Anita Antoinette
Anita Antoinette was born in Kingston, Surrey County, Jamaica on August 4th, 1989 and is the Reggae Singer. At the age of 34, Anita Antoinette biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Anita Antoinette Fearon, born on August 4, 1989, is a Jamaican-American reggae singer-songwriter.
Antoinette is best known for her appearance on NBC's reality TV singing competition The Voice Season 3 in which she was barred from the Blinds Audition and reappearance on Season 7 as part of Gwen Stefani's team's team, which finished tenth in the competition.
Early life
Anita Antoinette Fearon was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and she is the niece of reggae legend Clinton Fearon. In the renowned roots-reggae band "The Gladiators," her father was co-founder, bass player, and singer. She spent the first years of her childhood in Duhaney Park, Jamaica, where she attended George Headley Primary School. In 1996, Antoinette immigrated to the United States, where she and her mother, brothers, and sister settled first in South Boston and then New England, Connecticut.
Anita, a self-taught singer and guitarist, began writing her own music as a child, inspired both by her father and other legends such as Bob Marley. She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Professional Music with a specialization in Music Business and Songwriting from the prestigious Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts in 2008 and was accepted to the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.
Career
During High School, Anita performed on stages throughout New England, the Northeast and the Pacific Northwest. In 2008, she appeared at the Library of Congress in Washington DC performing material from The Real Ambassadors before the show's composer, Dave Brubeck.
Anita later appeared on Season 3 of The Voice. She covered Bob Marley's No Woman No Cry and was unable to turn a chair. She asked for an opportunity to redo the song a cappella, and "sang through her tears." As stated by Rolling Stone, "Christina shivered, and the others visibly rued that thing they'd just said about her not being able to sell the song."
In September 2014 it was announced that Anita would compete in Season 7 of The Voice on the advice of Blake Shelton from Season 3.
On Episode 3 of Season 7, Anita covered Bob Marley's Turn Your Lights Down Low. All four coaches (Adam Levine, Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton and Pharrell Williams) turned around. Anita chose Gwen Stefani as her coach. At the Battle rounds, Antoinette faced Mayra Alvarez where they sang "I Can See Clearly Now" Anita was then chosen over Alvarez, in the process advanced to the Knockout rounds. During the Knockouts, Antoinette sang "Rude" in which she defeated her opponent Craig Wayne Boyd and saw her advancement to The Live Playoffs. During the Playoffs Anita performed a rendition of Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass" and was voted through by America into the Live Shows. The following week, the reggae singer sang a rendition of "Redemption Song" and was also saved by America's votes. In the Top 10 she did "Let Her Go" by Passenger, but in the results show Anita was in the bottom 3 and was eliminated along with Reagan James from Team Blake instead of teammate Ryan Sill.