has been active as a performer since 2002 -- she was a member of the groups X-Quisite and the Renaissance, the latter of which featured Drake -- her first recording didn't arrive until 2008. "Somebody Come Get Me," a reggae single issued under the alias Syren Hall on the Black Chiney label, was featured on the Reggae Gold 2008 compilation, and it helped her get signed to Universal Motown. The same year, she was an opening act on Kanye West's European tour, which was especially notable because she had yet to release an album.
In 2009, Fiona released her debut single, "Give It to Me Right," which sampled "Time of the Season" by the Zombies years before Miguel referred to it. Fiona's melismatic and dynamic vocal propelled the single to the Top 20 on the Canadian Hot 100, in addition to a placement on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart. Her debut album, The Bridge, was released in May 2009, and went Top Five R&B/Hip-Hop. Its greatest success was the follow-up to "Give It to Me Right," "It Kills Me," which topped the R&B chart and earned Fiona her first Grammy nomination. Subsequent collaborations included a featured role on John Legend and the Roots' update of "Wake Up Everybody" (which was nominated for a Grammy) and a co-written duet with Cee Lo Green, "Fool for You" (which was nominated for two Grammy Awards and won one of them). Fiona's second album, The MF Life, was released in March 2012. It debuted in the Top Ten of the Billboard 200, highlighted by the RIAA-certified gold single "4 AM," one of the era's best ballads. "Gone and Never Coming Back," another song of heartache, won a Juno Award. Her third album, Awake, was scheduled for 2015.
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Discography
16 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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The Bridge (Acoustic EP)
R&B - Released by SRC Records on 22 Jun 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Give It To Me Right (Int'l 2Trk)
Pop - Released by SRC Records on 1 Jan 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Monday Morning (Int'l Maxi)
Pop - Released by SRC Records on 1 Jan 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Fool for You
R&B - Released by Radiculture - Elektra on 19 Jul 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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The MF Life (Deluxe Version)
R&B - Released by SRC Records on 1 Jan 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Don't Explain
Soul - Released by Ghetto Youths International on 18 Mar 2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Remember U
Soul - Released by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC on 22 Sep 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Natural (Bass & Bars Edition)
R&B - Released by Bass & Bars Records on 19 Sep 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Give It To Me Right (Int'l Maxi)
R&B - Released by SRC Records on 1 Jan 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bite The Bullet
R&B - Released by BMG Rights Management on 12 May 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
It Kills Me (The Remixes)
R&B - Released by SRC Records on 18 Aug 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
La Vie En Rose (Melanie Fiona Rosato Mix)
Pop - Released by SRC Records on 1 Jan 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
It Kills Me (Ghostface Remix)
R&B - Released by SRC Records on 18 Aug 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
It Kills Me (Mike D. Remix)
R&B - Released by SRC Records on 18 Aug 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
It Kills Me (E. London Mega Mix)
R&B - Released by SRC Records on 18 Aug 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo