Misty Jean
is a popular Haitian Kompa and Zouk singer born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She sings both in her native Haitian Kreyol and Frenchenglish].
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Biography
Born in Haiti February 1983, Misty Jean started performing at the early age of three with the dance institute of Lynn W. Rouzier who thought her dance. She started singing at seven in amateur singing contests with Paul Villefranche. Since then, her passion for music became an obsession. At Anglade high school where she graduated, she was named soloist of the choir and became an instant neighborwood celebrity. In 1998, she took part at La Soiree Magique De La Guitare with well known pianist Raoul Denis Jr. and The Widmaier brothers. In 1999, she is chosen by the leading Haitian cellular phone company HAITEL to be their main model in a major promotional campaign.
During the month of February 2001, she flew to the island of
Sint Maarten where she represented
Haiti among twenty two countries in the election of Miss West Indies. On February 21, she won the contest for best talent and was crowned Miss West Indies. On May 27 of 2001, at the Ritz Kinam in Petion Ville, at the night entitled "Femme" of Yole Derose, she sings together with well acclaimed Orlane and Emeline Michel. You also find her in Caribbean Escape of Raoul Denis Jr. In February 2002, she is crowned «Miss de la Francophonie» in
Port-au-Prince. In march 2002, she leaves to the U.S. where she is currently attending college. In march 2003, she performed at Diva's Night at Gusto’s in
Miami Lakes. On April 13 2003, she was crowned Queen of Carnival at the Miami Mardi Gras.
Her First album "Plus Pres De Toi" was released in June 2004. It included hits like "Patizan", "Ce Ou Mwen Vle", Maladie D'amour and more. Most of the songs on the album were written by Jean-Adler Gaston aka Top Adlerman; he is also the one who introduced Misty to the Haitian community because although she has been a great and talented singer before, people in Haiti still did not know her too much. Many other artists contributed to the album like Jack Pina, Jacky Rapon, John Doane Leila Chicot, Leila Chicot, Roberto & Rober Martino of
T-Vice and
Sonia Dersion. On the Fourth of July 2004, she performed live at the Bayfront Park alongside
Lil Kim. In august of 2004, she embarked on a tour of the
French Antilles where she performed remarkably in many occasions and for different audiences. In November 2004, she was awarded «FEMALE SINGER OF THE YEAR» by «TICKET D’OR» of Ticket Magazine in
Haiti. In December 2005, she performed at
Bataclan in
Paris. In February 2006, she performed at Bicentennial Park for the Greater Miami Mardi Gras.
Her second album entitled Konpa A GoGo came out in May 2006. It contains the hit songs: «Konpa A Gogo» Featuring:
Kaysha, «Car Wash», «Paradi Lanmou», «S’abandonner» Duet with Thierry Cham, «Hear the Tam Tam», «Camionette». We also find the participation of artists such as: Pierre Huberson, Marc Goncalves, Andre Dejean, Thierry Delannay, Laurent Ciceron, Robert Martino, Herly Jacques, Teeyah, Elie Lapointe, Jean Claude Jean.
In November 2006, she was awarded Female Singer of the Year by «TICKET D’OR». In December 2006, she released her first Live album together with her band composed of very young talented musicians. In January 2007, she is the host at the Haitian Independence Festival at Bayfront Park.
Her third solo album released in April 2008 contains the following tracks: «Kijan Lari A Ye», «Ne Touche Pas A Mon Homme», «Rev Mwen», «Pa Jije», «Tu pleures», «Vini’m Bo’w», «Li Pa Two Ta», «Lanmou Tounen Prizon», «Vale Fan’m», «Hommage A Ti Manno», «Tam Tam», «Lonely Lover». Several talented producers, musicians and artists participated in this project. They are: Ralph Conde, Richard Rouzeau, Roberto Martino, Gerald Kebreau, Nickenson Prud’homme, Harold Saint Louis, Robert Martino, Martine Marseille, Shino, Symphoni, Yve, Jack Pina, Marc Lubin, Ed Calle, etc...
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