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Shontelle

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"SHONTELLIGENCE” the album November 18th


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The T-Shirt Music Video


Behind The Scenes of the T-Shirt Music Video



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SHONTELLE is the 23 year-old Bajan singer-songwriter who’s set to take the world by storm after signing with music mogul Steve Rifkind’s SRC records. Her unique story begins in the West Indies on the beautiful Island of Barbados’ capital city of Bridgetown. The oldest of 3 sisters, SHONTELLE has always been an over-achiever who despite being at the top of her class competed across the island in several sports. However her true calling as a prolific songwriter and talented singer would draw her away from both the field and classroom and onto center stage.
Always finding activities to keep herself busy, while in high school SHONTELLE decided to attend “Cadets” camp - where she served as drill sergeant over a newcomer named Rhianna. “She was a good cadet, though there was one occasion when I had to make her drop and give me ten push-ups. We laugh about it now…I think she’s forgiven me.” Little did either of the teens know that they would remain friends and both follow the same dream of becoming international stars in the music business.
When asked to define “Shontelligence” she states, “I owe this name to SRP and The Loft Recording Studios resident engineer Al Hemberger. He came up with it while we were playing a word game with my name. We all jumped on it and thought it was fitting. "The definition of intelligence is the gathering of new knowledge or information, the ability to comprehend and profit from experience. I hunger for that knowledge. It feeds my life and my music. The more I learn, the more I want to learn...the more I grow as a person and as an artist.”
Fast forward to 2005, and the up and coming talent scores a hit heard far beyond the Caribbean as the writer of the girl-power anthem “Roll”. Producers Evan Rogers and Carl Sturken of SRP Records , who had discovered Rihanna in Barbados and brought her to the world stage, heard the song on a Bajan radio station and felt that it had international hit potential. They sought out the writer of the song to license it for a cover version, and had a pleasant shock; “We couldn’t believe that she was such a great singer and so young and beautiful, and hadn’t been discovered yet” says Rogers.
They signed her immediately, and spent the next six months creating her debut album. During a period Shontelle describes as “one of the defining moments of my life”, she flew around the country meeting with executives from the world’s top labels and eventually decided to sign to Steve Rifkind’s SRC Records - joining the ranks of the many successful artists in the Universal Music family.
Her debut smash single, “T-Shirt” , which features a soft laid back vocal on a mid-temp track is sure to be the “she-anthem” of the year. On the reggae-soul influenced “Life Is Not an Easy Road” she takes the beats down a gear, back to the sun drenched beaches of her native Barbados, while the lyrics punctuate the song with hard hitting social commentary. ‘I jumped out of bed in the middle of the night with this beat in my head. I started writing straight away just thinking about society, poverty and the underprivileged”. Head- strong single “Battle Cry” speaks to the generation so much that the Obama Campaign chose to feature it on, Yes We Can: Voices of Movement, the convention sampler. Rounding out the cd is the snake-charmer influenced and dancehall favorite “Focus Pon Me” and "Superwoman” which speak to female empowerment and social consciousness proving that Shontelle is in fact a talented and intelligent artist on the rise.
Although she has grown to enjoy being on stage, SHONTELLE still finds joy in seeing other artists perform songs she’s written and continues to manage her own Barbados-based music publishing company, Sholay. Enjoying her increasing popularity, SHONTELLE remains humble and plans to carve her place as a performer before following her plan to form her own label.

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Member Since: 10/14/2006
Band Website: shontellemusic.com
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Record Label: SRP/SRC Universal Motown
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

T-Shirt Music Video Premier on Yahoo! Music

The wait is finally over!! Check out the Official music video for "T-Shirt" on Yahoo! Music Nuff Luv!!!Shontelle...
Posted by Shontelle on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:34:00 PST

Another Little Teaser for My T-Shirt Video

The day is almost here!!! Friday the official video for T-Shirt premiers! Until then check out the 2nd half of the behind the scenes of making the video : ) Thanks for all the love!!!xx Shont...
Posted by Shontelle on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:25:00 PST

Behind the scenes of the T-Shirt video shoot

Hey all! So I was recently in LA to shoot the music video for my single T-Shirt. I know you have all been hitting me up about the video so here is a little teaser... Check it out!NUFF LUVShontelle ...
Posted by Shontelle on Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:32:00 PST

CONGRATULATIONS RED BOYZ!!!

BIG UP DE RED BOYZ!!! RBZ HAS TAKEN IT UP YET ANOTHER NOTCH WITH THEIR RECENTLY RELEASED SMASH ALBUM "MO' FIRE BLAZIN'" WHICH HAS MADE IT'S DEBUT ON THE BILLBOARD REGGAE CHARTS AT NUMBER 14!!! A SUR...
Posted by Shontelle on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:04:00 PST

Shontelle Myspace Contest!!!

Hey all... I want to show love to all of my fans so I'll be giving away some free stuff!! Add my profile to your top friends, send an email to [email protected] with your name, myspace link, ad...
Posted by Shontelle on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:24:00 PST

R.I.P. Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes

The irony of these 2 greats passing within 24 hrs of each other is mind blowing and they will be missed. No one can ever deny how they both contributed in major ways to entertainment. Bernie Mac will ...
Posted by Shontelle on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:47:00 PST

FAN OF THE WEEK!

YOU ROCK MONOPOLYZZUTUBE!!! NUFF LUVSHONTELLE...
Posted by Shontelle on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:13:00 PST

KIWIBOX.COM CONTEST. WIN MAKEUP!!!

CHECK IT OUT GUYS. GOOD LUCK!http://www4.kiwibox.com/contest.asp?con=858
Posted by Shontelle on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:34:00 PST

FAN OF THE WEEK!

These guys are hot! Thanks for showing love all the way from Sao Paulo. Viva Brasil! Song: Focus Pon MeArtist: ShontelleAlbum: Shontelligence...
Posted by Shontelle on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:39:00 PST

WWW.SHONTELLEMUSIC.COM

IT'S FINALLY HERE!!! WWW.SHONTELLEMUSIC.COM  CHECK IT OUT!!! ALL MY FANS YOU WHAT IT IS :) THANKS FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT ME. YOUR MSGS REALLY KEEP ME INSPIRED AND MOTIVATED TO KEEP MAKING GOO...
Posted by Shontelle on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:39:00 PST