Elissa (Canadian singer)
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Elissa is a Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 dance music
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...

 singer and record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

 from Toronto, Ontario.

Music career

First active in 1996 with the freestyle
Freestyle music
Freestyle or Latin freestyle, sometimes referred to as Latin hip hop, is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in the early 1980s. Mostly popular during the mid 80s to the early 90s...

 single, "Show Me How You Love Me", Elissa gained success with an English version of the song "Mamboleo" in 1999, which charted #6 in Canada, and earned her a Canadian Music Radio Award nomination. In 2001, "Back to Me" became a #1 hit in Brazil, and in 2002, "The Light" won a Canadian Indies Award and a nomination for a Canadian Juno Award
Juno Award
The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...

. She is currently promoting a new single, "Truth", for the US market.

"Mamboleo" gained some exposure on the Internet after it was used in an anime music video
Anime music video
An anime music video is a music video consisting of clips from one or more animations set to an audio track ; the term usually refers to fan-made unofficial videos. An AMV can also be a set of video game footage put together with music which is known as a GMV...

 ("Odorikuruu") by Ontario-based Jay R. Locke in 2001; it has also been released in a Dancemania
Dancemania
Dancemania is a series of remix compilation albums by i-DANCE. The series deals primarily with dance music, especially eurodance. Despite its tracks have been made by various musicians from all over the world mainly from the European continent, the albums have been released exclusively in Japan.The...

 compilation. A flash animated Phoenix Wright dance to "Mamboleo" done by Zarla appeared on Newgrounds
Newgrounds
Newgrounds is an American entertainment and social media website. Founded on July 6, 1995 by Tom Fulp, the site primarily hosts Adobe Flash animations and games, but also features a music-oriented page, along with an art portal...

 on October 10, 2007 under the title "Mambolawyer"

In 2002, her single "The Light" won a Canadian Indies Award and a nomination for a Canadian Juno Award in the Best Dance Recording Category.

Elissa now runs her own company On Key Studios, where she helps young Canadian artists develop into professional singer and teaches vocal lessons.

In April 2007, Elissa released her second album, "I'm With The DJ - Greatest Hits" and in the same year worked on the song Tanti Auguri with Eu4ya
Eu4ya
-History:The band played old songs in dance version, the frontwomen Barbara Tausia is the Wife of Nicolas Anelka. The band covered the hits Disco Blu, Disco Rouge, Anti-Funk, Let's go dancing, Everybody Jump, Blue Monday, Sarà perchè ti amo and Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye, the band played mostly...

on the sampler Italo Boot Mix 2007.

Singles

  • 1996: "Show Me How You Love Me"
  • 1998: "Bailando"
  • 2000: "Mamboleo"
  • 2001: "Back To Me"
  • 2002: "The Light"
  • 2002: "Right Here Waiting"

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