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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Vita Chambers |
| Born | June 10, 1993 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Genres | Pop rock, electropop, pop music |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Songwriter |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | SRP / Universal Motown (2009-2013) Goldnote Productions Ltd (2013-present) |
| Website | Official website |
Vita Chambers (born June 10, 1993) is a Barbadian-Canadian singer and songwriter. She is best known for her hit single "Like Boom" in 2010, she's the third female Barbadian singer to be born and raised in Canada after Charmaine Heyliger and Tamara Marshall, and the second female overseas born Barbadian female singer to be born in June after Alison Hinds (June 1st).
Musical career and early life
Chambers was born in Vancouver, Canada. She then moved to Barbados, where she grew up. She began her career by posting four of her original songs on her MySpace page at the age of 15. She was signed by Sylvia Rhone to Universal Motown when she turned 16.[1]
Chambers was the opening act, singing "Heat Wave", at the November 2009 Thanksgiving Day NFL half-time show featuring a Motown Review by the future of Motown. Chambers' first single, "Young Money", was released in March 2010. Her EP "The Get Go" was released in March with five songs on iTunes. At age 17, Vita toured with fellow Canadian singer Justin Bieber as one of his opening acts on his My World Tour in 2010,[1] as well as performing at Lilith Fair in 2010, Bamboozle Road Show, PopCon, and touring with Forever The Sickest Kids. She also performed with Estelle at the 2010 Soul Train Awards in Atlanta.
Chambers is now an independent artist under her own company Gold Note Productions. She released a single, "Fix You", on December 18, 2012. Fix You was nominated for the Best Dance Record for the 2013 Juno Awards,[1] and within 3 months "Fix You" entered the Top 40 in Canada. Vita was also the #4 Emerging artist on the Canadian Hot 100 Billboard chart. It spent over 20 weeks in the top 100. "Fix You" achieved Gold status in Canada, and has sold over 350,000 copies worldwide to date.
Later that year, Vita released her second single called "What If?" under Gold Note Productions Ltd. In 2014 Vita received 2 nominations at the Canadian Music Radio Awards for Best New Group or Solo Artist CHR and Best New Group or Solo Artist Dance/Urban/Rhythmic.
Vita released a new single called "A+D" on April 21, 2014, which lyrically expressed Vita's strong belief that good is in everyone despite outside influences. She also released a 2014 FIFA World Cup song called "El Camino", produced by Mike Solo with a chorus of 8 kids.[2]
In February 2015, Vita released a new single called "Kings Of Love" along with an accompanying music video directed by Jimmy Keegan.[3] Since then Vita has released "His Love", "A+D Orchestral", "Tell Me", "Ferrous" and "Want You" in 2016.
In 2018 Vita will be releasing her new EP entitled VITA.
Discography
EP
- VITA (2018)
Singles
| Release Date | Name | Peak Positions (Canadian Hot 100)[4] | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 18, 2012 | Fix You | 40 | Fix You – Single[5] |
| October 15, 2013 | What If? | — | What If? – Single |
| April 12, 2014 | El Camino | — | El Camino – Single |
| April 21, 2014 | A+D | — | A+D – Single |
| November 11, 2014 | Tell Me | — | Tell Me – Single |
| February 10, 2015 | Kings Of Love | — | Kings Of Love – Single[6] – June 11, 2015 Ferrous Single
- October 24, 2016 Want You Single |
Albums
| Release Date | Name | Peak Positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2, 2010 | The Get Go | — | The Get Go – EP |
References
- 1 2 3 Patch, Nick (April 17, 2003). "Juno Awards: Vita Chambers breaks through with hit "Fix You"". Toronto Star. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- ↑ Pappas, Kristin (March 3, 2014). "Vita Chambers Releases New World Cup Song, "El Camino"". Limerence Magazine. Archived from the original on February 14, 2015.
- ↑ "Vita Chambers - Kings of Love (Video)". Skope Mag. Skope Entertainment Inc. February 12, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
- ↑ "Vita Chambers - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 16, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
- ↑ "Vita Chambers". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ↑ @VitaChambers (February 10, 2015). "KINGS OF LOVE IS NOW AVAILABLE ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/kings-of-love-single/id964993374 #MUSIC#NEWS # Canada" (Tweet). Retrieved April 20, 2020 – via Twitter.