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Daniel Fernandes 
Fernandes at the 2011 MuchMusic Video AwardsBackground information Birth name Daniel Fernandes Born September 16, 1985 Origin Maple, Ontario, Canada Genres Pop, R&B Occupations Singer, Dancer, Songwriter Years active 2007 – present Labels Capital Prophets (CP) Records Inc. Website www.dannyfernandes.com Daniel Bosco Fernandes (born September 16, 1985) is a Canadian singer and songwriter of Portuguese descent. He is signed to CP Records.
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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 Raptors' famed Dance Pak and began to appear regularly as a backup dancer in music videos.[1]
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.
Personal life
Danny Fernandes during a live performance
in Laval (near Montreal), CanadaDanny Fernandes has a younger brother named Jonathan and they are both the younger brothers of Canadian artist Shawn Desman (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.[2]
Discography
Studio albums
Year Information Canada 2008 Intro - First studio album
- Released: October 14, 2008
- Label: CP Records
- Format: CD
55 2010 AutomaticLUV - Second studio album
- Released: November 2, 2010
- Label: CP Records
- Format: CD, iTunes
61 Singles
Year Title Peak Certifications Album CAN 2008 "Curious" (feat. Juelz Santana) 65 Intro "Private Dancer" (feat. Belly) 32 "Fantasy" 25 - CAN: Gold[3]
2009 "Never Again" 44 "Addicted" 49 2010 "Automatic" (feat. Belly) 41 AutomaticLUV 2011 "Take Me Away" 39 "Feel It" (feat. Shawn Desman) — "Hit Me Up" (feat. Josh Ramsay & Belly) 26 Features
Year Title Chart Positions Album CAN 2010 "Passenger" (DY featuring Danny Fernandes) - TBA 2010 "Girlfriend" (Tyler Medeiros featuring Danny Fernandes) - TBA Tours
- 2008/2009: The Girlicious Tour (Danny Fernandes opening act)
- 2009: Fantasy Tour
- 2010: SodaPOP 2010: Emily Osment Tour (Danny Fernandes opening act)
- 2010: AutomaticLuv Tour with JRDN
Awards / Nominations
- At the 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards 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.[4]
- 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.[5]
- 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 [6]
References
- ^ Maple Music article about Danny Fernandes
- ^ CP Records: Danny Fernandes and Angel Carter do the Oscars
- ^ a b http://cria.ca/gold/0709_g.php
- ^ MuchMusic Video Awards Nominees and Winners
- ^ Indies.ca. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
- ^ [1]. Retrieved July 6, 2011
External links
- Official Danny Fernandes website
- Danny Fernandes on MySpace
- Danny Fernandes on YouTube
- Danny Fernandes Facebook page
- Danny Fernandes on Yahoo!Music Canada
- Official CP Records website, record label for Danny Fernandes
Artists Belly • Danny Fernandes • Mia Martina • Massari • Tyler Medeiros • Ivana Santilli • JRDN • Alyssa ReidCategories:- Canadian people of Italian descent
- Canadian people of Portuguese descent
- Canadian male singers
- Canadian pop singers
- 1985 births
- Living people
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