Fefe Dobson Pics

Fefe

Dobson

28 February 1985

Lynn

61.5

Slim

Brown - Dark

Brown - Dark

Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

Pisces

Multiracial

Take Me Away

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Felicia Lily "Fefe" Dobson (born February 28, 1985) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and model. Her self-titled debut album earned her two Juno Award nominations. Her second album, Sunday Love, was not released and she was terminated from her recording company. During production of Dobson's subsequent studio album Joy, with her manager's recording company (21 Music), she was re-signed to her original major recording company (Island Records). Both companies continued working on Joy, and after experiencing numerous delays, it was released on November 22, 2010 in Canada and November 30, 2010 in the United States. Her music has been covered by other artists and featured in cinema, television, and more.She has been featured on many radio shows,and brodcasts and she guest starred on criminal minds. She is writing songs with Selena Gomez & The Scene, Suzie McNeil, Skylar Grey and more and is working on a new single that should be out in late June 2011 before her new album that will arrive in early January (2012).

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Felicia Lily Dobson was born on February 28, 1985, in Scarborough, Ontario, (now a district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada). Her mother is of English, Native Canadian, French ancestry and her father is of Jamaican heritage. She was also raised in Scarborough. She graduated from Heritage Park Public School in 1999. She began sending out demo tapes – recorded on a home karaoke machine – to every label in North America when she was 11 years old.[6] Then at the age of 13, she started playing the piano, with influences ranging from Nirvana and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, to Cyndi Lauper and Silverchair. She was originally influenced by her mother`s favourite R&B and disco stars, including Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie – and then later by her sister`s love of Nirvana. She has said that John Lennon and Judy Garland are her primary musical influences, and that her biggest musical inspiration growing up was Michael Jackson: "I swore I was Michael Jackson. Then I found out I wasn`t Michael Jackson and it broke my heart." At the same time, like lots of 13-year-old girls, she went to "every `N Sync concert there was." Before she was signed, she admitted to being stereotyped as contemporary R&B or pop singer instead of a rock musician due to her race, often being compared to Brandy and Britney Spears. She started writing at the age of 14, and caught the ear of Jive Records a year later. The label loved her voice and set her up with a number of producers, with an eye towards developing a pop star. But she refused the idea and left the label. After that experience, Dobson met Jay Levine and signed with Nelly Furtado’s manager Chris Smith. Smith arranged showcases with several labels. Universal Music Canada president Randy Lennox showed interest in her, and coaxed Island Def Jam CEO Lyor Cohen and his head of A&R, Jeff Fenster, to fly to Toronto for another showcase. She played a showcase for Island/Def Jam; about 30 seconds into the first song —- a punk thrash track about longing, titled "Stupid Little Love Song"—-the executives were impressed and signed her.Initially, the executives erroneously believed that the words in the song were "Stupid Little Buzzsaw". Music career 2003–2006: Fefe Dobson and Sunday Love When in the recording studio, she hung up inspirational pictures of Kurt Cobain, Judy Garland, Coldplay, Jeff Buckley, and the Vines to help motivate her sound and to commemorate the artists who influenced her. Her self-titled debut album was released December 9, 2003 by Island Records, and sold 307,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan as quoted by Billboard. The album debuted at number 1 on Billboard`s Heatseekers Albums Chart. Four singles were released from the album: "Bye Bye Boyfriend", "Take Me Away", "Everything", and "Don`t Go (Girls and Boys)". There is an official music video for each of the singles. Two of the album`s tracks, "Everything" and "Unforgiven", were used in the film The Perfect Score.[14] The New York Times reviewer wrote: "The album`s assiduous, ungrammatical crux is in `Kiss Me Fool`: `Tell me whom I should be to make you love me.`" During much of 2004, she promoted her debut album, appearing for a live performance on TRL and numerous magazine covers and articles. She made an appearance on NBC`s TV series American Dreams, in which she played the role of Tina Turner, covering the song "River Deep, Mountain High". She was also the opening act on Justin Timberlake`s European tour, which was especially poignant inasmuch as when she was 13 she had a major crush on him. That July, she released a new single, "Don`t Go (Girls and Boys)", which was also featured in a Tommy Hilfiger commercial starring the singer. The album was later reissued with that single added. She also had a new song, "If You Walk Away", on the soundtrack of Raising Helen. She was an endorser for the Got Milk? organization, and the photo of her shows her jumping up in a rocker chick style with a microphone on a stand behind her. She released "Truth Anthem" on the Much Dance 2005 CD compilation, a benefit for the Canadian branch of War Child. In April 2005, Dobson was nominated for two Juno Awards, Pop Album of the Year and New Artist of the Year; both categories were won by Avril Lavigne. In the summer of 2005, Dobson was in a public service ad: "Make Poverty History", which brings awareness to child poverty worldwide. By 2006, Dobson returned to the studio to add some finishing touches to her second album, Sunday Love. Musicians and songwriters she collaborated with during the recording process include Nina Gordon, Kay Hanley, John 5, Billy Steinberg, Matthew Wilder, Cyndi Lauper, Courtney Love, Joan Jett, and Rancid`s Tim Armstrong. In February 2006 Dobson sang "O Canada" at All-Star Saturda

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