Keisha Chante

Keshia Chanté Harper (born June 16 1988 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian R&B singer‑songwriter, television host, actor and entrepreneur. She scored her first No. 1 single, “Shook,” before she could drive, and at sixteen became the youngest artist ever to win a Juno Award for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year, establishing herself as one of Canada’s most precocious pop exports.

Her self‑titled debut album (2004), the follow‑up “2U” (2006) and the dual‑genre project “Night & Day” (2011) yielded eight Top‑10 radio singles, including “Unpredictable,” “Bad Boy,” “Been Gone” and the international club hit “Table Dancer.” The run earned her five Urban Music Awards, multiple Juno nominations and sessions with heavyweight producers such as Danja and Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins.

Chanté’s poise in front of the camera soon matched her studio success. In 2013 she became the first Canadian to co‑anchor BET’s daily countdown series “106 & Park,” introducing global audiences to new music alongside Bow Wow. Returning home, she joined “ET Canada,” winning back‑to‑back Canadian Screen Awards for Best TV Host before the long‑running entertainment‑news program signed off in 2023.

Acting roles followed, and she stepped into her first lead opposite Keri Hilson in Lifetime’s original movie “Fame: A Temptations Story,” the debut film in the network’s new “Temptations” franchise.