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Melissa Jiménez
Birth name	Melissa Jiménez
Born	April 14, 1984 (1984-04-14) (age 25) Queens, New York
Origin	New Jersey, U.S.
Genres	R&B, Pop
Occupations	Singer, Songwriter, Dancer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2002-Present
Labels	SRC Records/Universal Motown Records Group
Associated acts	Wyclef Jean, Selena, Abraham Quintanilla III, Kumbia All Starz
Website	http://www.melissajimenez.com/

Melissa Jiménez (born April 14, 1984) is a Mexican American singer and songwriter currently signed to SRC Records/Universal Motown Records Group. Jiménez is slated to release her debut album titled Signed Sealed Delivered in 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Early life 2 Early career 3 SRC records 3.1 Signing 3.2 Upcoming album 4 Discography 5 Singles 6 Featured singles 7 Voice 8 Press 9 External links 10 References

[edit] Early life

Born in New York, Jiménez was raised by her mother of Greek descent Maria and her Mexican father Horacio. Her musical experience started early on, going to studio sessions and rehearsals with her father since she was a baby. At age 14 she joined her father's Big band and orchestra as a vocalist. Shortly thereafter, Melissa began writing songs and learned to accompany herself with the piano. Dancing was a natural skill, and to enhance it she took ballet, jazz, modern dance, African dance, mambo, and hip-hop. Her official biography states that "before she was even old enough to be eligible, she received a standing ovation for performing on an amateur night at the world-famous Apollo Theater in Harlem."^{[1][not in citation given]}

[edit] Early career

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Early in her career Melissa Jiménez recorded and performed with a variety of people including:

• Sugar Hill Records
• Ruff Ryders, featured on “U Had Me” by Drag-On, appearing on Styles P's video Daddy Get That Cash and recording with Swizz Beatz
• Roc-A-Fella and former founder Damon Dash, working with rapper Beanie Sigel and N.O.R.E.
• Rapper Beanie Sigel, features Melissa Jiménez on the song “Feel It In The Air,” from the 2005 Platinum-certified album The B. Coming
• Wrote and performs the song “Dance With Me,” included in the major motion picture soundtrack “First Daughter,” directed by Forest Whitaker
• Featured on the song “Take the Lead (Wanna Ride),” included in the major motion picture soundtrack “Take the Lead,” starring Antonio Banderas. Bone Thugs N Harmony, Wisin & Yandel and Fatman Scoop are also Featured on this song produced by Swizz Beatz
• Singer-Rapper Wyclef Jean, features Melissa Jiménez on the tribute song “Selena,” from Wyclef Jean's 2007 album release Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant
• Singer-Rapper Wyclef Jean, features Melissa Jiménez on the song “Touch Your Button,” from Wyclef Jean's 2007 album release Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant
• Toured Europe and the US performing on stage and TV shows with Wyclef Jean in 2007
• Kumbia All Starz, features Melissa Jiménez on the song “Rica Y Apretadita,” from the Kumbia All Starz's 2008 album release Planeta Kumbia
• Toured the US performing on stage and TV shows with the Kumbia All Starz in 2008
• Toured Europe performing on stage with Nile Rodgers and Chic in 2009

[edit] SRC records

[edit] Signing

A demo she sent out ended up with Steve Rifkind, chairman of SRC Records, who was instantly impressed. Rifkind later attended a wedding where Melissa performed and, remembering the demo, looked for her immediately afterwards only to find she had gone. Jiménez was called to the office for a meeting with Rifkind, Universal Music Group chairman Doug Morris, and Universal Motown President Sylvia Rhone the next day and was signed on the spot.^{[1][not in citation given]}

[edit] Upcoming album

Jiménez's upcoming album Signed Sealed Delivered is due to be released in 2009.^{[citation needed]} Her debut single, "Untouchable", which she co-wrote with Claude Kelly, is currently available on iTunes and her MySpace page.^{[citation needed]}

Producers that Melissa worked with on the album include:

• Bryan Michael Cox
• Trackmasters
• KNS
• Tyrice Jones
• The Underdogs

[edit] Discography

• 2009: Signed Sealed Delivered^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Singles

• 2007: Untouchable^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Featured singles

• 2005: Feel It In The Air (Beanie Sigel featuring Melissa Jiménez)
• 2006: Take the Lead (Wanna Ride) (Bone Thugs N Harmony featuring Wisin & Yandel, Fatman Scoop and Melissa Jiménez)
• 2007: Selena (Wyclef Jean featuring Melissa Jiménez)
• 2007: Touch Your Button (Wyclef Jean featuring Will.I.Am, Melissa Jiménez, Machel Montano, Daniela Mercury, Black Alex, Shabba & Djakout Mizik)
• 2008: Rica Y Apretadita (Kumbia All Starz featuring Melissa Jiménez)

[edit] Voice

Hits into whistle register in the her song Untouchable.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Press

1. [1] Melissa at Sony Ericsson Open{{broken link|date=December 2009}
2. [2] Melissa at BMI Publishing

[edit] External links

• Official Website
• Official MySpace
• Official Facebook
• Official Twitter
• Complex Page

[edit] References