Quanteisha Benjamin, often referred to by the mononym Quanteisha, is a Juno Award

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 winning Canadian R&B

Contemporary R&B

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 singer.

Early life

Quanteisha grew up in Edmonton

Edmonton

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, Alberta

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, and attended Jasper Place Composite High School

Jasper Place Composite High School

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. In 2008 she entered the local singing competition Bounce Showdown, held by contemporary hit radio station 91.7 The Bounce (CHBN-FM

CHBN-FM

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), becoming the fourth winner.

Singing career

After being signed with HipJoint Productions, out of Vancouver

Vancouver

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, Quanteisha recorded two songs in 2008, "Cover Girls" and "Get Loose". "Cover Girls" would get licensed for use on the sitcom 'da Kink in My Hair

Da Kink in My Hair (TV series)

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, and a music video. In 2009 she released "Someday" and "D'n'G", and "Someday" was used in the sitcom Gigantic

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. Also in 2009, a "Get Loose" remix was featured in the American Pie Presents: The Book of Love comedy film. Her latest single, "Stars", has won a Juno Award for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year.

Singles

Song	Album	Release date
"Get Loose"	Quanteisha	October 28, 2008
"Cover Girls"
"Someday"	Someday	January 1, 2009
"Someday [Remix]"
"Get Loose - the Remix"	Get Loose the Remix	March 30, 2009
"D'n'G"	single	December 15, 2009
"Stars"	single	2010

Awards and nominations

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|2011 ||"D'n'G" ||Canadian Radio Music Award for dance/urban/rhythmic song ||
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|2011

Juno Awards of 2011

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 ||"Stars" ||Juno Award

Juno Award

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for R&B/soul recording of the year ||
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