Lisa Lavie (surname pronounced ''lah-'') is a Canadian singer and songwriter originally from LaSalle, Quebec, Canada.

Background

Lavie's early musical influences included her older brothers, hip hop dancer Michael and disk jockey Danny. At age 16 Lavie toured Canada as a

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with the French-Canadian hip hop group

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, after which she recorded her own demo CD. Lavie's demo CD reached the same producer who had co-written Mariah Carey's first album, and Lavie accepted his invitation to move to California to work with him.

Career

In 2006, Lavie's vocals were included on the soundtracks of the motion pictures ''

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'' and ''

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.'' In 2007, Lavie became one of the earliest to use the Internet to reach fans and arouse interest of record labels. By October her music video "Angel" was featured on YouTube's

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and became a finalist in the 2007

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music category. Lavie was listed as singer-songwriter in her first album, ''Everything or Nothing,'' which was released under an independent record label. In February 2010, Lavie produced and performed in the charity collaboration video " We Are the World 25 for Haiti (YouTube edition)" for relief of victims of the

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. Journalist

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named the video's contributors

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' "Persons of the Week." Since 2010 Lavie has been a vocalist of contemporary instrumentalist

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on his tours, contributing vocal tracks to Yanni's 2012 live-concert CD/DVD and PBS special, '' Yanni Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico.'' In autumn 2014, Lavie joined the Eastern touring group of

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as a vocalist. Lavie was one of seven singers and musicians who were invited to participate in CBC Music's October 2014 Songcamp. Lavie performed in Yanni's October 2015 '' The Dream Concert: Live from the Great Pyramids of Egypt'' and in the resulting 2016 CD/DVD and PBS special. On March 21, 2017, Lavie released her second album ''Lisa Lavie'' which debuted at No. 25 on the R&B Billboard album charts.

Background

Career

Discography

Studio albums

Performances on others' albums or programs

References and notes

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