Lisa Lavie

Lisa Lavie is a Canadian-born singer and songwriter . Lavie discovered her musical talent at age 10. Her love for music was inspired by Mariah Carey’s work, and, closer to home, by her older brothers’ musical and dance talent. An independent-minded teenager, Lavie toured Canada as a backup singer at age 16 with leading hip hop group Dubmatique.

At age 16 Lavie produced a demo vocal CD that five years later reached Ben Margulies--a co-writer and co-producer of the first album of Lavie’s childhood idol, Mariah Carey. Lavie, then 21, accepted Margulies’ invitation to travel from Montréal to Santa Barbara, California, and in 2004 a team was born. By 2006, Lavie’s vocals had landed on soundtracks of major motion pictures, but a career breakthrough remained elusive.

In 2007, the front page of video sharing website YouTube featured a video of Lavie performing one of her original songs. YouTubers’ enthusiastic response attracted media recognition within weeks. A feature on Entertainment Tonight Canada nationally televised her moniker, “the next Mariah Carey.” The following month, CTV’s eTalk featured how “music stars” like Lavie would “get to the top on their own terms.”

In 2008, Lavie’s independently produced debut album Everything or Nothing was released on iTunes, was featured as “What’s Hot” on the iTunes front page, and the album broke into the top 20 reaching the #20 spot on the iTunes pop chart--all despite a lack of backing or promotion by a record label. The year 2008 roughly tripled Lavie’s YouTube subscriber base (35,000+) and videos’ views (almost 13,000,000) as she continued to post videos of original and cover songs. Her featured video was a finalist among all music videos in the 2007 YouTube Awards. Also that year, Lavie performed by invitation at “YouTube Events,” and headlined her first major concert before an audience estimated at 20,000.

Everything or Nothing is due for release on physical CD in 2009. Lavie continues to promote her music online and work with Margulies on songs for future albums.

Background information
Born May 6, 1983, LaSalle, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Origin LaSalle, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Genre(s) R&B, soul, pop
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter
Instrument(s) Vocals, piano
Voice type(s) Mezzo-Soprano
Years active 2004-present
Label(s) Boundary Entertainment LLC Independent artist working with no major label

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