Danny Fernandes
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Daniel Bosco Fernandes is a Canadian
singer and songwriter
of Portuguese
descent. He is signed to CP Records
.
' famed Dance Pak and began to appear regularly as a backup dancer in music videos.
After graduating from Cherrytree Public School, Danny started playing showcases at clubs in Europe
(Germany
, Switzerland
, and Austria
), Fernandes signed with the Canadian CP Records
(Capital Prophet Records) and released his debut album Intro
which debuted # 1 on iTunes. Danny went out on tour across Canada as the opening act for Akon
and Sean Kingston
and later headlining his own tours.
Fernandes has released four singles from his debut album "Intro", including "Curious" [3] featuring Juelz Santana, "Private Dancer" [4] featuring Belly, "Never Again" [5] and "Fantasy", [6] "Fantasy" being the most successful and peaking at #25 on the Canadian Hot 100. "Private Dancer", was played on MuchMusic Countdown. "Fantasy" spent over 14 weeks on the national radio show but was unable to crack the official Canadian Top 20.
Fernandes was also a judge on the TV show Karaoke Star Jr. alongside Tara Oram.[7]
Fernandes's second album AutomaticLUV was released on CP Records on November 2, 2010 with the first single called "Automatic" featuring Belly.
(born Shawn Fernandes). He also is a cousin to another Canadian singer Tyler Medeiros
, whose signed to the same record label CP records and debut single "Girlfriend" featured Danny Fernandes.
Briefly dated Nichole Cordova of Girlicious
in 2008-2009. They met on Girlicious
Canadian tour while both acts were promoting their debut albums. Girlicious
self titled disc and Fernandes' disc "Intro" Respectively.
Girlicious
Also made a cameo in the video for Fernandes' 3rd single from Intro, "Fantasy."
Fernandes also briefly dated Angel Carter, Nick Carter
's younger sister and Aaron Carter
's twin sister in March 2011.
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...
singer and songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
of Portuguese
Portuguese people
The Portuguese are a nation and ethnic group native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of south-west Europe. Their language is Portuguese, and Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion....
descent. He is signed to CP Records
CP Records
CP Records, formerly known as Capital Prophet Records, is a Canadian independent record label. It was founded in 2002 in Ottawa, Ontario by Tony Sal. It is now headquartered in Toronto, Ontario...
.
Career
At 16, Danny Fernandes won two consecutive Rising Star awards in the annual CNE dance contest held at Cherrytree Public School located in Brampton, Ontario, near Toronto. He became the youngest member of the Toronto RaptorsToronto Raptors
The Toronto Raptors are a professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was established in 1995, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies, as part of the NBA's re-expansion...
' famed Dance Pak and began to appear regularly as a backup dancer in music videos.
After graduating from Cherrytree Public School, Danny started playing showcases at clubs in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
(Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, and Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
), Fernandes signed with the Canadian CP Records
CP Records
CP Records, formerly known as Capital Prophet Records, is a Canadian independent record label. It was founded in 2002 in Ottawa, Ontario by Tony Sal. It is now headquartered in Toronto, Ontario...
(Capital Prophet Records) and released his debut album Intro
Intro (Danny Fernandes album)
Intro is the debut album of pop singer Danny Fernandes. It was co-written and co-produced by rapper Belly. The album features the hit singles "Curious" , "Private Dancer ," "Fantasy", "Never Again", and "Addicted"...
which debuted # 1 on iTunes. Danny went out on tour across Canada as the opening act for Akon
Akon
Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam, better known as simply Akon , is a Senegalese American R&B recording artist and songwriter.According to Forbes, Akon grossed $21 million in 2010, $20 million in 2009 and $12 million in 2008. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up", the first...
and Sean Kingston
Sean Kingston
Sean Kingston is a Jamaican-American singer. He pursued a music career and debuted in 2007 with the album Sean Kingston.-Early life:...
and later headlining his own tours.
Fernandes has released four singles from his debut album "Intro", including "Curious" [3] featuring Juelz Santana, "Private Dancer" [4] featuring Belly, "Never Again" [5] and "Fantasy", [6] "Fantasy" being the most successful and peaking at #25 on the Canadian Hot 100. "Private Dancer", was played on MuchMusic Countdown. "Fantasy" spent over 14 weeks on the national radio show but was unable to crack the official Canadian Top 20.
Fernandes was also a judge on the TV show Karaoke Star Jr. alongside Tara Oram.[7]
Fernandes's second album AutomaticLUV was released on CP Records on November 2, 2010 with the first single called "Automatic" featuring Belly.
Personal life
Danny Fernandes has a younger brother named Jonathan and they are both the younger brothers of Canadian artist Shawn DesmanShawn Desman
Shawn Bosco Fernandes better known by his stage name Shawn Desman, is a Canadian pop/R&B singer of Portuguese descent. He is signed to Universal Music Canada.-Career:...
(born Shawn Fernandes). He also is a cousin to another Canadian singer Tyler Medeiros
Tyler Medeiros
Tyler Medeiros is a Canadian singer, songwriter and dancer of Portuguese and Italian descent. He was signed to CP Records in 2010....
, whose signed to the same record label CP records and debut single "Girlfriend" featured Danny Fernandes.
Briefly dated Nichole Cordova of Girlicious
Girlicious
Girlicious is an American girl group originally formed by Robin Antin, creator of the Pussycat Dolls, from the CW reality TV show Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious. The group was originally signed to Geffen Records and composed of members Natalie Mejia, Chrystina Sayers, Nichole Corvoda and...
in 2008-2009. They met on Girlicious
Girlicious
Girlicious is an American girl group originally formed by Robin Antin, creator of the Pussycat Dolls, from the CW reality TV show Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious. The group was originally signed to Geffen Records and composed of members Natalie Mejia, Chrystina Sayers, Nichole Corvoda and...
Canadian tour while both acts were promoting their debut albums. Girlicious
Girlicious
Girlicious is an American girl group originally formed by Robin Antin, creator of the Pussycat Dolls, from the CW reality TV show Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious. The group was originally signed to Geffen Records and composed of members Natalie Mejia, Chrystina Sayers, Nichole Corvoda and...
self titled disc and Fernandes' disc "Intro" Respectively.
Girlicious
Girlicious
Girlicious is an American girl group originally formed by Robin Antin, creator of the Pussycat Dolls, from the CW reality TV show Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious. The group was originally signed to Geffen Records and composed of members Natalie Mejia, Chrystina Sayers, Nichole Corvoda and...
Also made a cameo in the video for Fernandes' 3rd single from Intro, "Fantasy."
Fernandes also briefly dated Angel Carter, Nick Carter
Nick Carter
-Athletes:*Nick Carter , Major League Baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1908*Nick Carter , cyclist from New Zealand, who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics...
's younger sister and Aaron Carter
Aaron Carter
Aaron Charles Carter is an American singer. He came to fame as a pop and hip hop singer in the late 1990s, establishing himself as a star among pre-teen and teenage audiences during the early-first decade of the 21st century....
's twin sister in March 2011.
Studio albums
| Year | Information | Canada Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS... |
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| 2008 | Intro Intro (Danny Fernandes album) Intro is the debut album of pop singer Danny Fernandes. It was co-written and co-produced by rapper Belly. The album features the hit singles "Curious" , "Private Dancer ," "Fantasy", "Never Again", and "Addicted"...
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| 2010 | AutomaticLUV AutomaticLUV AutomaticLUV is the second studio album by Danny Fernandes. The album features the single, "Automatic" which peaked at #41 on the Canadian Hot 100. It was released on November 2, 2010. The second single "Take Me Away" is peaked at #39 on the Canadian Hot 100.-Track listing:-Chart positions:... CP Records CP Records, formerly known as Capital Prophet Records, is a Canadian independent record label. It was founded in 2002 in Ottawa, Ontario by Tony Sal. It is now headquartered in Toronto, Ontario... Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , iTunes ITunes iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.... |
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Singles
| Year | Title | Peak | Certifications | Album |
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| CAN Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007... |
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| 2008 | "Curious Curious (Danny Fernandes song) "Curious" is the debut single by R&B singer Danny Fernandes. The song features rapper Juelz Santana and produced by Pilzbury. It is featured on his debut album Intro.-Music video:... " (feat. Juelz Santana Juelz Santana LaRon Louis James , better known by his stage name Juelz Santana, is an American rapper, producer, and actor. He appeared on Cam'ron's 2002 singles, "Oh Boy" and "Hey Ma"... ) |
65 | Intro Intro (Danny Fernandes album) Intro is the debut album of pop singer Danny Fernandes. It was co-written and co-produced by rapper Belly. The album features the hit singles "Curious" , "Private Dancer ," "Fantasy", "Never Again", and "Addicted"... |
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| "Private Dancer Private Dancer (Danny Fernandes song) Private Dancer is the second single by R&B singer Danny Fernandes. It was written by Belly, Danny Fernandes, and David Evering. It is also the 2nd track on Danny Fernandes' debut album Intro.-Chart positions:... " (feat. Belly Belly (rapper) Ahmed Balshe , better known by his stage name Belly, is a Palestinian-Canadian Juno Award-winning rapper.... ) |
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| "Fantasy Fantasy (Danny Fernandes song) Fantasy is the third single by R&B singer Danny Fernandes. It is also the fourth track on the album Intro.-Chart positions:"Fantasy" debuted #68 on the Canadian Hot 100 and peaked at #25.-Music video:... " |
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| 2009 | "Never Again Never Again (Danny Fernandes song) Never Again is the fourth single by R&B singer Danny Fernandes. It is also the sixth track on the album Intro.-Chart positions:"Never Again" debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 on the week of June 18, 2009, and peaked at No. 44.-External links:*... " |
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| "Addicted Addicted (Danny Fernandes song) Addicted is the fifth single by R&B singer, Danny Fernandes. It is also the fifth track on the album, Intro.It was released October 2009, and entered the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 on the chart of 14 November 2009, and peaking at #49 in the chart. It stayed a total of 12 weeks in the charts until... " |
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| 2010 | "Automatic Automatic (Danny Fernandes song) "Automatic" is a 2010 single by Canadian Danny Fernandes featuring fellow Canadian Belly from Danny Fernandes's second studio album AutomaticLUV.... " (feat. Belly) |
41 | AutomaticLUV AutomaticLUV AutomaticLUV is the second studio album by Danny Fernandes. The album features the single, "Automatic" which peaked at #41 on the Canadian Hot 100. It was released on November 2, 2010. The second single "Take Me Away" is peaked at #39 on the Canadian Hot 100.-Track listing:-Chart positions:... |
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| 2011 | "Take Me Away" | 39 | ||
| "Feel It" (feat. Shawn Desman Shawn Desman Shawn Bosco Fernandes better known by his stage name Shawn Desman, is a Canadian pop/R&B singer of Portuguese descent. He is signed to Universal Music Canada.-Career:... ) |
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| "Hit Me Up" (feat. Josh Ramsay & Belly) | 24 | |||
Features
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album |
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| CAN Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007... |
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| 2010 | "Passenger" (DY DY (rapper) Forrest Schab known by his stage name DY is a Canadian hip-hop artist raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In 2009, he signed to CP Records.His stage name is an acronym deriving from his nickname "Die Young"... featuring Danny Fernandes) |
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| 2010 | "Girlfriend" (Tyler Medeiros featuring Danny Fernandes) | - | TBA |
Tours
- 2008/2009: The Girlicious TourThe Girlicious TourGirlicious took part in a tour of North America as the opening act of the Unbreakable Tour with the Backstreet Boys that started on July 30, 2008 and ended September 6, 2008....
(Danny Fernandes opening act) - 2009: Fantasy Tour
- 2010: SodaPOP 2010: Emily OsmentEmily OsmentEmily Jordan Osment is an American teen actress, singer-songwriter and voice actress born in Los Angeles, California. After working in several television films in her childhood, she gained fame for co-starring as Gerti Giggles in Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over...
Tour (Danny Fernandes opening act) - 2010: AutomaticLuv Tour with JRDNJRDNRalph Jordan Croucher better known by his stage name JRDN is a Canadian recording artist. Croucher’s upbringing was split between Halifax, Nova Scotia and Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
Awards / Nominations
- At the 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards2009 MuchMusic Video AwardsThe 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards were held in Toronto, Ontario at MuchMusic's headquarters on June 21, 2009. Along with the MuchMusic VJ's, on April 16, 2009, it was confirmed on the MuchMusic website that the Jonas Brothers would co-host the show. The show featured performances by The Black Eyed...
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 for 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