Madi Anne Davis (born January 23, 1999) is an American singer-songwriter, who was a contestant on
NBC
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's
''The Voice''. She was a semi-finalist
season nine
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and the longest-standing member of team
Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (; born April 5, 1973) is an American record producer, rapper, singer, and songwriter. Alongside close colleague Chad Hugo, he formed the hip hop and R&B production duo the Neptunes in the early 1990s, with whom he ...
. Her song, "
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" is a song written, recorded and performed by American musician Robert Hazard, who released it as a Single (music), single in 1979. It is best known for the version of American singer Cyndi Lauper, who covered the s ...
", performed on the show, charted on the
''Billboard'' magazine Hot 100
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chart.
Early and personal life
Madi Anne Davis was born on January 23,
1999,
in
McKinney
McKinney is a city in and the county seat of Collin County, Texas. It is Collin County's third-largest city, after Plano, Texas, Plano and Frisco, Texas, Frisco. A suburb of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, McKinney is about north of Dallas.
...
,
Texas
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.
Music career
''The Voice'' (Jun-Dec 2015)
Her music career started in 2015, with her appearance on
season nine
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of
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an Television in the United States, American English-language Commercial broadcasting, commercial television network, broadcast television and radio network. The flagship property of the NBC Enterta ...
's
''The Voice'', where she got a two chair turn during the auditions, when she chose to be part of
Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (; born April 5, 1973) is an American record producer, rapper, singer, and songwriter. Alongside close colleague Chad Hugo, he formed the hip hop and R&B production duo the Neptunes in the early 1990s, with whom he ...
's team on the show.
Her rendition, "
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" is a song written, recorded and performed by American musician Robert Hazard, who released it as a Single (music), single in 1979. It is best known for the version of American singer Cyndi Lauper, who covered the s ...
", charted on the
''Billboard'' magazine Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), radio play, and online streaming ...
chart, at No. 98.
: – Studio version of performance reached the top 10 on iTunes
References
External links
Madi Davis ''The Voice'' artist profileDavis Webpage www.madiannedavis.com''Madi Davis ''Madi Davis Twitter''
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1999 births
Living people
Republic Records artists
Songwriters from Texas
Singers from Texas
The Voice (franchise) contestants
People from McKinney, Texas
21st-century American singers