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Fiona is a feminine given name. The name Fiona was invented, and first used, by the Scottish poet James Macpherson^{[citation needed]} (1736–96), author of the Ossian poems, which he claimed were translations from ancient Gaelic sources (sources, when challenged, he never produced). The name was subsequently used as a pseudonym by William Sharp (1855–1905), who authored several romantic works under the name "Fiona Macleod". The name has since become popular in England, Scotland and Ireland.^[1]

The name is considered to be a Latinised form of the Gaelic word fionn, meaning "white", "fair". The name Fiona is also sometimes used as an Anglicisation of the Irish language name Fíona.^[1] There is also a modern tendency to equate the authentic Scottish Gaelic feminine name Fionnghal with Fiona^[2] (note that it is possible that Fiona may have been based on Fionnghal).^[1]

The name Fiona is rising in popularity particularly in German-speaking countries. Fiona was the 49th most popular name for baby girls born in 2008 in Germany.^[3] Fiona was tied for third place in the ranking of most popular names for baby girls born in the tiny principality of Liechtenstein in 2008.^[4] The name was the 347th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2008, where it has ranked among the top 1,000 most popular names for girls since 1990 and among the top 500 since 1999.^[5] The name Fiona has been particularly popular for girls of Asian or Pacific Islander descent in New York City, where Fiona ranked as the ninth most popular name for girls from those groups in 2007.^[6]

Real people with this name[link]

• Fiona, singer, born Fiona Flanagan
• Fiona Apple, singer
• Fiona Bruce, BBC presenter
• Fiona Fairhurst, inventor of the Speedo Fastskin swimsuit
• Fiona Gubelmann, American actress
• Fiona Hammond, Australian water polo player
• Fiona MacGillivray, Canadian singer
• Fiona Mackenzie, Scottish Gaelic Singer
• Fiona Mactaggart, British politician
• Fiona May, English athlete
• Fiona Millar, British author and journalist
• Fiona O'Donnell, Scottish politician
• Fiona O'Driscoll, Irish camogie player
• Fiona O'Loughlin, Australian stand-up comedian
• Fiona O'Malley, Irish politician
• Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Irish actor
• Fiona O'Sullivan, Irish footballer
• Fiona Phillips, British journalist and broadcaster
• Fiona Ritchie, American broadcaster
• Fiona Robinson, Australian basketball and handball player
• Fiona Shaw, Irish actress
• Fiona Staples, Comic Book Artist
• Fiona Sit, Hong Kong Cantonese singer
• Fiona Xie, Singaporean television actress
• Julia Roberts, American actress born "Julia Fiona Roberts"
• Kim Hill, New Zealand broadcaster also known as Fiona

Fictional characters[link]

• Fiona Belli, protagonist in the game Haunting Ground
• Fiona Carter in the BBC show Spooks
• Fiona "Fee" Cleary, matriarch of the Cleary family in the novel and mini-series The Thorn Birds
• Fiona Conneely, main character in The Secret of Roan Inish
• Fiona Coyne in the Canadian television series Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Fiona Flagstaff, character/spinosaurus in Dino Squad
• Fiona Fox in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic books by Archie Comics
• Fiona Gallagher in the television drama Shameless
• Fiona Glenanne in the television show Burn Notice
• Fiona Hackworth in the book The Diamond Age
• Fiona Elisi Linette in the anime series Zoids
• Fiona McLaren, the main female character in the Broadway musical Brigadoon
• Fiona Volpe, an assassin in the film Thunderball
• Princess Fiona in the film Shrek and its sequels
• Princess Fiona, sorceress in the Chronicles of Amber novels
• Fiona in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Fiona, stepmother of Sam Montgomery in the 2004 film A Cinderella Story
• Fiona in the movie Eurotrip
• Fiona, main character in television series So Weird
• Fiona in Lois Lowry's novel The Giver
• Fiona, main character in the film Josie and the Pussycats
• Fiona in Kid vs. Kat
• Fiona, a playable character in the Free-to-play game Vindictus
• Fiona Cat, Huckle Cat's mother from The Busy World of Richard Scarry

See also[link]

• List of Irish-language given names
• Tropical Storm Fiona - a 2010 Atlantic storm
• Fiona pinnata, marine mollusc, only member of the genus Fiona and family Fionidae

Notes[link]

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Fiona Sit
Chinese name	薛凱琪 (Traditional)
Chinese name	薛凯琪 (Simplified)
Pinyin	xue1 kai3 qi2 (Mandarin)
Jyutping	sit3 hoi2 kei4 (Cantonese)
Ancestry	Foshan, Guangdong, China
Origin	Hong Kong
Born	(1981-08-11) 11 August 1981 (age 30) Hong Kong
Occupation	Singer, actress
Genre(s)	Cantopop
Label(s)	Warner Music
Years active	2004 – present
Official Website	http://www.fiona-sit.com.hk

Fiona Sit Hoi-Kei (born August 11, 1981) is a female singer and actress from Hong Kong.

Biography[link]

Fiona Sit attended Island School and studied Creative Media in City University of Hong Kong^[1] until 2004. She used to be a part-time model, shooting for adverts and magazines.

Owing to her uncle Peter Wong, who was Senior management in Capital Artists, she had the opportunity to have a test and finally signed a deal with Warner Music Hong Kong to be an artist.

Career[link]

Music[link]

	"Keanu Reeves Reply" (2004) noicon This song was one of the hits in Sit's first album, "F Debut" which sold more than 25,000 copies in Hong Kong, instantly becoming a bestseller of the year.
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After joining Warner Music Group in 2003, Sit first plugged her debut song "XBF" and "Madonna's Kiss", catching attention from audience. Sit released her first album F Debut on 8 April 2004. It became a best-seller in Hong Kong, being certified gold for sales in excess of 25,000 copies.^[2] The album contained the hit ballad "XBF" (short for ex-boyfriend) and another hit "Keanu Reeves Reply". The song "Keanu Reeves Reply" reached #1 in the four medium.

She published her debut Photobook F-Trip and sold with her limited set of "Fileee Doll", later sold it in Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong. It became sellout after four days.

Due to the success of F Debut, Warner Music Hong Kong released F Debut AVCD on 5 May 2004. F Debut AVCD including her famous song "Keanu Reeves Reply" and another version which featuring Arron Kwok as Mr.K replied Miss F.

As she became more well known in entertainment industry, she shot many adverts in the year, such as Toshiba and Sagem.

Though Sit has just reached 23 years old, she gained the most awards in the year-end ceremony from Hong Kong Music Platforms as a newcomer. In the Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation, she triumph over other singers to win the #7 for "Keanu Reeves Reply" and became the first newcomer who entered the top 10 song in 903 Music Platform. She has won a number of awards, including a gold award for best female newcomer at the Hong Kong Music Awards, as well as a gold award for the song "Keanu Reeves' Reply."^{[citation needed]} she was also declared the Best Selling Newcomer by IFPI.

On 7 January 2005, Warner Music released a single named 886. It included songs such as "Pumpkin Wagon" and "886", which is a short term of Byebye in Cantonese ICQ language. The single was a huge success and it was sold out within 3 weeks.

Fiona Sit at 叱咤903

Warner Music released her second album, Funnygirl, on 21 April 2005. "Blackie and Me"and "A Boy Just Like You" reached #1 on 903, RTHK and TVB's JSG Solid Gold programme. Also, Funnygirl was the top 5 best sellers in the year and was classified gold. Its success resulted in the release of Funnygirl (2nd Edition), which included a DVD with her music videos, including the #1 single "A Boy Like You".

Her third album, Me, was another CD+DVD combination released on 23 December 2005. It included #1 songs "There is a bird" and "Finding Unicorn", and the song "Love", which was featured in the film Embrace Your Shadow, which Sit starred in. The DVD was a live concert footage of her "903 Fiona 0811" performance, which was her debut concert held in HITEC on 29 December 2005.

In the year-end ceremony, she was not only won a number of awards, but she also entered the best five female singers in 903 Music Platform and TVB's JSG Music Platform with Kelly Chen, Joey Yung, Miriam Yeung and Denise Ho.

In 2006, Sit raised some controversy with her video clip for "Tong But Lut" as it hold great resemblance to the video clip of "ourselves" by Japanese superstar Ayumi Hamasaki. Her song "Dear Fiona" is a Cantonese version of the song Tomorrow's Way by Yui. However, this song still made #1 from four major medium.

Sit's official fan club, Club F was established on 11 August 2006 in conjunction with her 25th birthday. Her 4th album "Electric Angel" was released on the same day as well. 200 fans attended the first gathering, which was held in a Chinese restaurant in Wan Chai. The second edition was later released on December 22, 2006. It included 11 songs and some extra materials.

After Electric Angel, Sit went over to Taiwan in order to improve her Mandarin skills. In order to keep her fanbase (Hong Kong artists usually release 1 to 2 albums per year to keep up their popularity), Warner released her first compilation, "F" Best, on 12 June 2007. This album includes 3 new songs with 15 selected songs from her previous albums. The album also includes a DVD containing a short film and some MVs of her songs. In addiction, a special edition of "F" Best was sellout in one month.

After training in Taiwan in one year, Sit made her debut Mandarin album It's My Day which was released on 18 April 2008. The album is recorded in Taiwan and also in Singapore. It features songs such as I don't need Tiffany, which refers to the jewelry company and a duet with Khalil Fong, Overcoming Memories. "It's My Day" was the first plugged song in Taiwan while "Alice's first Time" was the first plugged song in Hong Kong. This Mandarin album made Sit became the best five seller in the year in Hong Kong and became famous in Taiwan.

On 19 December 2008, Sit released another Cantopop album Smile (Fiona Sit album). It included the songs in her drama "Last Smile, First Tear" and two #1 songs, "Sweet" and "The few seconds without breath".

Sit released an EP Read Me on 16 October 2009, which included four new canton pop songs and two mandarin songs. Besides, her first plugged song "Tramcar" and third plugged song "Mu Rong Xue" reached #1 in two medium programme.

In the first day of 2010, Sit was first won the #3 Copper Female Award in 903 year-end ceremony.

On 18 July 2011, Sit released her new EP August Girl lately. It was a new style of Fiona Sit as the thematic song "The August Issue", two versions of "Word Flower", #1 song "Lip Stick", gimmick song "Before Taking off the Straps" and two mandarin songs. She was cooperated with a team of top songwriters including Khalil Fong, Wyman Wong, Hanjin Tan, Edward Chan, and Abrahim Chan.

TV series[link]

Sit was being a guest role in the TVB series Hearts of Fencing in 2003.

In 2005 Sit went on to film her first Hong Kong TVB series The Academy as a female police trainee. To match the character's circumstances, Fiona cut her hair short. In contrast to her past success, fans responded negatively towards this change in her image, and were wary of her future career decisions. She followed with a cameo performance on On The First Beat. Sit also featured in a weight loss product TV commercial, in which she performed a dance routine. These two events were mocked in the Hong Kong media, and cut into her fanbase.

But, she won the Best Female newcomer in 2006 Next TV ceremony.

In late 2006, Sit went to China and shot a drama by Derek Tung, who was 2 Young's director. Therefore, she can only be a guest star in TVB series "On The First Beat". The series called C'est La Vie, Mon Chéri, she cooperated with Chinese actor Aloys Chen. It released after filming and played by TVB in 2008.

In 2007, she performed an internet drama hosted by Moov, with other singers like Endy Chow and Zarahn. From 2008 to 2009, she was acted as a guest role in two TVB series "Dressage To Win" and "ICAC Investigators 2009".

In 2010, Sit shot another mandarin series "Liao Zhai 3" and Painted Skin. From January to April 2011, she shot her second mandarin fashionable costume series "White Lies".

Film[link]

On 28 April 2005, Sit debut film 2 Youngshowed. The film cast by Derek Tung, cooperated with Jaycee Chan. She received full of praise from audience and many famous people. After a month, 2 Young became 10 million in box office and Sit became a 10 million female actress.

Owing to the success of 2 Young, she filmed another movie Embrace Your Shadow, it showed in September. It was cast by Joe Ma and cooperated by Taiwan famous actor Dylan Kuo. It was a challenge for Fiona Sit because the character was reversed to 2 Young.

In 2006, Sit was nominated to Hong Kong Hong Kong Film Awards and Taiwan Golden Horse Awards "Best Necomer Award" by her debut show "2 Young". Although she lose to Jay Chow, her acting has already admitted by a number of entertainers. She also got other nominations of "Best Necomer" and "Best Actress" hosted by different entrepreneurship for 2 Young. Later, she filmed another movie "Love Undercover 3" directed by Joe Ma, which showed in June and earning a nice box office.

In 2007, she was being an emcee for Asian Film Awards. She was later filmed "Wonder Woman" directed by Barbara Wong and cooperated with Gigi Leung. In 2009, Sit filmed two films "La Comédie humaine" and "Break Up Club". Sit was a girl named Flora in "Break Up Club" and cooperated with Jaycee Chan again, she was another girl named Skylove in "La Comédie humaine" and cooperated with Wong Cho-lam.

In the year of 2010, Break Up Club showed in June and La Comédie humaine showed in July. Among the two, Break Up Club obtained 10 million box office and Sit gained a great success from her performance in "Break Up Club" as she won the Best Actress in "Vietnam's film festival". Later, as her stand out performance, she won another film awards in Hong Kong both, like the "Best Actress" hosted by Mingpao, Yahoo!, and Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild. Sit was also gained a nomination of "Best Actress" from Hong Kong Film Awards in 2011.

Due to her success in entering the market, she filmed another movies and its showed in 2011, such as The Way We Were and The Fortune Buddies.

2008 bottle attack incident[link]

On 23 February 2008, a 27 year-old male fan named Lin threw a bottle of herbal tea at Sit as she was on stage during a charity event in Mong Kok, resulting in an injury to her forehead. The man was detained by security guards and later arrested. The bottle also caused minor injury to a staff member of the event. Sit, fearing her eye had been injured, reportedly broke into tears before being taken to Kwong Wah Hospital.^[3][4]

Discography[link]

• F Debut (CD) - Warner Music Hong Kong - 2004
• 886 (CD) - Warner Music Hong Kong - 2005
• Funny Girl (CD/DVD) - Warner Music Hong Kong - 2005
• Me (CD/DVD) - Warner Music Hong Kong - 2005
• Electric Angel (CD/VCD) - Warner Music Hong Kong - 2006
• "F" Best (Special edition) (CD/DVD) - Warner Music Hong Kong - 2007
• It's My Day (CD) - Warner Music Hong Kong - 2008
• Smile (CD) - Warner Music Hong Kong - 2008
• Read Me (CD/DVD) - Warner Music Hong Kong - 2009
• August Girl (CD/DVD) - Warner Music Hong Kong - 2011

Concerts[link]

• 903 Hit Four Fiona 0811 Concert(熱火樂團) (2005)
• 903 Hit Four Concert(熱火樂團熱火四俠) (2005) (Shawn Yue, Wilfred Lau and Kary Ng)
• 903 Live Concert Fiona Sit X Stephanie Cheng (拉闊演奏廳) (2006)
• Roadshow Live Fiona Sit Concert (2007)
• 903 id club (音樂游擊) 1st section Fiona Sit X Sammy Moving (2007)
• 903 Live Concert Fiona Sit(拉闊變奏廳) 2ng section (2008)
• Khalil Fong X Fiona Sit Awesome Concert (San Francisco & Los Angeles) (2010)
• 903 Live Concert (拉闊擂台) 2nd section Fiona Sit X Dear Jane {Dear Fi} (2010)
• Khalil Fong & Fiona Sit Live in Australia 2010（Sydney & Adelaide & Melbourne） (2010)
• Fiona Sit MOOV LIVE 2011 (2011)

Filmography[link]

Awards[link]

2010[link]

• Vietnam International Film Festival Best Actress Award for "Break Up Club"

2007[link]

• TVB " Jade Solid Gold" Best Choice Award, second round- Next Time

2006[link]

(Hong Kong)

• Commercial Radio - " Supreme Song " – The Seventh: Little Canyon 1234
• TVB " Jade Solid Gold" Best Choice Award, second round- Tong But Lut
• TVB "Jade Solid Gold" First round golden song - Finding Unicorn
• Next Media Television Award- New Artiste
• Next Media Television Award- Most Charming New Star
• Yahoo! Most popular artist's Blog Award ^[5][6]

(Mainland China)

• Guangzhou radio "Gold Song, Gold Chart" Most Famous Female Artist ^[7][8][9]
• Guangzhou Radio "Golden Chart Award" All-round Artist (outside mainland china region)
• Guangzhou Radio "Golden Chart Award" Most Famous Female Artist (outside mainland china region)
• Guangzhou Radio "Golden Chart Award" Golden songs - Tong But Lut

2005[link]

(Hong Kong)

• Roadshow Popular Singer
• Roadshow Hit Song – Little Dark and Me
• Commercial Radio - " Supreme Song " – The Fifth: Little Dark and Me
• TVB "Jade Solid Gold" – " Top Ten Gold Songs Award " – Boy Likes You^[10]
• Metro Radio " Entertainment Television Award " - Super TV New Actress
• Outstanding Website Award – Activities Promotion Ambassador
• TVB "Jade Solid Gold" First round golden song – Little Dark and Me
• Metro Hit Radio "Karaoke Hit Song" – Little Dark and Me
• Metro Hit Radio – Popular Singer
• Metro Hit Radio "Awards from 4 Stations" – Remarkable Performance – Gold Award

(Mainland China)

• 9 + 2 Music Pioneer Award New Female Singer Gold Award
• Sprite China Original Music Chart " My Favourite Idol Award (Hong Kong) "
• Sprite China Original Music Chart " Great Advancement Singer Award "
• The third session of Southeast Power Music Award - Most promising future female singer in Hong Kong Region
• Yue-Gang Future Super Star Award – Future Super Star

2004[link]

(Hong Kong)

• Metro Hit Radio "New Female Artiste"
• Metro Hit Radio "My Favorite New Female Artiste"
• Metro Hit Radio Original Music Award – Reply from Keanu Reeves
• TVB "Jade Solid Gold"– "Most Favorite New Artiste"– Gold Award^[11]
• Metro Hit Radio Best Lyric – Reply from Keanu Reeves
• Commercial Radio "New Female Artiste"– Gold Award
• Commercial Radio "The Excellent Performance Award presented by four Media Organizers" Bronze Award.
• Commercial Radio - "Supreme Song"– The Seventh: Reply from Keanu Reeves
• RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award "Ten Best Song" - Reply from Keanu Reeves
• RTHK "Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award " New Female Artiste– Gold Award
• Yahoo! Music Chart Top Ten Songs - Reply from Keanu Reeves
• Yahoo! Potential New Comers
• IFPI The Best Sales Artist, New Comer, Female
• Road Show MV Direct Voting: Best new artist
• PM Magazine – Cross inter-media female artist
• TVB Golden Kid Songs Award "Top 10 Kid Songs" - Ugly Ducking Swam Lake
• TVB "Jade Solid Gold " First round golden song – Reply from Keanu Reeves
• TVB "Jade Solid Gold " First round new singer – Top new singer in three consecutive weeks
• TVB "Jade Solid Gold " Second round golden song – 886

(Mainland China)

• Guangzhou Radio "Golden Chart Award" – Queen of New Female Singer
• Guangzhou Radio "Golden Chart Award" Golden Song - Reply from Keanu Reeves
• Guangdong Radio Music Pioneer Award "Most Famous New Female Singer" – Gold Award
• Southern City Daily Newspaper and Radio Guangdong "the 5th Year Chinese Music Media Award" – The Best New Artist
• Guangzhou "the 2nd Year Music King Final Award – Most Promising New Artist
• Guangzhou "the 2nd Year Music King Final Award" Golden Song - Reply from Keanu Reeves

Notes[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Fiona Sit

• Official website
• Fiona Sit at the Internet Movie Database

Melanie Fiona
Melanie Fiona in 2011.
Background information
Birth name	Melanie Fiona Hallim
Also known as	Syren
Born	(1983-07-04) July 4, 1983 (age 28) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres	R&B, soul, jazz, reggae
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2002–present
Labels	SRC, Universal Motown, Universal Republic, Roc Nation
Website	melaniefiona.com

Melanie Fiona Hallim (born July 4, 1983) is a Canadian R&B recording artist. She was born and raised in Toronto.^[1]

Fiona's debut album The Bridge was released in 2009, having collaborated with Future Cut, Vada Nobles, Stereotypes, J. Phoenix and Peter Wade Keusch. The debut single "Give It to Me Right" was sent to radio stations on February 28, 2009, and peaked at number 20 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart and number 41 on the UK Singles Chart.^[2] The second single, "It Kills Me", became her breakout song on the Billboard Hot 100 where it entered the Top 50, along with topping the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The song earned Fiona a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. The Bridge also earned her a NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding New Artist. In 2012 Fiona won two Grammy Awards for Best Traditional R&B Performance for the song "Fool for You" with Cee Lo Green.

Life and career[link]

1983–2005: Early life and career beginnings[link]

Melanie Fiona Hallim was born on July 4, 1983, in Toronto, Canada.^[3][4] She is the daughter and second child of Guyanese immigrant parents, who immigrated to Canada in the late 1970s.^[3][5] Her parents are of African, Indian, and Portuguese descent.^[1] Her father was a janitor before working in finance, and her mother worked in banking.^[3] Hallim began writing songs at age 16.^[6] Living in a music filled household, Hallim says she always knew music was her passion. Her father was a guitarist in a band and would allow her to sit on the stage when she was younger as he practiced, and remembers her mother playing music at home; from The Ronettes to Whitney Houston.

In 2002, Hallim was briefly involved with girl group X-Quisite.^[7] She was also in a group called The Renaissance with rapper Drake. Early in her career, she would perform at nightclubs in Toronto.^[8] In 2005, Hallim traveled to Los Angeles, in search of a recording contract. According to Hallim, record labels "loved" the way she looked and sung, but she "knew that the minute I worked with them or would have signed with them, they would have tried to change me into someone else completely different. That was something that I didn't want to do."^[7] She went on to co-write songs for recording artists Rihanna and Kardinal Offishall.^[7] Hallim also recorded the reggae song "Somebody Come Get Me" under the stage name Syren Hall, which was included in the Reggae Gold 2008 compilation album.^[9][10]

[edit] 2007–2010: The Bridge

Fiona performs in Bern, Switzerland at the club Bierhübeli in 2009.

Entrepreneur Steve Rifkind discovered and signed Hallim to SRC Records and Universal Motown through Title 9 in 2007.^[3][7] She went on to tour with Kanye West in his Glow in the Dark Tour^[9] Prior to completing her debut album, Hallim met with recording artist Jay-Z and his friend Tyty. She played them some of her music and was then signed to be managed by Roc Nation.^[11] She released her debut album, The Bridge, in June 2009, which has sold 248,000 copies in the United States.^[9] Beyond Race Magazine ranked Hallim among "50 Emerging Artists" of 2009.^[12] Several singles were released from the album, including "It Kills Me", which topped the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for 10 weeks and earned her a Grammy Award nomination at the 52nd Grammy Awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.^[7][8] Other singles that were released were "Sad Songs" was released in April 2009 in the UK only as a digital download, with the reggae-tinged songs "Somebody Come Get Me" and "Island Boy" as B-sides. "Sad Songs" did not chart in the UK. "Give It to Me Right" was the first official single from The Bridge. The song peaked at #41 in the UK but failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. It did, however, reach #57 on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and at #41.

"Monday Morning" charted in Switzerland and Poland at number 1[13][14] and in Austria at number 5. It was released as the third U.S. single, however, "Bang Bang (Melanie Fiona song)"[1] was sent to radio as the second Canadian single for Canadian top 40 & hot AC play, but due to "Priceless" not being released in Canada, "Monday Morning" will serve as the fifth single in Canada due to hot adult contemporary radio station CKZZ-FM (Virgin Radio 953) in Vancouver having the song on its playlist. "Ay Yo" was released as the fourth official single from The Bridge, according to Hallim's website and Twitter. The music video premiered on April 12, 2010. "Priceless" will be the fifth U.S. single due to airplay on urban adult contemporary stations. Due to "Priceless" not being released in Canada, "Monday Morning" will be serviced to Canadian stations as the fifth single, even though "Monday Morning" was released as the third American single.

Hallim participated in "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" to benefit after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. She began touring with Alicia Keys as an opening act on The Freedom Tour in 2010.^[13] The album spawned six singles with one being "It Kills Me" which reached the top spot on US R&B chart.

[edit] 2011–present: The MF Life

In 2011, Hallim began recording her second studio album. The lead single was entitled "Gone and Never Coming Back." The single peaked at 37 on US R&B chart becoming her second highest peaking song on the R&B chart so far. Later on that year Fiona released her second single, "4 AM" was sent to urban stations on August 30, 2011.^[14] 4am peaked on the US R&B chart at #8, the song was about a lover who had gone out and was cheating on her. The album was released on March 20, 2012.^[15][16][17]

On January 2, 2012, she performed "O Canada" at the NHL Winter Classic between the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers at Citizens Bank Park.^[18]

Artistry[link]

Musical style and influences[link]

Hallim cites Whitney Houston, Sam Cooke, Sade, Amy Winehouse, India.Arie, Patsy Cline and Bob Marley as her musical influences.^[5][6][10] She also cited Janet Jackson's career as inspirational, who she called an icon.^[19] She called Lauryn Hill's The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill the album that changed her perspective, calling it an "amazing body of work".^[6] She attributes her parents for her vintage sound. Her father was a guitarist in a band, while her mother would sing around the house. She explained that "[m]y parents were big music lovers and played soul music all the time", who would play The Supremes, The Ronettes and Cooke, as well as Caribbean music like soca, calypso and reggae.^[3][20]

Hallim's occasional songwriting revolves around her personal experiences. She stated that she attempts to "keep [the songs] as universal as possible, unless I am writing about something very personal, even then the themes are universal".^[5] She has received comparisons to Amy Winehouse, Lauryn Hill, Macy Gray, Chrisette Michele, Marsha Ambrosius and Jill Scott.^[21]

Discography[link]

• 2009: The Bridge
• 2012: The MF Life

Awards and nominations[link]

• BET Awards^[22]
  • 2010, Best New Artist (nominated)
  • 2010, Best Female R&B Artist (nominated)
  • 2010, BET Centric Award (nominated)
  • 2010, Video of the Year "It Kills Me" (nominated)

• Grammy Awards
  • 2010, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: "It Kills Me" (nominated)^[7]
  • 2011, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "Wake Up! Everybody" with John Legend, The Roots & Common (nominated)
  • 2012, Best Traditional R&B Performance: "Fool for You" w/ Cee-Lo Green (won)
  • 2012, Best R&B Song: "Fool for You" w/ Cee-Lo Green (won), presented to the songwriter

• NAACP Image Awards
  • 2010, Outstanding New Artist (nominated)

• Juno Awards
  • 2010, R&B/Soul Recording of the Year: The Bridge (nominated)^[8]
  • 2012, R&B/Soul Recording: Gone and Never Coming Back (won)

• Soul Train Music Awards
  • 2010, Best New Artist (won)

• Eska Music Awards
  • 2010, Best Album: The Bridge (won)^[23]

References[link]

http://freshndef.com/?p=14408

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Melanie Fiona

• Official website
• Melanie Fiona at the Internet Movie Database

A Love
File:A Love.jpg A Love (Sarang) movie poster
Hangul	사랑
RR	Sarang
MR	Sarang
Directed by	Kwak Kyung-taek
Produced by	Jeong Tae-Won Yang Jung-Gyeong
Written by	Kwak Kyung-taek
Starring	Ju Jin-mo Park Si-yeon
Editing by	Park Gwang-Il
Release date(s)	September 19, 2007 (2007-09-19)
Running time	104 min.
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

A Love (사랑 - Sarang) is a 2007 South Korean film directed by Kwak Kyung-taek. Kwak Kyung-taek's most notable film is Chingoo. A Love stars Ju Jin-mo from 200 Pounds Beauty and Park Si-yeon.

Plot[link]

At age 17, In ho meets a girl as beautiful as a watercolor painting, and promises to protect her after her brother dies. Although he is the best fighter in his school, he dreams of making his mother proud by going to college. It takes him 7 years to confess to the girl of his dreams. He stabs a gangster in the neck for her, although he wanted to live quietly like everyone else. But to keep his promise to protect her, he stabs Chi-kwon, a notorious mobster in Busan. He devotes his life to working for Chairman Yoo. He buries his love for the vanished girl and gets a second chance while working at the docks. He offers his life to the man who first holds out his hand for him. The girl he cannot forget returns as a love he cannot have. She becomes his patron’s woman and beyond reach... But as he decides to be happy for once in life, cruel destiny rattles everything in his life.

Cast[link]

• Ju Jin-mo - In-ho
• Park Si-yeon - Mi-Ju
• Joo Hyun
• Kim Min-jun

See also[link]

• List of Korean language films
• Korean cinema
• List of Korea-related topics

External links[link]

• Official site (Korean)
• Sa-rang (2007) at the Internet Movie Database
• A Love at HanCinema

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Timothy James McIlrath
Tim McIlrath performing as a part of Rise Against at 2006's Warped Tour
Background information
Birth name	Timothy James McIlrath
Also known as	James Kaspar (pseudonym during The Killing Tree)
Born	(1978-11-03) November 3, 1978 (age 33) Indianapolis, Indiana U.S.
Origin	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genres	Melodic hardcore, punk rock, post-hardcore, hardcore punk, metalcore, alternative rock
Occupations	Musician, singer-songwriter, lyricist, composer, vocalist, guitarist, bassist, activist,
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, bass
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Fat Wreck Chords, Geffen, DGC, Interscope
Associated acts	Rise Against, Baxter, Arma Angelus, The Killing Tree, Berri Txarrak, Cancer Bats, Flobots
Notable instruments
Gibson Les Paul Gibson SG

Timothy "Tim" James McIlrath (born November 3, 1978) is an American punk rock musician. He is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, songwriter and co-founder of the American punk rock band Rise Against. McIlrath is known to support animal rights and actively promotes PETA with his band.^[1] He follows the straight edge lifestyle, along with Rise Against bassist Joe Principe and guitarist Zach Blair.^[2]

Biography[link]

Personal life[link]

Tim McIlrath was born November 3, 1978 in Indianapolis, IN. At a young age he read dystopian novels such as Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, which would influence his later work. As a child he went to Our Lady of the Wayside, where he was taunted for his left eye being blue and his right eye brown,^[3] known as heterochromia. As a teenager, McIlrath's friends were interested in snowboarding, so he saved his money for a snowboard. But, as his interest in music grew, he instead decided to spend the money he had saved on a Gibson SG guitar.

Education[link]

McIlrath attended Rolling Meadows High School in Rolling Meadows, IL. This was also the set for the music video, "Make It Stop (September's Children)." In college (Northeastern Illinois University), McIlrath majored in English and Sociology. In his junior year, he met Joe Principe at a Sick of It All concert. Principe asked McIlrath to sing over a few tracks that he and Mr. Precision had recorded. It was at this time that Rise Against was formed, and McIlrath left college.

Music career[link]

Baxter (1995–1999)[link]

McIlrath began his musical career in his teenage years; he was very active in the Chicago local alternative rock/punk scene. His first band was the post-hardcore band Baxter, formed in 1995 along with future The Lawrence Arms drummer Neil Hennessy and future Killing Tree and Holy Roman Empire bassist Geoff Reu. Their first release was a full length, self released, cassette, Troy's Bucket, which was released in 1996. Troy's Bucket was met with warm reception from the scene, and Baxter became a popular band in the Chicago underground scene.

In 1997 they released a 7" EP Lost Voices on Static Station Records. After some local touring, the band split up.

McIlrath played bass and sang backup in the first incarnation of The Honor System. He sang on their demo and on some songs on their debut album Single File. He and drummer Neil Hennesy could also be found in a brief lineup of the grindcore band Yellow Road Priest, whose members went on to form Pelican. The band broke up in 1999.

Arma Angelus (1998–1999)[link]

McIlrath joined the band Arma Angelus, Chicago metalcore band fronted by Pete Wentz, who was to become bassist in mainstream pop punk/emo band Fall Out Boy. McIlrath played bass with the band until 1999 when he quit to form Transistor Revolt, which would eventually become Rise Against.

Rise Against (1999–present)[link]

In 1999 McIlrath formed the band that would become Rise Against with former 88 Fingers Louie bassist, Joe Principe, guitarist Dan Precision (A.K.A. Mr. Precision), and drummer Toni Tintari under the name 'Transistor Revolt'. Drummer Brandon Barnes did not join until 2001; it was at the same time the band was renamed Rise Against. They officially recorded their debut album The Unraveling on Fat Wreck Chords in 2001.

In 2003 guitarist Mr. Precison left due to arguments with the band, and Todd Mohney filled his role. Later that year they released their second album Revolutions per Minute which was greeted with warm success . They toured the U.S. steadily that year, though by the end of it, Mohney left. In order to replace him, former Reach the Sky guitarist Chris Chasse joined in 2004 and they released their Geffen debut Siren Song of the Counter Culture.

With the release of the singles "Give It All", "Swing Life Away", and "Life Less Frightening", Rise Against became more popular with mainstream fans, but still kept their underground sensibility. After more touring (including a European tour and spots on the Vans Warped tour), the band went back to the studio and recorded their fourth album The Sufferer & the Witness, which included five singles ("Ready to Fall, "Prayer of the Refugee", "The Good Left Undone", "Behind Closed Doors", and "The Approaching Curve".)

They had ended their tour and were back in the studio in the process of making their next album, when Chris Chasse decided to leave the band in order to pursue family life.

In 2008, Rise Against recorded their fifth album Appeal to Reason with the help of guitarist Zach Blair, who is now a permanent member and has known the band for many years. Appeal to Reason was released on October 7, 2008. The band recorded it at The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado with Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore, who produced Revolutions Per Minute and The Sufferer & the Witness.

Rise Against's sixth album, Endgame, contains singles "Help Is On The Way", "Architects", and "Make it Stop (September's Children)" as well as "Satellite" and was released on March 15, 2011.^[4]

The Killing Tree (2000–2004)[link]

McIlrath has played in his metalcore side project The Killing Tree along with former Rise Against guitarist Todd Mohney and former Baxter and Holy Roman Empire bassist, Geoff Reu. During the early years of the band, all members used pseudonyms out of concern for it. The Killing Tree has not produced any music or toured since 2004, but contributed their previously unreleased song "Dressed to Fuck" on the 2006 Thick Records compilation album Hair: Chicago Punk Cuts, which featured Emily Schambra (of Holy Roman Empire) as guest vocals on the song.^[5] Schambra also contributed vocals on Rise Against's album The Sufferer & the Witness for the songs "The Approaching Curve", "Roadside", and the b-side "But Tonight We Dance".

Discography[link]

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• Tim is featured on the song "Denak ez du balio" by Basque alternative rock band Berri Txarrak from their album Libre ©.
• Tim was also in "Lords of Dogtown" a film in which he performs "Nervous Breakdown" of Black Flag.
• Tim sang on the song "Let Them Eat War" in Bad Religion's Live at the Palladium DVD
• Tim sings vocals in the Cancer Bats song, "Harem of Scorpions". From their 2008 album Hail Destroyer.
• Tim is featured on the song "Resuscitation of a Dead Man" by Thursday from their album Common Existence.
• Tim sang vocals on the Bullet Treatment 7" on Fat Wreck Chords in 2009.
• Tim provided vocals for the song "Mute Hearts" by Holy Roman Empire.
• Tim was featured at the end of the NOFX music video for "Cokie the Clown".
• Tim sings vocals in the Anti-Flag song, "The Gre(A)t Depression". From their 2009 album "The People or the Gun"
• Tim is featured on the Flobots song, "White Flag Warrior" on their album, Survival Story.
• Tim is featured in "The Sims 3 - Ambitions". He sings the song called "Savior" in Simlish.
• Tim sang vocals on Stephen Egerton's song "South for the Winter" from his album, The Seven Degrees of Stephen Egerton.
• Tim is featured on the song "Achtung" by Basque alternative rock band Berri Txarrak from their album Payola.
• Tim appeared briefly in the cover of "Short Songs" on Silverstein's 2012 EP of the same name, originally performed by Dead Kennedys
• Tim represented Rise Against on the German television channel Pro7 in March 2012.

Straight Edge[link]

Tim and his bandmates, except for Barnes, are straight edge; a lifestyle that eliminates drugs, alcohol and tobacco, but can also encompass other things seen as potentially addictive such as promiscuous sex or caffeine.

PETA work[link]

Tim is Vegan, as are his fellow band members. They are active with the animal rights group PETA. Tim often takes part in PETA protests and gives out PETA books and flyers at shows. Rise Against's fifth album, Appeal to Reason, even included a PETA sticker, encouraging people to stand up for the rights of animals. He has given many interviews on the matter along with other bands.

He has appeared in many videos made and distributed by PETA expressing their beliefs on veganism as well as issues and the meat industry and fast food industry, fur and fashion use of animal skins and animal testing and dissection.

References[link]