Daniel "Danny" Fernandes (born September 16, 1985) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. He was signed to

CP Records CP Music Group is a collaborative music label and management team for a roster of artists, songwriters and producers. It co-founded in 2002 as Capital Prophets Records by Lebanese-Canadian entrepreneur Wassim "SAL" Slaiby and Palestinian-Canadian ...

from 2008 until January 2014.

Personal life

Danny Fernandes is of

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descent. He has a younger brother named Jonathan and they are both the younger brothers of Canadian artist

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(born Shawn Fernandes). He also is a cousin to another Canadian singer

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, who signed to Danny's former record label CP records.

Career

At 16, Danny Fernandes won two consecutive Rising Star awards in the annual CNE dance contest held at Cherrytree Public School located in

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, Ontario, near Toronto. He became the youngest member of the

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' famed Dance Pak and began to appear regularly as a backup dancer in music videos.Danny Fernandes
. Maple Music. Retrieved December 6, 2011. After graduating from High School, Danny started playing showcases at clubs in Europe (Germany,

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, and

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), Fernandes signed with the Canadian

(Capital Prophet Records) and released his debut album ''

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''. Danny went out on tour across Canada as the opening act for

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and

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. On October 14, 2008,

released "Curious", featuring

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, the first of four singles from ''Intro''. "Curious" was followed by "Private Dancer", featuring

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; "Never Again"; and "Fantasy", the most successful of the four, peaking at Number 25 on the Canadian Hot 100 and spending 14 weeks on Canadian radio. Fernandes was also a judge on the TV show ''

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'' alongside

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. Fernandes's second album, '' AutomaticLUV'', was released by CP Records on November 2, 2010, with the first single called "Automatic" featuring Belly. The second single off the album was called "Take Me Away" and the third "Hit Me Up" which once again featured Belly and

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from the Canadian band

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. The single reached Number 22 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 charts and the video single reached Number 1 on the

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. He released his third studio album, ''

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'' on August 27, 2013 on CP Records. The album was preceded by the singles " Fly Again (Broken Wings)" and "Come Back Down" the video single reached No. 1 on the

. Since the release of his third album, Fernandes has still continued to work on new music. In 2015, he released a single called "Gogo" featuring

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. In 2016, he released a collaborative single with Tom-E called "Dear Life" featuring

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. The single was certified Gold by

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Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Featured singles

Tours

*2008/2009:

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(Danny Fernandes opening act) *2009: Fantasy Tour *2010: SodaPOP 2010:

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(Danny Fernandes opening act) *2010: AutomaticLuv Tour with

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*2016: Dear Life Asia Tour

Awards / Nominations

*At the

2009 MuchMusic Video Awards The 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards were held in Toronto, Ontario at MuchMusic's headquarters on June 21, 2009. Along with the MuchMusic VJ's, on April 16, 2009, it was confirmed on the MuchMusic website that the Jonas Brothers would co-host the show ...

on June 21, 2009, Danny Fernandes won the Best Canadian Pop Video of the Year for ''Private Dancer'' directed by Ren, produced by Renaud Stanton Dupré through The Field Inc. production company. *In April–May 2009, he had also been nominated to People's Choice: Favourite New Canadian Artist/Group category and his single "Fantasy" was nominated for People's Choice: Favourite Canadian Video category in the vote leading to 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards. *He was nominated for a Juno at the 2010 Juno Awards in the Best New Canadian Artist category. *In 2010 he won Favourite Pop Canadian Artist at the Canadian Indie Awards. *In 2011 Mike Portoghese – Post-Production/Director, along with Producer: Bruce Carson, Rory Halsall, and Production Company: The NE Inc., won "Best Post Production of the Year" at the

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's for ''Automatic''MMVA 2011 nominees
. muchmusic.com. Retrieved July 6, 2011 *In 2012 Marc André Debruyne – Director, along with Production Company: The NE Inc., won "Director of the Year" at the

's for ''Hit Me Up'' feat. Josh Ramsay & Belly

References

External links

Danny Fernandes Official Website
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandes, Danny 1985 births Living people 21st-century Canadian male singers Canadian contemporary R&B singers Canadian male dancers Canadian male singer-songwriters Canadian people of Portuguese descent Canadian pop singers Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year winners Juno Award for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year winners Musicians from Toronto