Career Keshia Chanté

1 career

1.1 2003–2012: beginnings
1.2 2013–2015: bet s 106 , park
1.3 2016–present: new music

career
2003–2012: beginnings

in 2002, @ age of 14, sonymusic canada signed chante long term record contract release music in canada. in 2003, released shook (the answer) won urban music award best pop/r&b single . follow-up, unpredictable went #3 on radio charts, , first video hit number 1 on ytv , top ten on muchmusic. in november 2003, cd single of unpredictable certified gold , later went on win chante canadian radio music award best new solo artist . in february 2004, chanté s third single, bad boy , released. successful, breaking top 10 on radio , sitting @ #3 on muchmusic 4 weeks before later earning #1 position on chart. video directed director x. later, in june 2004, chanté s fourth single love me? ft. foxy brown reached top 5 @ radio. video directed director x , became #1 on muchmusic 3 weeks. video garnered urban music video award video of year . on june 22, 2004 chanté released self-titled debut album. on december 3, 2004 certified gold. in october 2004, @ canadian urban music awards chanté swept 3 of nominations, winning awards best new artist , video of year (for bad boy), fans choice award , surprise taking home rising star of year award. brought attention of president of bet, stephen hill, became chante s mentor , putting video bad boy heavy rotation. in same month, sang national anthem @ canadian football league s grey cup championship game. selected represent canada @ expo 2005 held in japan. in july 2005, chanté went on cross-canada tour , later opened destiny s child during canadian leg of destiny fulfilled ... , lovin tour, , included on destiny s child live in atlanta tour dvd. in october 2005, chanté received 4 nominations @ urban music awards. in 2006, chanté toured teen people magazine , seventeen magazine across select cities in u.s. in july 2006, chante released new single been gone video shot director x (marking third collaboration him). second single, 2u released in november. in 2006, chanté made featured cameo appearance in bow wow , chris brown s music video shortie mine . second album, chanté executive produced released on december 5, 2006 in canada , japan through sonymusic canada. mtv s diary of keshia chante aired in canada december 6, 2006, showing footage following chante travelled miami , la working on album. in 2007, during last year of high school, chante took departure music study learn more music business , mentored respected entertainment lawyers in la , toronto. later made decision move atlanta , west hollywood, worked closely camps of ne-yo, missy elliott , outkast. began honing skill songwriter , acting chops, starring lead actress in tv series soul . in 2010, chanté released third album night & day in canada through universal music canada. chanté released table dancer , test drive both nominated juno awards; r&b recording of year test drive , dance recording of year table dancer . both songs entered top 10 @ radio. on february 14, 2011, chanté released taio cruz penned song set u free . on december 31, 2011, chanté performed on et canada s new year s eve bash in niagara falls, later set record becoming canada s #1 year end countdown show 4.8 million viewers. in april 2012, chanté announced new music judge music competition show on ytv called next star. on week of november 28, 2012, chante s first single release table dancer went #1 on billboard charts in japan , #6 on hot 100, #3 on digital & airplay & #11 on regular charts chanté guest starred & judged on tv shows top chef canada , canada s best beauty talent supermodel coco rocha & flare magazine s editor-in-chief lisa tant

2013–2015: bet s 106 , park

on june 14, 2012, chanté made television debut on bet s 106 & park co-host on 2 separate occasions co-hosting terrence j. on june 30, 2013, chanté attended 2013 bet awards correspondent event & began co-hosting select episodes of 106 & park. on september 26, 2013, bet president stephen hill announced on rickey smiley morning show chante new co host 106 & park alongside rapper bow wow starting on october 1. childhood friend , fellow canadian drake publicly announced , congratulated chante becoming first ever canadian host iconic show. chante went on make history having first lady of united states michelle obama on show, filming likes of mariah carey, jennifer lopez, mark wahlberg, sylvester stallone, denzel washington, jessica alba, arnold schwarzenegger, robert de niro, ferrell, eminem, rock, floyd mayweather, forest whitaker, 50 cent, kerry washington, tyra banks, naomi campbell, kevin hart, melissa mccarthy, emma stone, joe manganiello, , many more.

on december 18, 2013, chante invited united states president barack obama & first lady michelle obama white house holiday party in dc. in december 2014, received star on brampton arts walk of fame. in january 2015, after 2 years hosting 106 & park, show announced going digital. in june 2014, 2015 , 2016, chante hosted bet awards 106 & park pre-show in la.

2016–present: new music

in 2016, chante announced free-agent , releasing new music independently. on november 11, 2016, bet premiered chante s song valley off upcoming album. on january 11, 2017, radio host ebro darden debuted chante s single f**k tho on beats 1 radio show on apple music.

on march 22, ebro darden announced keshia chante s track listing unbound 01 , premiered bryson tiller exclusively apple music on beats 1 radio show. on march 23, noisey premiered redlight , citing track sonic equivalent of cool, still night: beautiful there eerie in midst, hidden in dark , aux tv premiered harmless citing chanté re-igniting signature r&b sound , chanté’s soaring vocals lend track distinctly modern edge . on march 24, 2017 chanté released unbound 01, ep.