Melissa Steel
| Melissa Steel | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Melissa Steel |
| Also known as | Melissa |
| Born | 6 July 1993 |
| Origin | Bradford, England, United Kingdom |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Labels | Atlantic Records |
| Associated acts | Kove, Blonde, Krishane, Popcaan, Wretch 32 |
Melissa Steel is a British reggae and pop singer from Bradford, England.[1] She is best known for featuring on Blonde's hit single "I Loved You".
Career
Background
Steel attended Tong High School at the same time as Zayn Malik, and they used to send each other songs they'd sung over MSN.[2]
2014–present: Breakthrough
In July 2014 she featured on Kove's single "Way We Are", the single was released on 13 July 2014. The song entered at number thirty on the UK Singles Chart.[3] On 27 July 2014, she released her debut single "Kisses for Breakfast", featuring Jamaican dancehall artist Popcaan. The single peaked at number ten on the UK Singles Chart on 3 August 2014 ― for the week ending dated 9 August 2014 ― becoming Steel's first top ten entry on the chart.[4] She features on Krishane's debut single "Drunk and Incapable", which was released on 12 October 2014 and peaked at number 27 on the UK Singles Chart. In December, Steel featured on Blonde's single "I Loved You", which entered the UK chart at number 7.
Personal life
Steel is in a relationship with record producer Diztortion. Their son, Jevani, was born on 23 April 2017.[5]
Discography
Singles
As lead artist
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [6] |
SCO [7] | |||
| 2014 | "Kisses for Breakfast" (featuring Popcaan) |
10 | 15 | N/A |
| 2015 | "You Love Me?" (featuring Wretch 32)[8] |
— | — | |
As featured artist
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [6] |
UK Dance [9] |
AUT [10] |
BEL [11] |
GER [12] |
SCO [7] |
SWI [13] | |||||||||||
| 2014 | "Way We Are" (Kove featuring Melissa Steel) |
30 | 7 | — | 66 | — | 38 | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||
| "Drunk and Incapable" (Krishane featuring Melissa Steel) |
27 | — | — | — | — | 33 | — | ||||||||||
| "I Loved You" (Blonde featuring Melissa Steel) |
7 | 5 | 60 | 31 | 25 | 10 | 56 | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "This Week's Fresh Music Top 20". 1 August 2014. 4Music. Missing or empty
|series=(help) - ↑ "The Awesome Afternoon Hitlist". 13 August 2014. 4Music. Missing or empty
|series=(help) - ↑ Rixton celebrate debut Number 1 with matching tattoos!. Official Charts Company. Officialcharts.com/
- ↑ Magic! on course for first UK Number 1 single with Rude. Official Charts Company. Officialcharts.com/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MelissaSteel/status/856103859042881536
- 1 2 "Melissa Steel > UK Charts". Officialcharts.com/. Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26.
- 1 2 Peak positions for singles in Scotland:
- For "Way We Are": "Chart Archive > 20 July 2014 - 26 July 2014". Official Charts Company.
- For "Kisses for Breakfast": "Chart Archive > 03 August 2014 - 09 August 2014". Official Charts Company.
- For: "Drunk and Incapable": "Chart Archive > 19 October 2014 - 25 October 2014". Official Charts Company.
- For "I Loved You": "Chart Archive > 07 December 2014 - 13 December 2014". Official Charts Company.
- ↑ http://www.capitalxtra.com/artists/wretch-32/music/melissa-steel-you-love-me/. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Peak positions for Dance singles in the UK:
- For "Way We Are": "Chart Archive > 20 July 2014 - 26 July 2014". Official Charts Company.
- ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Melissa Steel". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Melissa Steel". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Melissa Steel". German Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Melissa Steel". Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
