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1. Keshia Opened up for Destiny's Child on their Destiny's Fulfilled tour in Vancouver and there was 50,000 seat venue.
2. She cities Jennifer Lopez as her style icon.
3. Cries when she talks about her fans.
4. Her grandparents live in Atlanta.
5. She is very protective of her mother.
6. Missed more than 100 days during her senior year before getting a tutor.
7. Graduated from Fletchers Meadows High School on October 27,2006.
8. Shares the same birthday as her idol Tupac .
9. Got a exclusive record deal with Sony BMG at the age of 14.
10. Stephen Hill from BET put liked The 'Bad Boy' video so much that he put it on BETs video rotation.
11. When she is shy around a guy, she gets fiesty.
12. She likes to sing 'Rock The Boat' by Aaliyah in the shower.
13. Did a Rap-It-Up commerical for BET in 2006.
14. Has a cameo appearence in Bow Wow & Chris Brown's 'Shortie Like Mine' video.
15. Voted #18 on MuchMusic's hottest 20 girls in 2006.
16. Has been around cameras since she was a baby.
17. 'Fallen' and 'Sorry' are her most personal tracks on her album 2U
18. Considers Chris Brown to be one of the most sweetest and humble guys in the industry.
19. She would love to perform for her grandfather in Portugal.
20. Used to play volleyball in high school.
21. She would love to star in the sequel to Mean Girls.
22. Thinks being compared to Aaliyah is a compliment.
23. Her favorite R&B singer is Beyonce.
24. The most craziest fan encounter was when two fans were in her backyard and watched her eat breakfast.
25. Known as Canada's R&B Princess.
26. Since she was a little girl, she still writes her goals down.
27. People refer Keshia and her bestfriends/dancers as the Spice Girls.
28. Appeared on BETs Rated Next in November of 2004.
29. Signed a deal with Ford modeling agency in 2005.
30. Her biggest pet peeve are girls who think their not worthy and that they have to look a certain way.
31. Recorded "Ring The Alarm" for War Child Canada.
32. To make sure she knew how to pronounce the words, Keshia's mom printed out & edited the lyrics to 'Dear Mama'.
33. Her debut album "Keshia Chanté" went Gold in June 2004.
34. Her first American photoshoot was for Sophisticate's Black Hair Magazine.
35. Her sophmore album, 2U was dedicated in the loving memory of her friend Ailbe Flynn.
36. Interviewd Chris Brown for ET Canada during his first trip to Canada.
37. Had more control over her album,2U from the booklet to songwriting and being a executive producer.
38. 'Sorry' was hard for her to write in the studio because it has alot of emotion and she is happy person.
39. She practices so hard for when she performs live that she loses her voice,she doesn't lip-sync.
40. The best part of performing to Keshia is when the fans sing and dance to her songs.
41. Her gulity pleasures are laguna beach,kit-kats,highheels,jewelery,orange and yellow skittles, and animals.
42. Her mom taught her how to be comfortable in front of a camera by videotapping her daily.
43. When Ivan Berry called her home and asked her to sing, she sanged R.Kelly's 'I Believe I Can Fly'.
44. If Keshia was to make a movie,it was would be about girl power and action.
45. All her friends go to her if they need advice.
46. Christina Aguilera and Beyoncé are her female artist influences.
47.Her video for "Been Gone" was inspired by Britney Spear's "Hit Me Baby (One More Time)".
48. She wrote her single, "Been Gone".
49. Traveled to Toronto,New York,Miami and Los Angeles for the recordings of 2U.
50. The title track and second single, 2U was recorded in 6 hours before mixing the album.
51. Recording artist and Keshia's labelmate Shawn Desman wrote "Bad Boy" and produced "Spinnin".
52. She co-written her fourth single, "Let the Music Take You" from her debut album.
53. Over 100 people attended her 18th birthday surprise birthday party.
54. More then 1,000 people turned out to see her at a Toronto mall in September of 2004.
55. She loves her mom's spagetti and pumpkin pie with marshmellows.
56. One of her favorite movies of all time is Training Day with Denzel Washington.
57. She cried when watching Finding Nemo.
58. She crys for everything.
59. Her 19th birthday was held at Tonic nightclub in Toronto.
60. While in Los Angeles recording 'Beep Beep , Keshia had the flu.
61. Was listed 3rd most powerful in Canada’s Capital of “Ottawa” in a line up amongst well respected politicians and journalists.
62. When she was little, she always had her dad go on the spinning rides with her even if he didn't enjoy it.
63. Her favorite amusement in Canada is Wonderland and she likes the rollercoasters.
64. Friends with Degassi:The Next Generation stars Cassie Steele and Aubrey "Drake" Graham.