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In 2008 Meleka competed with 14 other contestants in a two day workshop with industry veterans such as Don-E (Love Makes the World Go Round), Steve Sutherland (MOBO winning Galaxy fm DJ) and Mervyn Lynn (SonyBMG), who advised the hopefuls about the Music Business. Meleka kept her cool as she was picked as a finalist to perform her two songs for the panel of judges. Nervous, but excited she “wowed” the judges with her performance of her soulful Ballad ”GO”. Picked by GRAMMY Award winning Estelle and former Mis-teeq singer Sabrina Washington, Meleka, who is no stranger to the stage, was given an even larger platform to showcase her talent. It was her soaring vocals, self-penned songs and fearless nature that made her the firm favorite for the grand prize at the prestigious urban talent event. “I couldn’t believe Sabrina and Estelle chose me. It was such a privilege.”
As part of her prize, Meleka won the chance to support Estelle (American Boy, Substitute Lover, 1980) at HUGO URBAN RULES’ headline gig in Manchester and release her single “Go (Now It’s Over Boy)”. Since winning, Meleka has collaborated and worked with the eclectic Don-E as well as Basement Jaxx, Oopsy Daisy, rapper Chipmunk and U.S diva Kelis, to name a few. But it was her debut single “Go (Now It’s Over Boy)” which really earned her the spotlight.
The EP, which features a Simon Diamond remix with guest vocals from UK Rapper Tinie Tempah (PASS OUT), as well as the leaders of Funky House, a collective of musicians known as the Crazy Cousinz. Their use of African drum beats and percussion instrumentation combined with Meleka’s emotional vocal performance, turned this once soulful slow jam into a funky club banger that produced the 2009 summer anthem that ` has turned Meleka into a household name.
Having received over 300,000 plays on Myspace and over 1 million views on YouTube (from fans radio rips alone), not including the views she has earned from the music video for “Go” (directed by Ben Jones).
Meleka is back with her follow up single, “Miss Me?”
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