X-Quisite

X-Quisite was an R&B Canadian girl group. The trio made up of Nicole Holness, Melanie Fiona Hallim, Andreena Mill and later in 2003 new member, Nirvana Savoury was signed to Warner Music (Canada) soon after the group was established in 2002.^[1] The group released their self-titled debut studio album X-Quisite in 2003. In 2004, Juno Awards, an equivalent of Canadian Grammies, the band was nominated as one of five finalists for "R&B/Soul Recording of the Year" for the album X-Quisite. The group had a number of singles from the album, notably "Bad Girl" and "No Regrets" The group disbanded in 2005, with all three members moving on to having solo music careers.

After break-up

Nicole Holness

Nicole Holness in MTV Live (2008)

Nicole Holness (born April 13, 1984 in Toronto, Ontario) became a television host as one of the original seven co-hosts of MTV Canada and their flagship series MTV Live. On March 1, 2011, she released her debut solo album Unreleased. The album was preceded by her debut single, "Epic" (May 5, 2009) and "Pop Yo Bottles" (June 29, 2010). She has also been a model in several Canadian national print advertisement campaigns.

Melanie Fiona Hallim

Melanie Fiona Hallim (born July 4, 1983 in Toronto, Ontario)^[2] with Guyanese immigrant parents,^[3][4] of mixed African, Indian, and Portuguese descent.^[2] followed a very lucrative musical career. After a brief period in another group called The Renaissance with rapper Drake, and recorded a reggae song "Somebody Come Get Me" under the stage name Syren Hall. The song was included in the Reggae Gold 2008 compilation album.^[5]

She went solo with her debut album The Bridge released in 2009, having collaborated with Future Cut, Vada Nobles, Stereotypes, J. Phoenix and Peter Wade Keusch. The debut single "Give It to Me Right" (February 28, 2009) was a hit on Canadian Hot 100 chart and reached number 41 on the UK Singles Chart.^[6] The second single, "It Kills Me", became her breakout song on the Billboard Hot 100 where it entered the Top 50, along with topping the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The song earned her a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. The song "Monday Morning" is her biggest hit in Europe to date. The Bridge also earned her a NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding New Artist. In 2012, Hallim won two Grammy Awards for Best Traditional R&B Performance and Best R&B Song for the song "Fool for You" with Cee Lo Green. In 2011, Hallim began recording her second studio album The MF Life. She has co-written songs for recording artists Rihanna and Kardinal Offishall,^[1] working with, amongst others, super producer Mike City.^[7]

Nirvana Savoury

Nirvana Savoury quit music for a while after her brother died in 2008. He had been suffering for many years of Ataxia telangiectasia. She also came out some time later as a lesbian. She has made a comeback in the 2010s, with release of a single "Lipstick Lover" in 2011 in addition to a dance mixtape version with Jester and Kid Kut from Toronto. The mixtape also contains three original tracks, "Ambulance", "Flavors" and "Throb". Savoury also appeared in Karl Wolf's 2012 album Finally Free with the track "Tell Me" featuring Nirvana Savoury. She is working on a solo album for release in 2013.^[8]

Discography

Albums

• 2003: X-Quisite

Tracklist

1. "Colors" (1:00)
2. "Sassy Thang" (4:10)
3. "Bad Girl" (3:36)
4. "Don't Say" (2:58)
5. "No Regrets" (3:22)
6. "How We Swing" (featuring Skitz) (3:31)
7. "Best Friends" (featuring Zoë) (3:47)
8. "Who’s the Man" (3:32)
9. "Showing Love" (4:20)
10. "Why You Do" (3:42)
11. "Ex-Girlfriend" (3:13)
12. "Foolio" (1:13)
13. "Through the Week" (5:21)
14. "Bad Girl" (Remix featuring Bigz)
15. "No Regrets" (Dance Remix) (4:30)
16. "Don’t Say" (Slow Jam Remix (2:57)
17. "No Regrets" (Remix featuring Ish) (3:26)

Singles

• "Bad Girl" (2004) (also appeared on Now! 9 Canadian series)
• "No Regrets"

References

External links

• X-Quisite at Last.fm