She went on to tour with Kanye West in his Glow in the Dark Tour. Entrepreneur Steve Rifkind discovered and signed Fiona to SRC Records and Universal Motown in 2007. Fiona also recorded the reggae song "Somebody Come Get Me" under the stage name Syren Hall, which was included in the Reggae Gold 2008 compilation album. That was something that I didn't want to do." She went on to co-write songs for recording artists Rihanna and Kardinal Offishall. According to Fiona, record labels "loved" the way she looked and sung, but "knew that the minute I worked with them or would have signed with them, they would have tried to change me into someone else completely different. In 2005, Fiona traveled to Los Angeles, California, in search of a recording contract. Early in her career, she would perform at nightclubs in Toronto. In 2002, Fiona was briefly involved with girl group X-Quisite. The Break Down The Walls Songfacts reports Fiona told Billboard magazine that her goal with The MF Life was to give an "honest" depiction of her life and how things have changed from her debut set, The Bridge. Her second album, The MF Life, was released through the SRC Records and Universal Republic on Maafter several delays. The song earned Fiona a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. The second single, "It Kills Me", became her breakout song on the Billboard Hot 100 where it cracked the Top 50, along with hitting #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The debut single "Give It to Me Right" was released to radio stations on February 28, 2009, and peaked at #20 on Billboard's Canadian Hot 100 and #41 on the UK Singles Chart. She worked on the album with Future Cut, Vada Nobles, Stereotypes, J. Her debut album The Bridge was released in the summer of 2009. Fiona was featured on Reggae Gold 2008 with the Supa Dups-produced "Somebody Come Get Me". Her father was a guitarist in a band and would allow her to sit on the stage when she was younger as he practiced, and remembers her mother playing music at home everything from The Ronettes to Whitney Houston. Living in a music filled household, Fiona says she always knew music was her passion. ![]() She was born to Guyanese immigrant parents (mixed with black, Indian, and Portuguese ethnicities) and grew up in the inner city of Toronto. Retrieved February 6, 2020.Melanie Fiona Hallim (born July 4, 1983) is a Grammy winning Canadian R&B singer-songwriter from Toronto, Ontario. ![]() ^ "Classifiche annuali dei cd, dvd, compilation più venduti e digital download più scaricati online nel 2009" (in Italian).^ "Melanie Fiona Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)".^ "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40".^ "Melanie Fiona: Artist Chart History".^ " Melanie Fiona – Give It to Me Right".^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100".^ "Melanie Fiona Chart History (Greece Digital Song Sales)".^ " Melanie Fiona – Give It to Me Right" (in German).^ "Melanie Fiona Chart History (Canada Hot AC)". So give it to me right, Or dont give it to me at all I dont think you understand, How real it is for me to find A man who thinks he can So give it to me right, Or dont give it to me at all yeah yeah On time, on time I expect you to be Oh my, oh my Baby in my fantasy You cant get it right, Then just forget it No ways ok For you to go around.^ "Melanie Fiona Chart History (Canada CHR/Top 40)".^ "Melanie Fiona Chart History (Canada AC)". Melanie Fiona - Give it to Me Right (Letra e msica para ouvir) - Okay okay hes got my number and / You cant, you cant warn me baby here I am / Either.^ "Melanie Fiona Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". ![]() The music video for "Give It to Me Right" ranked at number 74 on BET's Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2009 countdown.Ĭharts Weekly charts Chart (2009) It samples the 1969 hit " Time of the Season" by the Zombies. Written and produced by Andrea Martin and Rod Argent, the track was sent to radio outlets as the album's lead single on February 28, 2009. ![]() " Give It to Me Right" is a song by Canadian R&B singer Melanie Fiona from her debut album, The Bridge (2009).
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