Ketsia
Ketsia is a Haitian-Canadian singer and songwriter, born in Montreal, Quebec.[1][2][3] She is an Indie artist, singing in French and English, and co-founder of the Canadian record label K-train Entertainment.[3][4]
Career[]
Ketsia has 3 songs which made it to the Billboard charts, spending a total of 15 weeks on the charts.[5] "Possible" was the first song to hit the charts in June 2010, then came "Just Let Me Go" in March 2011, and the last song to appear on a chart was "Running on Empty" in June 2011.[5][6][7][8] "Possible" charted for 4 weeks and peaked at No. 83 on Billboard Magazine's "Hot 100" chart and No. 9 on Billboard Magazine's "Emerging Canadian Artists" chart.[9] "Just Let Me Go" charted for 7 weeks and peaked at No. 49 on Billboard Magazine's "Hot 100" chart and No. 4 on Billboard Magazine's "Emerging Canadian Artists" chart.[10] "Running on Empty" peaked at No. 45 on Billboard Magazine's "Hot 100" chart; No. 4 on Billboard Magazine's "Emerging Canadian Artists" chart; and No. 18 on Billboard Magazine's "Hot Digital Songs" chart (June 2011).[11] Ketsia was on the centerfold of ME Magazine’s summer 2010 issue as part of the magazine’s "Rising Star" series.[1] Using sales data from Nielsen SoundScan Inc,[12] the Quebec Government ranked Ketsia as having the 15th most sold Québécois digital track in 2010, for her song "Possible".[12]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ CBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20110301032334/http://radio3.cbc.ca/. Archived from the original on March 1, 2011. Missing or empty
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(help) - ^ Jump up to: a b "official website". Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ^ "K-train Entertainment official website". Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Ketsia – Music Charts". Acharts.us. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
- ^ "Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. September 4, 2010. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
- ^ "Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. April 9, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
- ^ "Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. June 11, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
- ^ "Ketsia – Possible – Music Charts". Acharts.us. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
- ^ "Ketsia – Just Let Me Go – Music Charts". Acharts.us. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
- ^ "Ketsia – Running On Empty – Music Charts". Acharts.us. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "List of most sold Québécois digital tracks, Québec, 2010". Stat.gouv.qc.ca. June 30, 2011. Archived from the original on March 19, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
- Living people
- Singers from Montreal
- Canadian people of Haitian descent
- Haitian Quebecers
- Black Canadian singers
- Black Canadian women
- Canadian women pop singers