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
Till this day, people stop me in the supermarket, and they're like, 'Oh, we're so proud of you!'
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.
I get extremely nervous before performances. I pray and try to look at it as, 'I'll go out there and have fun,' but it's very nerve-wracking for me. I don't think that will ever change.
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.
A great song is one that is around even when I'm not.
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.
Music for me is not just being on a stage and singing. Its my coping mechanism.
Off stage, Im very quiet and very reserved and kind of shy.
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.
Own the stage, command the stage, and don't be afraid to be the best you can be.
What I love about Beyonce is she's not a slave to a genre of music.