Marika (also spelled MARIKA) is a Canadian recording artist, singer, songwriter, actor, and
TV show host
A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces, hosts television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. Nowadays, it is common for people who garner ...
. MARIKA has had two
top 40 radio
Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format that is common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by ...
singles in Canada, as well as songs placed with
Elise Estrada
Elise Estrada (born July 30, 1987) is a Filipino-Canadian pop singer-songwriter. She is known for her hit singles such as " Insatiable", "One Last Time" and "Lipstick" which were released in Canada.
She is signed to Universal Music Canada's XO ...
, Elin
Universal Music Group
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Germany, and Korea's
Lee Hyori
Lee Hyo-ri (; born May 10, 1979) is a South Korean singer, record producer, activist, actress and television presenter. Dubbed as the "Nation's Fairy" during her ''Family Outing'' days, she debuted as a member of South Korean girl group Fin.K.L ...
with "My Life"
M-NET
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and
Kim Bo Kyung. She also has songs placed on several seasons of
America's Next Top Model
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,
MTV
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and her single "ANGEL" was featured on the
Lifetime network's original movie ''
Sins of the Mother''. MARIKA performed back in
Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat is a city in Southern Alberta, southeast Alberta, Canada. It is located along the South Saskatchewan River. It is approximately east of Lethbridge and southeast of Calgary. This city and the adjacent Town of Redcliff, Alberta, ...
for the
2010 Winter Olympics
)''
, nations = 82
, athletes = 2,626
, events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, opening = February 12, 2010
, closing = February 28, 2010
, opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean
, cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...
Torch relay where she shared the stage with County Superstar
Terri Clark
Terri Lynn Sauson, known professionally as Terri Clark, born August 5, 1968, is a Canadian country music singer who has had success in both Canada and the United States. Signed to Mercury Records in 1995, she released her self-titled debut that ...
. The pair were chosen to perform because of their Medicine Hat roots. MARIKA was also recognized as Virgin 95.3
CKZZ-FM
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Best of BC artist as a result of her single release in 2011 – "
Soldier
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Etymology
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". MARIKA released in 2004 an album called ''Untitled Chances'', followed by radio singles in 2006 and 2007 "
Christmas Came Early", "
You Know I Will", and "
Radio
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". "You Know I Will" got MARIKA nominated as best new artist in the Urban Category at the
Canadian Radio Music Awards
The Canadian Radio Music Awards were an annual series of awards presented by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters that was part of Canadian Music Week
Canadian Music Week (or CMW) is an industry conference and music festival held over ten ...
in 2007. Her album ''
Unstoppable
Unstoppable may refer to:
Film and television
* Unstoppable (2004 film), ''Unstoppable'' (2004 film), an American film directed by David Carson
* ''Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis'', a 2005 America ...
'' released in 2013 won the
GMA Covenant awards Pop album of the Year, and she also recently was a featured singer on the new
Hallmark
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TV channel's original series ''
Signed, Sealed, Delivered'' which was executive produced by
Martha Williamson
Martha Williamson is a television producer, best known as the head writer and executive producer of the long-running hit CBS television series ''Touched by an Angel''.
Martha began her career in television working on musical variety progra ...
who wrote and produced ''
Touched by an Angel
''Touched by an Angel'' is an American fantasy drama television series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994, and ran for 211 episodes over nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and executive produced b ...
''. She also shared the stage with
Grammy
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and
Dove
Columbidae () is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons. It is the only family in the order Columbiformes. These are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills that in some species feature fleshy ceres. They primarily ...
award winners
Michael W. Smith
Michael Whitaker Smith (born October 7, 1957) is an American musician who has charted in both contemporary Christian and mainstream charts. His biggest success in mainstream music was in 1991 when " Place in This World" hit No. 6 on the '' ...
,
Steven Curtis Chapman
Steven Curtis Chapman (born November 21, 1962) is an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, author, and social activist.
Chapman began his career in the late 1980s as a songwriter and performer of conte ...
, and
Juno
Juno commonly refers to:
*Juno (mythology), the Roman goddess of marriage and queen of the gods
*Juno (film), ''Juno'' (film), 2007
Juno may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media Fictional characters
*Juno, in the film ''Jenny, Juno''
*Ju ...
award winner
Brian Doerksen
Brian Robert Doerksen is a Canadian Contemporary Christian music, Christian singer-songwriter and worship leader from Abbotsford, British Columbia.
Early life
Doerksen was a member at a local Mennonite Brethren church in British Columbia and gr ...
on their one time only
United Tour. In December 2013, she wrote "
This Christmas Time" produced by
604 Records
604 Records (stylized as VIOIV Records) is a music production company. It is named after area code 604 of the Lower Mainland, where the company's offices are located.
History
The company was co-founded by Nickelback lead singer Chad Kroeger and ...
producer
Colin Janz, which was released to radio across Canada and parts of the US and garnered national airplay. Marika was born in
San Fernando
San Fernando may refer to:
People
*Ferdinand III of Castile (c. 1200–1252), called ''San Fernando'' (Spanish) or ''Saint Ferdinand'', King of Castile, León, and Galicia
Places Argentina
*San Fernando de la Buena Vista, city of Greater Buenos ...
,
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is often referred to as the southernmos ...
, raised in England and
Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat is a city in Southern Alberta, southeast Alberta, Canada. It is located along the South Saskatchewan River. It is approximately east of Lethbridge and southeast of Calgary. This city and the adjacent Town of Redcliff, Alberta, ...
, Alberta. She currently resides in
Vancouver
Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...
, British Columbia.
References
Langley Advance Times
Light Magazine BC
Women of Excellence Award
TripleCord Photography94.5 Virgin Radio , Vancouver's #1 Hit Music Station''CBC News''. 16 January 2007
External links
* Marika Siewert
* CEO Emerton Records
Trinidad and Tobago emigrants to the United Kingdom
British emigrants to Canada
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Musicians from Vancouver
People from Medicine Hat
People from San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
Siewert, Marika
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