Kreesha Turner

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Kreesha Turner
Birth name Kreesha Turner
Born TBA
Origin Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Genre(s) R&B
Pop
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Years active 2007–Present
Label(s) Capitol Records (2007–present)
Website Official Website

Kreesha Turner (born as Kreesha Turner) is a Canadian R&B and pop singer. She cites R&B acts like Erykah Badu, Jill Scott and D'Angelo, Hip-Hop acts including A Tribe Called Quest, Andre 3000 and Common and Rock acts like the Foo Fighters and Our Lady Peace as her inspirations.[1]

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[edit] Early Life

The oldest of three children born to a Canadian father and Jamaican mother, Kreesha was raised in Edmonton, Alberta. She can't remember a time when music wasn't part of her life. As young as six, Kreesha would dance in her bedroom to instrumentals by jazz icon Oscar Peterson. "I always had an inclination for jazz," she recalls. "As long as I can remember."

Over the years, Kreesha's musical tastes broadened and she fell in love with R&B acts like Erykah Badu, Jill Scott and D'Angelo, Hip-Hop acts including A Tribe Called Quest, Andre 3000 and Common and Rock acts like the Foo Fighters and Our Lady Peace. Kreesha expressed her love of music through dance and performed modern, tap, jazz, hip-hop and African. But it wasn't until 2000 that Kreesha took a voyage that would lead her to discover that she was blessed with another way of expressing herself.

"My mom wanted me to experience how she grew up and to learn about our Jamaican culture," Kreesha explains, "So she sent me to live in Jamaica for a year when I was 15." Kreesha quickly learned that singing is a big part of everyday life on the island, particularly at the Pentecostal church. Friends convinced her to try out for the youth choir. "I remember thinking, 'I can't do this, I can't sing!' especially because it was a solo audition." On the strength of her rendition of Canada's national anthem, she was accepted into the choir and began singing gospel songs at the Faith Temple Tabernacle for parishioners who couldn't help but take notice of her voice. It changed her life forever. "I always knew the power of music but I only knew how to express it through movement. But when I started singing in my church choir, for the first time I was the one creating music," Kreesha recalls. "I was the one standing there singing and seeing the energy and emotion pouring out of the people. I fell in love with singing."[2]

[edit] Music

Kreesha released her first single "Simple" to the Canadian iTunes store on November 13, 2007 but the single did not create any success for the young singer. Her first official video was for her second single "Bounce With Me" which was released to iTunes on December 4, 2007, the single was eventually used as "The Free Song of the Week" on iTunes and was permanently free. The single became her first charting song and peaked at number 53 on the Canadian Hot 100. Her third single was released to radio in April 2008 and on iTunes May 20, 2008. It has made it into the top 10 of Canadian iTunes and recently made a huge leap on the Canadian Hot 100 from 41-8[3], making Don't Call Me Baby her first Canadian Top 10 single.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • 2008: Passion

[edit] Singles

Year Title Chart Positions[4] Album
CAN U.S.
2007 "Simple" — — Passion
"Bounce With Me" 53 —
2008 "Don't Call Me Baby" 8 —

[edit] References

  1. ^ MuchMusic.com - Kreesha Turner Biography
  2. ^ MuchMusic.com - More Biography
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ Acharts.us - Peak Positons

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