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Grammy Nominated Andra Day Climbing New Zealand Charts
Grammy Nominated Andra Day Climbing New Zealand Charts
• CHEERS TO THE FALL today entered the
New Zealand top ten albums on iTunes, with the lead single
‘Rise Up’ going top twenty in the singles chart.
•
Andra has two Grammy Award Nominations: Best R&B Performance
for ‘Rise Up’ and Best R&B Album for CHEERS TO THE
FALL
• CHEERS TO THE FALL features Raphael
Saadiq, Stevie Wonder, The
Dap-Kings, ?uestlove and
DJ Jazzy Jeff
• Andra featured in
Apple’s 2015 Holiday Campaign with Stevie Wonder singing
‘Someday At Christmas’
• Performed ‘Rise Up’ at
the White House for The First Lady’s Reach Higher
initiative
• Rise Up featured in last night’s episode
of The Blacklist (TV3)
• ‘Rise Up’ featured
in Beats by Dre TV commercial with Serena Williams
•
Watch Andra’s performance on Jimmy
Kimmel
• Watch Andra’s performance on The Late Show
with Stephen Colbert
Andra Day has been described as “possessed by the ghost of Billie Holiday,” boasting flawless jazz chops that she can apply to her varied musical influences with equal ease. She has been looked at as a scion of the dearly departed Amy Winehouse, that longed-for singer with the voice and charisma to single-handedly inspire a rebirth of classic soul.
The San Diego native attended a performing arts high school while working with various producers to develop her musical style. When a tape of a live performance found its way to Stevie Wonder, he was blown away and soon introduced her to producer/writer/musician Adrian Gurvitz of Buskin Records. Day and Gurvitz spent the next year working on her debut album CHEERS TO THE FALL.
Reflecting the LP's theme of resilience through struggle, the crown jewel of the album is the universally timeless ‘Rise Up,’ which Andra describes as “a song about any type of relationship.” She says, “I look at all of us as brothers and sisters and a body working together. ‘Rise Up’ is saying one piece isn’t better than the other, and when one part is struggling, I’m going to help and lift you up. I will rise up with you.”
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