Keshia Chanté
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| Birth name | Keshia Harper | |
| Born | June 28, 1988 (age 18) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
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| Genre(s) | Pop / R&B | |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals | |
| Years active | 2003-Present | |
| Website | keshiachante.ca | |
Keshia Chanté (born as Keshia Harper on June 28, 1988) is a Canadian Pop/R&B singer. She has released two albums, and was nominated for two awards at the 2005 Juno Awards. She cites Beyoncé Knowles, Christina Aguilera and Tupac Shakur among her influences and currently resides in Toronto & New York.
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[edit] Biography
Harper was born in Ottawa,Ontario. She is of Trinidadian and Portuguese descent. She attended St Peter Catholic High School in Orleans, Ontario before moving to Brampton, Ontario, where she attended Fletcher's Meadow Secondary School.
Her first single "Shook (The Answer)" appeared in early 2003. The song broke into the Top 10 on Canadian music charts and won an Urban Music Award for "Best Pop/R&B Single".
For the follow-up, "Unpredictable," she released her first video, which hit number one on YTV and the top ten on MuchMusic. In November 2003, it went gold by selling 50,000 copies. In 2003, she won the Canadian Radio Music Award for "Best New Solo Artist".
In early May of 2004, Harper's third single, "Bad Boy", was released. It was also successful, breaking the Top Ten. Her self-titled debut album was released June 22, 2004. On December 3rd, it officially went gold. It contained her previous singles, as well her fourth "Let the Music Take You". In October of 2004, at the Canadian Urban Music Awards Harper swept her three nominations, winning awards for "Best New Artist", "Video of the Year" (for Bad Boy), and the "Fans' Choice Award". The month after that, she conducted an interview for BET's Rated Next, which was her first significant appearance on the American media. For Christmas in 2004, she released a cover version of Wham!'s song "Last Christmas".
On January 10, 2005, Harper performed at the Canada for Asia benefit concert for tsunami relief after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. She also released her fifth single, "Does He Love Me?" which features Foxy Brown. Her sixth single, "Ring The Alarm," was produced by Philadelphia's Matrax Productions. She was nominated for two awards at the 2005 Juno Awards in the categories of "Best New Artist" and "R&B/Soul Recording of the Year".
Her sophomore album was released on December 5th, 2006 in her native Canada. The first single, "Been Gone", produced by Philadelphia's Matrax Productions, was released in July. On August 24, Keshia shot her video for her new single "Been Gone".Her second single, "2U, was released in early November. 2U's video was shot on October 22nd, and was released on Yahoo Music Canada on November 16th.
In the 2006 Bow Wow video, "Shortie Like Mine", Chris Brown searches for Keshia Chante on his laptop. They send messages back and forth throughout the video.
[edit] Awards
- 2003 Urban Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single for "Shook (The Answer)"
- 2003 Canadian Radio Music Award for Best New Artist
- 2004 Canadian Urban Music Award for Best New Artist
- 2004 Canadian Urban Music Award for Video of the Year for Bad Boy
- 2004 Canadian Urban Music Award Fans Choice Award
- 2005 JUNO Award for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year
- 2005 Canadian Urban Music Award for Video of the Year for Does He Love Me
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Canadian
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| August 2003 | Shook (The Answer) | |
| November 2003 | Unpredictable | |
| March 2004 | Bad Boy | |
| June 2004 | Does He Love Me? (ft. Foxy Brown) | |
| September 2004 | Let The Music Take You | |
| November 2005 | Come Fly With Me (Promo Only) | |
| March 2006 | Ring The Alarm (Promo Only) | |
| July 2006 | Been Gone | |
| November 2006 | 2U |
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[edit] Discography
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