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Jessie Reyez
Artist Biography For Jessie Reyez
Colombian-Canadian Singer-Songwriter Jessie Reyez From Toronto Whose Unique Take On Pop Music Accented With R&B And Hip-Hop Influences Is Reinforced By A Raw Vocal Style That Merges The Deeply Passionate With The Stylishly Theatrical. Reyez Started Singing At A Young Age. Inspired By Her Father's Talent For Playing Acoustic Guitar And Singing Colombian Boleros Jessie Was Destined To Be A Creative Herself. It Came Naturally To Jessie As She Began Writing Lyrics And Adopting Her Father's Talents For The Guitar. But Before Reyez Became Serious About Music She Was A Committed Student And Studied Hip-Hop Dance From Junior High Into High School. However After A Traumatic Breakup With Her First Serious Boyfriend When She Was 17 Jessie Poured Her Heartache Back Into Music. Reyez Was Then Introduced To Chicago-Based Hip-Hop Artist King Louie. Soon Reyez Was Approached To Share Her Songwriting And Vocal Talents With Such Notables As Calvin Harris Babyface Chance The Rapper. Reyez Was Focused On Building An Audience For Her Own Work However And In April 2017 She Released A Seven-Song EP 'Kiddo' Which Includes Tracks "Figures" And "Gatekeeper". Reyez Followed EP With Standalone "Phone Calls" And "Cotton Candy". In March 2018 Reyez Released A Reprised Version Of "Figures" Which Was Performed Live Alongside Fellow Toronto-Based Artist Daniel Caesar At The Juno Awards. She Recieved Breakthrough Artist Of The Year Dedicating The Win To Canadian Artists. Reyez Currently Touring With Singer-Songwriter Halsey In North America Commemorated Her Recent Success With A New Single "Apple Juice".
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Figures
Jessie-Reyez - Kiddo
"FIGURES" Is A Song By Canadian Singer Jessie Reyez From Her Debut EP Kiddo. It Was Released As A Single By FMLY On August 26 2016 And Was Later Added To Her Debut Studio Album Before Love Came To Kill Us. The Song Was Written By Reyez And Shy Carter Alongside Björn Djupström And Tobias Frelin The Members Of The Songwriting Duo Priest And The Beast Who Also Produced It. "FIGURES" Was A Minor Hit In Canada Where It Peaked At 58 On The Canadian Hot 100. The Song Received A Triple Platinum Certification From Music Canada For Selling 240 000 Track-Equivalent Units. In The US The Song Peaked At Number 7 On The R&B Digital Song Sales Chart And At 32 On The Rhythmic Songs Chart. It Received A Platinum Certification From The Recording Industry Association Of America RIAA For Selling One Million Track-Equivalent Units. The Music Video For "FIGURES" Was Published On YouTube On August 24 2016. It Is A Minimal Video In Which Reyez Sings The Song While She Is Sitting On A Chair. On June 18 2017 Reyez Performed "FIGURES" On The 2017 IHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards Red Carpet Pre-Show. She Again Performed The Song A Week Later At The 2017 BET Awards. Reyez Made Her Late-Night TV Debut With Her Performance Of This Track On The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon On August 9 2017. In November 2017 She Performed Both "Gatekeeper" And "Figures" On Late Night With Seth Meyers With The Latter Being Released As A Web Exclusive. A Live Performance Of The Song Was Recorded For VEVO N A Motel Parking Lot And Was Published On Reyez's YouTube Channel On March 30 2020. The Singer Played The Guitar Alongside A Group Of String Players.
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Colombian-Canadian Singer-Songwriter Jessie Reyez From Toronto Whose Unique Take On Pop Music Accented With R&B And Hip-Hop Influences Is Reinforced By A Raw Vocal Style That Merges The Deeply Passionate With The Stylishly Theatrical. Reyez Started Singing At A Young Age. Inspired By Her Father's Talent For Playing Acoustic Guitar And Singing Colombian Boleros Jessie Was Destined To Be A Creative Herself. It Came Naturally To Jessie As She Began Writing Lyrics And Adopting Her Father's Talents For The Guitar. But Before Reyez Became Serious About Music She Was A Committed Student And Studied Hip-Hop Dance From Junior High Into High School. However After A Traumatic Breakup With Her First Serious Boyfriend When She Was 17 Jessie Poured Her Heartache Back Into Music. Reyez Was Then Introduced To Chicago-Based Hip-Hop Artist King Louie. Soon Reyez Was Approached To Share Her Songwriting And Vocal Talents With Such Notables As Calvin Harris Babyface Chance The Rapper. Reyez Was Focused On Building An Audience For Her Own Work However And In April 2017 She Released A Seven-Song EP 'Kiddo' Which Includes Tracks "Figures" And "Gatekeeper". Reyez Followed EP With Standalone "Phone Calls" And "Cotton Candy". In March 2018 Reyez Released A Reprised Version Of "Figures" Which Was Performed Live Alongside Fellow Toronto-Based Artist Daniel Caesar At The Juno Awards. She Recieved Breakthrough Artist Of The Year Dedicating The Win To Canadian Artists. Reyez Currently Touring With Singer-Songwriter Halsey In North America Commemorated Her Recent Success With A New Single "Apple Juice".
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"FIGURES" is a song by Canadian singer Jessie Reyez from her debut EP Kiddo. It was released as a single by FMLY on August 26, 2016, and was later added to her debut studio album Before Love Came to Kill Us. The song was written by Reyez and Shy Carter alongside Björn Djupström and Tobias Frelin, the members of the songwriting duo Priest and the Beast, who also produced it.
"FIGURES" was a minor hit in Canada where it peaked at 58 on the Canadian Hot 100. The song received a triple platinum certification from Music Canada for selling 240,000 track-equivalent units.
In the US, the song peaked at number 7 on the R&B Digital Song Sales chart and at 32 on the Rhythmic Songs chart. It received a platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling one million track-equivalent units.
The music video for "FIGURES" was published on YouTube on August 24, 2016. It is a minimal video in which Reyez sings the song while she is sitting on a chair.
On June 18, 2017, Reyez performed "FIGURES" on the 2017 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards Red Carpet pre-show. She again performed the song a week later at the 2017 BET Awards.
Reyez made her late-night TV debut with her performance of this track on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on August 9, 2017. In November 2017, she performed both "Gatekeeper" and "Figures" on Late Night with Seth Meyers, with the latter being released as a web exclusive.
A live performance of the song was recorded for VEVO n a motel parking lot and was published on Reyez's YouTube channel on March 30, 2020. The singer played the guitar alongside a group of string players. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.