Andra Day

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Andra Day
Andra Day at Radio City Music Hall, March 2016.jpg
Andra Day performing at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, March 2016
Background information
Birth name Cassandra Monique Batie
Also known as Andra Day
Born (1984-12-30) December 30, 1984 (age 39)
Spokane, Washington
Origin San Diego, California, United States
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2012–present
Labels
Website Official website

Cassandra Monique "Andra" Batie[1] (born December 30, 1984), who goes by the stage name Andra Day, is an African-American singer and songwriter who has released one studio album and two singles.

Career

Andra Day attended the School of Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) in San Diego, California where she majored in Vocal Performance. She has been featured in a number of videos that aired on CBSnews.com,[2] Vans.com,[3] and GlobalGrind.com,[4] among others. On October 5, 2012, Day released a cover of Jessie J’s "Mamma Knows Best" that peaked at number 2 on the YouTube Music Charts and number 24 that resulted in her signing to Warner Bros. Records.[5]

Her debut studio album, Cheers to the Fall, was released on August 28, 2015.[6] The album was produced by Adrian Gurvitz and Raphael Saadiq,[7] and featured Questlove, James Poyser of The Roots, DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Dap-Kings of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings. Spike Lee directed the video for the first single from the album, "Forever Mine", after hearing Day perform at Sundance Film Festival.[8] Day performed her second single "Rise Up" at the 2015 BET Awards.[9][10][11] She is featured on the soundtrack of the Netflix original documentary, What Happened, Miss Simone?.[12] She was also featured in Rolling Stone's "10 New Artists You Need to Know" for July 2015.[13] NPR's Katie Presley has praised her singing by saying it has "Eartha Kitt's unflappable confidence, Amy Winehouse's effortless grasp of classic jazz, Billie Holiday's access to raw emotion and Adele's range and pop sensibility."[14]

Day performed at the 2015 Special Olympics World Games Closing Ceremony on August 2, 2015, alongside Carly Rae Jepsen and O.A.R.[15] Day opened the August and September dates of Lenny Kravitz' tour in 2015.[16] She also performed at the 2015 365 Black Awards,[17] and performed her single "Rise Up" on ABC's Good Morning America on August 27, 2015. In November 2015, Day and Stevie Wonder were featured in a Christmas-themed Apple commercial, performing Wonder's song "Someday at Christmas."[18]

On December 7, 2015 Day received two nominations at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards including Best R&B Performance for "Rise Up" and Best R&B Album for Cheers to the Fall.

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US 200
[19]		 US R&B
[20]		 US
R&B/Hip-
Hop[21]		 AUS
 UK
Cheers to the Fall 48 3 6 — —

Singles

Title Writer(s) Producer(s)
"Forever Mine"
  • Cassandra Batie
  • Rob Kleiner
 Rob Kleiner
"Rise Up"

Charts

Title Year Peak chart position Album
US US
R&B/HH		 US
R&B		 US
adult
pop
"Forever Mine" 2015 — — — —
Cheers to the Fall
"Rise Up" 101[22] 31[23] 13[24] 26[25]
"Someday At Christmas"
(featuring Stevie Wonder)		 — — 24[26] —

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
2016 "Rise Up" Best R&B Performance Nominated
Cheers to the Fall Best R&B Album Nominated

NAACP Awards

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
2016 Andra Day Outstanding New Artist Nominated

References

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  22. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f0=is_bmdb_track_id%3A6682404&f1=itm_field_chart_id%3A344&refine=1
  23. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f0=is_bmdb_track_id%3A6682404&f1=itm_field_chart_id%3A367&refine=1
  24. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f0=is_bmdb_track_id%3A6682404&f1=itm_field_chart_id%3A1230&refine=1
  25. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f0=is_bmdb_track_id%3A6682404&f1=itm_field_chart_id%3A343&refine=1
  26. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f0=ss_chart_search_title%3A%22Someday%20At%20Christmas%22&f1=itm_field_chart_id%3A1230&refine=1

External links

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