Tessanne Chin
Tessanne Chin
Tessanne Amanda Chinis a Jamaican recording artist, best known for winning Season 5 of NBC's reality TV singing competition The Voice as part of Adam Levine's team. She has opened for famous acts such as Patti Labelle, Peabo Bryson and Gladys Knight, and toured for three years with Jimmy Cliff. She is the younger sister of singer Tami Chynn and Terrie Chin...
NationalityJamaican
ProfessionReggae Singer
Date of Birth23 September 1985
CityKingston, Jamaica
CountryJamaica
I want to make the music that people remember, and it doesn't need a trend; it doesn't need to be constantly hyped. There's no time period for it. That's the type of music I want to make.
It's lovely to be recognized in your own country, but I feel that there's more.
I think anything I do will have an island feel, but I don't want it to be just that; I don't want to be put in a box.
My mom always said if you have a gift, it is absolutely not about you. So I don't get twisted and think for one second it's all about me.
I can work my butt off and create an album that's wonderful, but if it's never played and never given the outlet, it won't succeed.
I think a part of being successful or trying to be successful is staying true to who you are. Be genuine.
Music for me is not just being on a stage and singing. Its my coping mechanism.
There's no Limit for me, and no limit I'm willing to put on myself where doing what I love is concerned. I was born to do what I am doing now, and just the fact that I'm able to be having a career in music and doing what I love everyday, and reaching the ears and hearts of people is for me in a sense. Success and yes... a dream come true.
I think when you are a cool guy but also a hot guy, that makes you even more sexy.
Off stage, Im very quiet and very reserved and kind of shy.
I think a lot of my dreams have come true, and my next dream is to have a No. 1 selling album. A Grammy-award-winning album.
I want to make an album with just great beats and big vocals and just amazing lyrics.
I think on stage there's a side of me that comes out that's very fierce and confident.
I do have very solid reggae roots based on the fact that I'm Jamaican, and so that is a part of myself; even if I never do all reggae, it has to come out in some way because that's who I am.