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X-Quisite was a Canadian R&B girl group, originally consisting of
Nicole Holness Nicole Holness (born April 13, 1984) is a Canadian television host and R&B singer. Between 2002 and 2005, she was part of the girl group X-Quisite alongside Melanie Fiona and Nirvana Savoury. Early life Born in Toronto, Holness is of Guyanes ...
, Melanie Fiona Hallim, and Andreena Mill. Soon after being established in 2002, the trio were signed to
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(then distributed by
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Canada), through which they released their self-titled debut (and sole studio album) ''X-Quisite'' in 2003. Later in 2003, Hallim and Mill were replaced by Terri Oliver & Nirvana Savoury. The group had a number of successful singles from their debut album, most notably "Bad Girl", "No Regrets" and "Sassy Thang". In 2004, the album earned the group a
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nomination for " R&B/Soul Recording of the Year". The group disbanded in 2005, with all members moving on to pursue solo careers.


After break-up


Nicole Holness

Nicole Holness (born April 13, 1984, in Toronto, Ontario) became a television host as one of the original seven co-hosts of
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and their flagship series ''
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''. On March 1, 2011, she released her debut solo album ''Unreleased''. The album was preceded by her debut single, "Epic" (May 5, 2009) and "Pop Yo Bottles" (June 29, 2010). She has also been a model in several Canadian national print advertisement campaigns.


Melanie Fiona Hallim

Melanie Fiona Hallim (born July 4, 1983, in Toronto, Ontario)Melanie Fiona: Priceless
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with Guyanese immigrant parents, of mixed African, Indian, and Portuguese descent. followed a very lucrative musical career. After a brief period in another group called The Renaissance with rapper
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, and recorded a
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song "Somebody Come Get Me" under the
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Syren Hall. The song was included in the ''Reggae Gold 2008'' compilation album. She went solo with her debut album ''
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'' released in 2009, having collaborated with Future Cut, Vada Nobles,
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, J. Phoenix and
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. The debut single "
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" (February 28, 2009) was a hit on
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chart and reached number 41 on the UK Singles Chart. The second single, "
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", became her breakout song on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 where it entered the Top 50, along with topping the
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chart. The song earned her a
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nomination for
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. The song " Monday Morning" is her biggest hit in Europe to date. ''The Bridge'' also earned her an
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nomination for Outstanding New Artist. In 2012, Hallim won two Grammy Awards for
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and
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for the song "Fool for You" with Cee Lo Green. In 2011, Hallim began recording her second studio album '' The MF Life''. She has co-written songs for recording artists
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and
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, working with, amongst others, super producer
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.


Andreena Mill

Mill has released several solo singles, and has worked as a backing or guest vocalist for R&B and
hip hop Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- ...
artists, including
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, DMX,
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, Tre Mission, Aaron A, Jazzfeezy,
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and
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. Andreena Mill is a singer who has collaborated with Drake. Her father, also a musician and recording artist, realized her musical potential at age 3 and enrolled her in piano lessons the next year. By the age of 11, Andreena began recording and writing her own material. As Andreena began high school in 2001, her life would drastically change, as she became a member of popular Canadian female trio X-Quisite, alongside MTV Canada host, Nicole Holness and Melanie Fiona (Universal Motown). In 2002, the group reached notoriety with the release of two successful singles “No Regrets”, which was followed by “Don’t Say”. The songs landed the group Canadian Urban Music Awards and Juno Award Nominations in 2003. The singles achieved domestic success, while giving the girls a taste of fame. In 2004, Andreena decided to pursue her own solo career, and signed a publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing New York in late 2010. Andreena lent her distinct and euphoric sound to rapper Drake for his mixtape “Comeback Season”, which quickly became an international success. Andreena has also worked with artists such as The Bizness (Chris Brown, “No Bullshit”), Brian Michael Cox (Mary J. Blige, “Be Without You”), James Fauntleroy (Jordin Sparks, “No Air”), Kevin McCall (Keri Hilson, “One Night Stand”, Chris Brown “Deuces”) and Needlz (Bruno Mars, “Just The Way You Are”) to name a few. As Andreena gears up for her Fall 2011 debut album release “All Eyes On Me”, she still finds time to write for artists – “I keep it simple, I love what I do and do what I love, it never feels like work”. For the immediate future, it seems all eyes will be on Andreena Mill.


Nirvana Savoury

Nirvana Savoury quit music for a while after her brother died in 2008. He had been suffering for many years of
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. She also
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some time later as a
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. She has made a comeback in the 2010s, with release of a single "Lipstick Lover" in 2011 in addition to a dance mixtape version with Jester and Kid Kut from Toronto. The mixtape also contains three original tracks, "Ambulance", "Flavors" and "Throb". Savoury also appeared in
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's 2012 album '' Finally Free'' with the track "Tell Me" featuring Nirvana Savoury. She is working on a solo album for release in 2013.


Discography


Albums

*2003: ''X-Quisite'' Track list #"Colors" (1:00) #"Sassy Thang" (4:10) #"Bad Girl" (3:36) #"Don't Say" (2:58) #"No Regrets" (3:22) #"How We Swing" (3:31) #"Best Friends" (3:47) #"Who's the Man" (3:32) #"Showing Love" (4:20) #"Why You Do" (3:42) #"Ex-Girlfriend" (3:13) #"Foolio" (1:13) #"Through the Week" (5:21) #"Bad Girl" #"No Regrets" (4:30) #"Don't Say" (2:57) #"No Regrets" (3:26)


Singles

*"No Regrets" (2002) *”Bad Girl” (2003) *"Sassy Thang" (2004)


References


External links


X-Quisite
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