Artist Biography
Ontario native McKenzie Small is a singer and actress recognized for her soulful vocal delivery and for her breakthrough role on the TV series Backstage. At the age of 14, she and her cousin, singer Haley Small, uploaded a duet version of Beyoncé's "Pretty Hurts" to YouTube. It quickly accumulated tens of thousands of views, and McKenzie followed it with a solo cover of Ellie Goulding's hit "Burn." She eventually came to the attention of Toronto-based label Cardinal Point Music, which signed her in late 2015. The label released her official debut single, the R&B-pop ballad "Caught Feelings," in the spring of 2016. In the meantime, Small was cast as a regular on the Canadian teen drama Backstage, which began airing in March 2016. The show, which was set in a high school for the performing arts, premiered on the Family Channel in Canada and various Disney networks worldwide. With production by Grammy Award winner Stephen Kozmeniuk (Nicki Minaj, Jennifer Hudson), Small's debut EP, Half of Me, arrived via Cardinal Point in April 2017. ~ Marcy Donelson
Hometown
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Genre
R&B/Soul