Melanie Fiona is an R&B singer/songwriter from Canada. Her debut album “The Bridge” was released in 2009 and featured songs like ‘Give It To Me Right, ‘It Kills Me’, ‘Bang Bang’, and ‘Monday Morning’. In 2010 Fiona was nominated for four BET Awards and a Grammy. She also won a Soul Train Music Award for Best New Artist and an Eska Music Award for Best Album.
In 2011 Fiona was featured on Cee Lo Green’s single entitled ‘Fool For You’ (the album version featured vocals by Phillip Bailey). The collaboration went on to win two Grammys at the 2012 Awards – Best Traditional R&B Song and Best R&B Song.
Also in 2011, Fiona released two singles off of “The MF Life”; the first was ‘Gone And Never Coming Back’ and the second was ‘4 AM’. Three more songs have been leaked on the internet- ‘Wrong Side Of A Love Song, ‘This Time’ (featuring J. Cole), and ‘Change The Record’ (featuring B.o.B.).
In the bio for her official website, Fiona explained the album title: “…On the surface, the ‘MF’ in the album title represents my initials, but it also gets at the many facets of myself as an artist and a young woman. It can be viewed as the ‘Mighty Fine Life’ in times of triumph and success, but also the ‘Mother-F-ing Life’ when I’m dealing with frustration or misfortune.” “The MF Life” will be released on March 20th. The standard release will have thirteen tracks and will feature J. Cole, Nas, B.o.B., and John Legend, and T-Pain. iTunes will have an exclusive track that features Snoop Dogg and is called ‘Gone La Dada Di). The deluxe edition will add four more tracks.
In addition to releasing an album, Fiona will be releasing a mini documentary. It is entitled “Creating The MF Life” and its first part has already been released. In it Fiona discusses a few of the songs on the album and how they came about.
You can stream a sampler of the album by following the link below. It includes the tracks ‘4 AM’, ‘This Time’, ‘Change The Record’, ‘Like I Love You’, and ‘Gone (La Dada Di)’.
Melanie Fiona’s Official Website: http://www.melaniefiona.com/
Melanie Fiona’s Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/melaniefionatv
