Melissa Jiménez

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Melissa Jiménez
Birth name Melissa Jiménez
Born April 14, 1984 (1984-04-14) (age 25)
Queens, New York
Origin New Jersey, U.S.
Genres R&B, Pop
Occupations Singer, Songwriter, Dancer
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2002-Present
Labels SRC Records/Universal Motown Records Group
Associated acts Wyclef Jean, Selena, Abraham Quintanilla III, Kumbia All Starz
Website http://www.melissajimenez.com/

Melissa Jiménez (born April 14, 1984) is a Mexican American singer and songwriter currently signed to SRC Records/Universal Motown Records Group. Jiménez is slated to release her debut album titled Signed Sealed Delivered in 2009.[citation needed]

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[edit] Early life

Born in New York, Jiménez was raised by her mother of Greek descent Maria and her Mexican father Horacio. Her musical experience started early on, going to studio sessions and rehearsals with her father since she was a baby. At age 14 she joined her father's Big band and orchestra as a vocalist. Shortly thereafter, Melissa began writing songs and learned to accompany herself with the piano. Dancing was a natural skill, and to enhance it she took ballet, jazz, modern dance, African dance, mambo, and hip-hop. Her official biography states that "before she was even old enough to be eligible, she received a standing ovation for performing on an amateur night at the world-famous Apollo Theater in Harlem."[1][not in citation given]

[edit] Early career

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Early in her career Melissa Jiménez recorded and performed with a variety of people including:

[edit] SRC records

[edit] Signing

A demo she sent out ended up with Steve Rifkind, chairman of SRC Records, who was instantly impressed. Rifkind later attended a wedding where Melissa performed and, remembering the demo, looked for her immediately afterwards only to find she had gone. Jiménez was called to the office for a meeting with Rifkind, Universal Music Group chairman Doug Morris, and Universal Motown President Sylvia Rhone the next day and was signed on the spot.[1][not in citation given]

[edit] Upcoming album

Jiménez's upcoming album Signed Sealed Delivered is due to be released in 2009.[citation needed] Her debut single, "Untouchable", which she co-wrote with Claude Kelly, is currently available on iTunes and her MySpace page.[citation needed]

Producers that Melissa worked with on the album include:

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

[edit] Featured singles

[edit] Voice

Hits into whistle register in the her song Untouchable.[citation needed]

[edit] Press

  1. [1] Melissa at Sony Ericsson Open{{broken link|date=December 2009}
  2. [2] Melissa at BMI Publishing

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b MySpace.com - MELISSA JIMENEZ - New Jersey - R&B / Pop / Hip Hop - www.myspace.com/melissajimenez0[not in citation given]
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