Melanie Durrant (born in
Toronto) is a
Canadian urban contemporary-style singer. She attended the Arts program at
Earl Haig Secondary School and also trained at
the Royal Conservatory of Music. Melanie Durrant has received multiple accolades throughout her career. She was nominated in several categories at the 2004
Canadian Urban Music Awards
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and at the
MuchMusic Video Awards
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. Melanie Durrant has collaborated with artists such as
Kardinal Offishall,
Choclair,
Common
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and Slakah The Beatchild. She has shared the stage alongside
Jay-Z
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,
50 Cent
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,
Jill Scott and
Sean Paul
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.
Durrant has also been involved with numerous educational initiatives, such as headlining the 'HipHop4Africa' Mandela Children's Fund Canada and CapAids February 2006 Toronto benefit which was hosted by
George Stroumboulopoulos
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. Deejay Ra, who interviewed Melanie for the event's DVD, also did a live reading at the sold-out event as part of his 'Hip-Hop Literacy' program, promoting Mandela and Tupac books to the students in attendance.
In 2013, Durrant's reggae influenced lovers rock single, "Made For Love" was nominated for Reggae Single of Year for the 2013 Juno Awards. Then in 2014, "Gone" was Durrant's second release in as many years to be recognized by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) at the JUNO Awards. She then received her third consecutive nomination for "Four Seasons" as a 2015 JUNO Award-nominee for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year. In that same year, Durrant also received a nomination for Soul/R&B Artist or Group of the Year at the SirusXM Indie Awards.
On 17 February 2015 Durrant released her sophomore album entitled "Anticipation". The album was released through her own independent imprint Melo-D's Inc. Anticipation was well received and charted in the No. 5 spot on iTunes Canada for R&B/Soul album.
Discography
*2005: ''Where I'm Goin''
*2015: ''Anticipation''
Singles
*"Housework" (2002)
*"Where I'm Goin" feat Common (2003)
*"Let Me" feat Kardinal Offishall (2004)
*"Bang Bang" feat Kardinal Offishall (2005)
*"Pop" feat JDiggz (2005)
*"The Answer" feat Slakah The Beatchild (2009)
*"Lifted" (2010)
*"Loved" (2011)
*"Made For Love" (2012) (nominated for 2013 Juno Reggae Recording of the Year)
*"Gone" (2013) (nominated for 2014 Juno R&B/Soul Recording of the Year)
*"Four Seasons" (2014) (nominated for 2015 Juno R&B/Soul Recording of the Year)
Singles chart
References
External links
Melanie Durrant: Made For LoveMelanie Durrant official websiteMySpace: Melanie DurrantToronto Urban Music Festival 2003: Melanie Durrant profile
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century Black Canadian women singers
Canadian contemporary R&B singers
Musicians from Toronto