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Melanie Fiona

Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&BHip hop

Melanie Fiona is a Contemporary R&B and Hip hop act. Their sound grew out of Michael Bolton, The Ronettes, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson and Mariah Carey. Those roots explain a lot about how Melanie Fiona arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Fantasia, K. Michelle, LeToya, Keri Hilson and Elle Varner, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into John Legend & The Roots, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 43 connections around Melanie Fiona, reaching back through Michael Bolton and forward to John Legend & The Roots. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Melanie FionaMichael BoltonThe RonettesWhitney HoustonMichael JacksonMariah CareyChristina AguileraJade NovahSam CookeJohn Legend & The Ro…FantasiaK. MichelleLeToyaKeri HilsonElle VarnerKelly RowlandSevyn StreeterMary J. Blige

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Melanie Fiona connections

Melanie Fiona grew out of Michael Bolton, The Ronettes, Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson, shares an orbit with Fantasia, K. Michelle, LeToya and Keri Hilson, went on to shape John Legend & The Roots. 43 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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