Melanie Fiona

Melanie Fiona (2011)

Melanie Fiona Hallim (born July 4, 1983 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a Canadian R&B singer.

biography

Fiona's parents immigrated to Canada from British Guiana and both were musicians themselves. Her father is a band guitarist and took her on stage when she was young. Until 2003 she was a member of the R&B trio Xquisite , which also included Andreena Mill and later MTV presenter Nicole Holness. With No Regrets , the group had their biggest hit in 2002.

Her solo career then took her time. She was discovered by Steve Rifkind in 2007 and signed by Universal. After that she had appearances with artists like Akon , who had also been discovered by Rifkind, and Robin Thicke and in 2008 she was in the opening act for Kanye West on his European tour, but without having published anything herself by then. In 2009 she recorded the remix single for Give It to Me Right with the Swiss rapper Stress . Further collaborations will follow.

Her debut single, Give It to Me Right, only appeared in Canada in spring 2009 . The song builds on the background of the hit Time of the Season by the zombies . It peaked at number 20 on the Canadian Billboard charts and shortly afterwards at number 57 on the R&B charts in the United States. The song was then released in Europe, where it also proved to be successful and reached the top 10 in Italy and Switzerland, among others . In July 2009 the debut album The Bridge was released . Fiona topped the Swiss charts for seven weeks with the single Monday Morning and in 2010 the song also reached the top 5 in Austria.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2009	The Bridge	DE35 (3 weeks) DE	-	CH3 gold (50 weeks)CH	-	US27 (27 weeks) US	First published: June 26, 2009
2012	The MF Life	-	-	CH23 (8 weeks) CH	-	US7 (15 weeks) US	First published: March 18, 2012

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2009	Give It to Me Right The Bridge	DE31 (9 weeks) DE	AT54 (2 weeks) AT	CH5 gold (27 weeks)CH	UK41 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 28, 2009
	It kills me the bridge	-	-	-	-	US43 (20 weeks) US	First published: July 22, 2009
	Monday Morning The Bridge	DE46 (12 weeks) DE	AT3 (25 weeks) AT	CH1 platinum (35 weeks)CH	-	-	First published: October 28, 2009
2010	Ay Yo The Bridge	-	-	CH62 (4 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: March 2010
2011	4 AM The MF Life	-	-	-	-	US81 gold (8 weeks)US	First published: September 6, 2011
2012	Change The Record The MF Life	-	-	CH35 (8 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: February 20, 2012 (feat. BoB )

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2010	Wake Up Everybody Wake Up!	-	-	CH62 (2 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: August 2nd, 2010 ( John Legend & The Roots featuring Melanie Fiona & Common )
2011	Let It Rain Third Strike	-	-	-	UK14 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 24th, 2011 ( Tinchy Stryder featuring Melanie Fiona)

swell

1. ↑ The Asthma Team  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Chart placement of Give It to Me Right at αCharts.us
3. ↑ Chart placements of Give It to Me Right in the US R&B charts
4. ↑ Monday Morning 1st place in Switzerland
5. ↑ Place 6 in Austria  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
7. ↑ ^{a b c} Awards for Music Sales: CH US

Web links

Commons : Melanie Fiona  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• official website (English).
• Melanie Fiona official website (German)
• Short presentation at WDR 2 ( Memento from March 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
• MySpace profile (Engl.)