Ketsia

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Ketsia is a Haitian-Canadian singer and songwriter, born in Montreal, Quebec. [1] [2] [3] She is an Indie artist, singing in French and English, and co-founder of the Canadian record label K-train Entertainment. [3] [4]

Career

Ketsia has 3 songs which made it to the Billboard charts, spending a total of 15 weeks on the charts. [5] "Possible" was the first song to hit the charts in June 2010, then came "Just Let Me Go" in March 2011, and the last song to appear on a chart was "Running on Empty" in June 2011. [5] [6] [7] [8] "Possible" charted for 4 weeks and peaked at No. 83 on Billboard's "Hot 100" chart and No. 9 on Billboard's "Emerging Canadian Artists" chart. [9] "Just Let Me Go" charted for 7 weeks and peaked at No. 49 on Billboard's "Hot 100" chart and No. 4 on Billboard's "Emerging Canadian Artists" chart. [10] "Running on Empty" peaked at No. 45 on Billboard's "Hot 100" chart; No. 4 on Billboard's "Emerging Canadian Artists" chart; and No. 18 on Billboard's "Hot Digital Songs" chart (June 2011). [11] Ketsia was on the centerfold of ME Magazine's summer 2010 issue as part of the magazine's "Rising Star" series. [1] Using sales data from Nielsen SoundScan Inc, [12] the Quebec Government ranked Ketsia as having the 15th most sold Québécois digital track in 2010, for her song "Possible". [12]

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