Savannah Cristina

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Savannah Cristina
Birth nameSavannah Cristina
Born (1997-04-03) April 3, 1997 (age 26)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active2016–present
Labels TheNuMiami Warner Records Dollaz N Dealz Savannah Cristina Music
Website savannahcristinamusic.com

Savannah Cristina is an American singer from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In 2019, she received widespread attention when a YouTube video performance of her song "Self Care" went viral. [1] In 2020, she released her major label debut, Self Care, on Warner Records.

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Early life

Savannah Cristina was born in Miami, Florida, and was raised by an African American father and a Dominican mother. [2] She moved to Fort Lauderdale at the age of 6. In 2019, she told Miami New Times , "I was raised by my church. I was raised by my school. I was raised by my Boys & Girls Club. I was really raised by the poetry teachers who took their time to invest in my art. All of those people created the woman I am today." [3] She attended Stranahan High School, [4] and graduated from Florida International University with a degree in political science. [3]

Career beginnings

Cristina began singing in church as well as at local community events. She told American Songwriter that she discovered her love of music in second grade when a choir teacher told her she had a gift. [5] In high school, she started a poetry club and participated in slam competitions, studying performers like Aja Monet and Bertrand Boyd. In April 2016, she did a joint venture with the management company TheNuMiami, which posted her first single, "Spend It on Me," on SoundCloud. [6] However after her release of the self-care ep Savannah Cristina decided to stand firm on being independent in order to continue having creative direction. In 2021, Cristina hosted her own eight city tour fully funded by her own label. After selling out in cities like D.C. and Atlanta, she was inspired to get back in the studio and release more music for her fans.

In 2017, she released Mango Season. The title, she told The PoPular Society in 2017, was inspired by the mango trees that bloom in Fort Lauderdale every summer. [7] The following year, she released Florida Girl. She also collaborated with South Florida artists such as Twelve’Len, ¡Mayday!, and Ice Billion Berg, and contributed backing vocals to a track on Denzel Curry's 2018 album Ta13oo .

In 2019, Savannah Cristina signed a record deal with Dollaz N Dealz. She posted videos of herself performing around her neighborhood, including a basketball court (for “Rebound”) and a busy intersection (for “Belong to the Streets”). She told Rated R&B , "I got to a point where I wanted people to see what I'm doing, and if that means I have to go out into the street or go into the middle of the beach or go to a basketball court, I'm going to get your attention. So, that's where the inspiration came from. I came up with the idea myself and I love the way everybody accepted the way that they did." [8] She told Flaunt, "All these spots I pick are places from my childhood. The basketball court, I grew up going to that court playing with my dad. That street is the street I caught the city bus to go to school." [2]

Her "Self Care" video was filmed at a local beach. It went viral and eventually garnered 6 million views. She told Yahoo! Life that she was motivated to make the clip because "I felt like I was neglecting myself. I felt like as a woman, as a person, I was neglecting my feelings [and] my responsibilities that I had to myself." [1]

Warner Records began courting her after she released her single, "What You Won't Do," and partnered with her in January 2020 to release her Self Care EP on October 2, 2020. [2] [9]

In 2022, She independently released her single “Bad Bitch Energy” which immediately went viral on TikTok and Instagram catching the attention of prominent public figures. This resulted in joining a 16-city tour with Arin Ray in October of that year.

Style

Savannah Cristina has called her music "soul therapy" [8] and "pieces of my diary." [3] Her influences include Beyoncé, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, PartyNextDoor and Lauryn Hill.

She told American Songwriter, "There's no other setting for me to talk about these things," she says. "I'm somebody that, if you know me, I'm very distant. I dissociate myself from emotions for as long as I can. I don't like saying what's wrong or talking about myself very much. But in music, I can express a side of myself that's very open, very emotional. Even if it's embarrassing or too personal. I almost have to do it."

Discography

EPs

TitleAlbum details
Self Care
  • Released: October 2, 2020
  • Label: Dollaz N Dealz, Warner Records
  • Format: Digital Download

Independent projects

TitleAlbum details
Faded
  • Released: January 31, 2017
  • Label: TheNuMiami
  • Format: Digital Download
Mango Season
  • Released: July 31, 2017
  • Label: TheNuMiami
  • Format: Digital Download
Florida Girl
  • Released: October 5, 2018
  • Label: TheNuMiami
  • Format: Digital Download

Singles

List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
TitleYearAlbum
"Spend It on Me"2016Florida Girl
"Trust"
"Florida Boy"2017
"Florida Boy (Remix)"
(feat. Ice Billion Berg)		2018
"Midnight"
"SoulTies (Remix)"2019Non-album single
"What You Won't Do"
"One Night Only"
"Rebound"
"Self Care"Self Care
"Belong to the Streets"Non-album single
"Selfish 2020"2020
"Comfortable"
"F'ed Up"
(feat. Flo Milli)
"First Time"

Guest appearances

List of guest appearances with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
TitleYearOther artist(s)Album
"All Night Long"2016Twelve'lenFriends
"Have Someone"2017 ¡Mayday! Search Party
"Addict"2018Gaby GBreathe Me
"What I Want"Ice Billion BergReal Is Rare 2
"Night & Day"Lord Lu C NThe U Album
"Black Balloons" Denzel Curry Ta13oo
"Good to You"KaixenN/A
"Heaven"Caleb KaiN/A
"The Groove"Ice Billion BergOn My Way
"Sticky Situation"2019Bushy BHbcu 2
"Close"¡Mayday!The Thinnest Line, Pt. II
"Just Right for Me"Ice Billion BergOn My Way
"Miami Nights"Lex AllenN/A
"The Code"Marnino Toussaint, Purple FluxN/A
"Change"Dante AlstonN/A
"Slide on You"DJ ScreachN/A
"Feel It"Sean BradyN/A
"Robin"Marc.MadeN/A
"Against Love"2020Darkside BaybayFamlay
"Pull Up"Jahfi AmtN/A

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  2. 1 2 3 Ju, Shirley. "Savannah Cristina: Broward County's Finest". Flaunt. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Hardy, Shanae (15 October 2020). "Savannah Cristina's Latest EP, Self Care, Gives Us All the Feels". Miami New Times. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  4. ↑ Hamersly, Mike. "Jazz in the Gardens fest: Pay attention to South Florida's Savannah Cristina". Miami Herald. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
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