Elissa (Canadian singer)
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Elissa is a Canadian dance music singer and record producer from Toronto, Ontario. First active in 1996 with the freestyle single, "Show Me How You Love Me", Elissa gained success with the song "Mamboleo" in 1999, which charted #6 in Canada, and earned her a Canadian Music Radio Award nomination. In 2001, "Back to Me" became a #1 hit in Brazil, and in 2002, "The Light" won a Canadian Indies Award and a nomination for a Canadian Juno Award. She is currently promoting a new single, "Truth", for the US market.[1]
"Mamboleo" gained some exposure on the Internet after it was used in an anime music video ("Odorikuruu") by Ontario-based Jay R. Locke in 2001; it has also been released in a Dancemania compilation.
In 2002, her single "The Light" won a Canadian Indies Award and a nomination for a Canadian Juno Award in the Best Dance Recording Category.
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