4 AM Melanie Fiona

 In 2011 Fiona 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. The second single, "4 AM" was sent to urban stations on August 30th 2011.The album is scheduled to be released on December 6th, 2011.  Melanie Fiona Hallim (born July 4, 1983) is a Canadian R&B and Grammy-nominated recording artist from Toronto, Ontario. She was born to Guyanese immigrant parents of African, Indian, andPortuguese descent and grew up in the inner city of Toronto. Living in a music filled household, Fiona 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; everything from The Ronettes to Whitney Houston. Fiona was featured on Reggae Gold 2008 with the Supa Dups-produced "Somebody Come Get Me". Her debut album The Bridge was released in the summer of 2009. She worked on the album 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 theCanadian Hot 100 chart and number 41 on the UK Singles Chart. The second single, "It Kills Me", became her breakout song on the Billboard Hot 100 where it cracked 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 Awardnomination for Outstanding New Artist. album is scheduled to be released on December 6th, 2011. 

Melanie Fiona
Background information
Birth name	Melanie Fiona Hallim
Also known as	Syren Hall
Born	July 4, 1983 (age 28) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres	R&B, soul, reggae
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2002–present
Labels	SRC, Universal Motown, Roc Nation
Website	melaniefiona.comhttp://adf.ly/38Rtahttp://adf.ly/38Rta