Vanessa quai biography

  • Vanessa Diandra Sally Ann Kiristiana Quai, better known as Vanessa Quai, born July 13, 1988, in Port Vila, is a ni-Vanuatu singer.
  • Our spotlight falls on the remarkably talented singer, Ms Vanessa Sallyann Quai, a 35-year-old artist hailing from Ambae with roots in Fiji.
  • Vanessa QUAI is Vanuatu's ICON in the music arena and she is the Pacific music Queen as her music is known and captured the hearts of thousands.

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    Backtracks: Vanessa Quai – A rising Pacific superstar

    LAST week a prayer-turned-song for Fiji was broadcast to 5 million listeners in the United Kingdom and Europe.

    Sung by soulful Vanessa Quai, the tune True Harmony features internationally-renowned music industry people such as James McMillan, who has worked on American Idol for five years. The English music producer earned a Grammy nomination for his production of Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland’s tracks.

    True Harmony also features former English pop band Simply Red guitarist Mark Jaimes and former Amy Winehouse drummer Troy Miller.

    Backing vocals on the track are courtesy of Priscilla Jones, one of UK’s best known gospel performers and her backing singers.

    Written by former journalist, speech writer and public relations specialist Matt Wilson in 1996, the prayer was turned to song by his close friend, UK-based composer Mike Croft.

    Wilson reckons the track could finally be the vehicle to take Quai out of the Pacific and onto the international stage.

    He also believes True Harmony, broadcast by one of Europe’s most popular stations BBC Radio 2, could also be the first song penned in Fiji to break internationally on its debut.

    “The BBC, the world’s largest broadcaster, has

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    Vanessa Quai

    Vanuatuan singer

    Vanessa Quai

    Vanessa Quai in 2010

    Born (1988-07-13) July 13, 1988 (age 36)
    Port Vila, Vanuatu
    OriginVanuatu
    OccupationsSinger
    Years active1998–present

    Musical artist

    Vanessa Diandra Sally Ann Kiristiana Quai, better known as Vanessa Quai, born July 13, 1988, in Port Vila,[1] is a ni-Vanuatu singer.

    Overview

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    She recorded her first album, To Aitape With Love (recorded at Vanuata Production, produced at Pacific Gold Studio), as a child singer, aged 9, in 1998. In 1999, she was one of 3000 competitors at the South Pacific International Song contest held in Gold Coast, Queensland, and was the only child competitor. She won third prize in the Gospel/Inspirational Category. Later that same year, she took first prize at the Nile International Children Song Contest, in Cairo.[1] 1999 was the year she "hit the international music scene", according to the Vanuatu Weekly Hebdomadaire.[2]

    Quai's second, third and fourth albums -Beautiful Pacific Islands, The Untouched Paradise and Pacifika- were released between 2000 and 2003. In 2004, her album Promise was a cooperation with Papua New Guinean group Soul Harmony, and was described as bearing a strong "R&B fl