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Danny Fernandes

Addicted

Automatic

Fantasy

Never Again

Take Me Away

Daniel Bosco Fernandes (born September 16, 1985) is a Canadian singer and songwriter of Portuguese descent. He is signed to CP Records.

At 16, Danny Fernandes won two consecutive Rising Star awards in the annual CNE dance contest held at Cherrytree Public School located in Brampton, Ontario, near Toronto. He became the youngest member of the Toronto Raptors' famed Dance Pak and began to appear regularly as a backup dancer in music videos.

After graduating from Cherrytree Public School, Danny started playing showcases at clubs in Europe (Germany, Switzerland, and Austria), Fernandes signed with the Canadian CP Records (Capital Prophet Records) and released his debut album Intro which debuted # 1 on iTunes. Danny went out on tour across Canada as the opening act for Akon and Sean Kingston and later headlining his own tours.

Fernandes has released four singles from his debut album "Intro", including "Curious" featuring Juelz Santana, "Private Dancer" featuring Belly, "Never Again" and "Fantasy","Fantasy" being the most successful and peaking at #25 on the Canadian Hot 100. "Private Dancer", was played on MuchMusic Countdown. "Fantasy" spent over 14 weeks on the national radio show but was unable to crack the official Canadian Top 20.

Fernandes was also a judge on the TV show Karaoke Star Jr. alongside Tara Oram.[7]

Fernandes's second album AutomaticLUV was released on CP Records on November 2, 2010 with the first single called "Automatic" featuring Belly.
Personal life
Danny Fernandes during a live performance
in Laval (near Montreal), Canada

Danny Fernandes is the younger brother of Canadian artist Shawn Desman (born Shawn Fernandes). He is also a cousin to another Canadian singer Tyler Medeiros, whose debut single "Girlfriend" featured Danny Fernandes.
Discography
Studio albums
Year Information Canada
2008 Intro

First studio album
Released: October 14, 2008
Label: CP Records
Format: CD

55
2010 AutomaticLUV

Second studio album
Released: November 2, 2010
Label: CP Records
Format: CD, iTunes

61
Singles
Year Title Peak Certifications Album
CAN
2008 "Curious" (feat. Juelz Santana) 65 Intro
" Private Dancer" (feat. Belly) 32

CAN: Gold[2]

"Fantasy" 25

CAN: Gold[2]

2009 "Never Again" 44
" Addicted" 49
2010 "Automatic" (feat. Belly) 41 AutomaticLUV
2011 "Take Me Away" 39
" Feel It" (feat. Shawn Desman) —
Features
Year Title Chart Positions Album
CAN
2010 "Passenger" (DY featuring Danny Fernandes) - TBA
2010 "Girlfriend" (Tyler Medeiros featuring Danny Fernandes) - TBA
Tours

2008/2009: The Girlicious Tour (Danny Fernandes opening act)
2009: Fantasy Tour
2010: SodaPOP 2010: Emily Osment Tour (Danny Fernandes opening act)
2010: AutomaticLuv Tour with JRDN

Awards / Nominations

At the 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards on June 21, 2009, Danny Fernandes won the Best Canadian Pop Video of the Year for Private Dancer directed by Ren, produced by Renaud Stanton Dupré through The Field Inc. production company.[3]
In April–May 2009, he had also been nominated to People's Choice: Favourite New Canadian Artist/Group category and his single "Fantasy" was nominated for People's Choice: Favourite Canadian Video category in the vote leading to 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards.
He was nominated for a Juno for the 2010 Juno Awards in the Best New Canadian Artist category.
In 2010 he won Favourite Pop Canadian Artist at the Canadian Indie Awards.[4]
In 2011 Mike Portoghese - Post-Production/Director, along with Producer: Bruce Carson, Rory Halsall, and Production Company: The NE Inc., won "Best Post Production of the Year" at the MMVA's for Automatic

 

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