Daniel "Danny" Fernandes (born September 16, 1985)Danny Fernandes
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Early life

Danny Fernandes is of Portuguese descent. He has a younger brother named Jonathan, and his older brother is Shawn Desman. He also is a cousin to singer Tyler Medeiros, who signed to Danny's former record label CP Records. At 16, Fernandes won two consecutive Rising Star awards in the annual CNE dance contest held at Cherrytree Public School located in

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, Ontario, near Toronto. He became the youngest member of the

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' famed Dance Pak and began to appear regularly as a backup dancer in music videos.

Career

2003–2008: Early beginnings and ''Intro''

After graduating from high school, Danny started playing showcases at clubs in Europe (Germany,

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, and

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), Fernandes signed with the Canadian CP Records (Capital Prophet Records) and released his debut album '' Intro''. Danny went out on tour across Canada as the opening act for

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and

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. On October 14, 2008, CP Records released "Curious", featuring

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, the first of four singles from ''Intro''. "Curious" was followed by "Private Dancer", featuring

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; "Never Again"; and "Fantasy", the most successful of the four, peaking at Number 25 on the Canadian Hot 100 and spending 14 weeks on Canadian radio. Fernandes was also a judge on the TV show '' Karaoke Star Jr.'' alongside Tara Oram.

2010–2013: ''AutomaticLUV''

Fernandes's second album, '' AutomaticLUV'', was released by CP Records on November 2, 2010, with the first single called "Automatic" featuring Belly. The second single off the album was called "Take Me Away" and the third "Hit Me Up" which once again featured Belly and

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from the Canadian band

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. The single reached Number 22 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 charts and the video single reached Number 1 on the MuchMusic Countdown.

2013–present: ''Breathe Again'' and continued work

He released his third studio album, ''

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'' on August 27, 2013 on CP Records. The album was preceded by the singles " Fly Again (Broken Wings)" and "Come Back Down" the video single reached No. 1 on the MuchMusic Countdown. Since the release of his third album, Fernandes has still continued to work on new music. In 2015, he released a single called "Gogo" featuring

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. In 2016, he released a collaborative single with Tom-E called "Dear Life" featuring

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. The single was certified Gold by

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Personal life

Since at least 2016, he has been engaged to Jenn Joyce. The couple welcomed their first child together, a daughter, in September 2016, with her godparents being Shawn and his wife. The singer has battled with drug addiction. In 2023, it was reported that several aspiring singers accused Fernandes of scamming them out of hundreds of thousands of dollars while making empty promises to assist them with their music careers. In an email to

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, Fernandes attributed his behaviour to drug use.

Accolades

*At the

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on June 21, 2009, Danny Fernandes won the Best Canadian Pop Video of the Year for ''Private Dancer'' directed by Ren, produced by Renaud Stanton Dupré through The Field Inc. production company. *In April–May 2009, he had also been nominated to People's Choice: Favourite New Canadian Artist/Group category and his single "Fantasy" was nominated for People's Choice: Favourite Canadian Video category in the vote leading to 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards. *He was nominated for a Juno at the 2010 Juno Awards in the Best New Canadian Artist category. *In 2010 he won Favourite Pop Canadian Artist at the Canadian Indie Awards. *In 2011 Mike Portoghese – Post-Production/Director, along with Producer: Bruce Carson, Rory Halsall, and Production Company: The NE Inc., won "Best Post Production of the Year" at the MMVA's for ''Automatic'' *In 2012 Marc André Debruyne – Director, along with Production Company: The NE Inc., won "Director of the Year" at the MMVA's for ''Hit Me Up'' feat. Josh Ramsay & Belly

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Featured singles

Tours

Headlining *Fantasy Tour (2009) *AutomaticLuv Tour with

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(2010_ *Dear Life Asia Tour (2016) Supporting *

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– The Girlicious Tour (2008) *

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– SodaPOP (2010)

References

External links

Danny Fernandes Official Website
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandes, Danny 1985 births Living people 21st-century Canadian male singers Canadian contemporary R&B singers Canadian male dancers Canadian male singer-songwriters Canadian people of Portuguese descent Canadian pop singers Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year winners Juno Award for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year winners Singers from Toronto 21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters