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Year In Review: Spotlighting Our SingerUniverse 2011
"Best Vocalist Of The Month” Competition Winners

By Dale Kawashima Share

We are pleased to spotlight and honor our Twelve "Best Vocalist Of The Month" Competiton Winners for 2011. These monthly winners submitted the best vocal performances for our singing competition during the past year. All twelve winners are deserving of continued recognition and exposure. The winning performances were in many different genres of music, from pop, AC, rock, country, R&B, soul, Americana, blues and jazz.

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2011 "Best Vocalist Of The Month" Competition Winners.

Our "Best Vocalist Of The Month" Competition was launched in October 2004. There have been many talented winners who have achieved success in the music business. Notably, our August 2007 "Best Vocalist" winner, singer/songwriter Chloe Leighton, signed a major label deal with Beluga Heights/Warner Bros. Records, which is owned by top writer/producer J.R. Rotem and features hit artists Jason Derulo and Sean Kingston.

Other top artists have entered and won our Best Vocalist competition. In January 2009, Perla Batalla, a prominent indie artist who is known for touring with Leonard Cohen, won our competition. And a recent winner (November 2010) was Aaron Pritchett, who is a hit country artist in Canada.

In addition to our monthly song contest, our other music site, SongwriterUniverse, hosts the equally popular "Best Song Of The Month" Contest. Notably, our January 2006 winner Levi Kreis, has gone on to become an award-winning musical performer on Broadway. He currently stars in the acclaimed hit musical, Million Dollar Quartet, and he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor In A Musical (for his role of Jerry Lee Lewis). Kreis is also a singer/songwriter who has released four albums. Kreis won our song contest for co-writing his song, "I Should Go."

Also, two of our past song contest winners, pop/R&B writer/artist Matt Palmer and Sarah Lewis of the pop/rock band Jag Star, received staff writer/music publishing deals with HoriPro Music Publishing (where I work as Executive Consultant). Notably, Matt Palmer recently landed a cut on the new hit album by boy band Big Time Rush. His song also appeared in an episode of the group's TV series..

Via our "Best Vocalist Of The Month" and "Best Song Of The Month" contests, we look forward to spotlighting & honoring excellent new singers, artists and songwriters in 2012, and for years to come.

To enter our next SingerUniverse "Best Vocalist Of The Month" Competition: Click Here

To read about our SongwriterUniverse 2011 "Best Song Of The Month" Contest Winners: Click Here


2011 "Best Vocalist Of The Month" Competition Winners

Here are our Twelve Best Vocalist Winners for 2010 in chronological order, with their credits, plus their e-mail and website links. You can listen to the winning vocal performances by clicking the music players below.

 
 
Song Title:
"Memories." (pop/rock). Malea McGuinness. January 2011 Winner. Read Her Best Vocalist Winner Article
By:
  Performed by Malea McGuinness of Los Angeles, CA. Written by Malea McGuinness.
Listen:
Email:
malea@maleamusic.com
Websites:
www.maleamusic.com, www.facebook.com/maleamcguinness
 
Malea McGui9nness
Malea McGuinness

 
 
Song Title:
"Don't Lock The Front Door." (folk/pop). Emily Mure. February 2011 Winner. Read Her Best Vocalist Winner Article
By:
  Performed by Emily Mure of New York, NY. Written by Emily Mure.
Listen:
Email:
emilymure@gmail.com
Websites:
www.reverbnation.com/emilymure, www.facebook.com/emilymure
 
Emily Mure
Emily Mure

 
 
Song Title:
"Not Thinking About You." (country/soul). Luella. March 2011 Winner.
Read Her Best Vocalist Winner Article
By:
  Performed by Luella of Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Written by Chaise Flanders & Mary Loving.
Listen:
Email:
bluewella@bigpond.com
Websites:
www.luellawidt.com/
 
Luella
Luella

 
 
Song Title:
"Who's Crying Now." (soul/jazz/pop).Kenya. April 2011 Winner.
Read Her Best Vocalist Winner Article
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  Performed by Kenya of Chicago, IL. Written by Jonathan Cain & Steve Perry.
Listen:
Email:
kenyamjmusic@gmail.com
Websites:
www.kenyamcguirejohnson.com/, www.reverbnation.com/kenyamjmusic
 
Kenya
Kenya

 
 
Song Title:
"Baby, Goodbye." (pop/R&B). Rehya Stevens. May 2011 Winner.
Read Her Best Vocalist Winner Article
By:
  Performed by Rehya Stevens of Los Angeles, CA. Written by Rehya Stevens & Carmen Grillo.
Listen:
Email:
bookrehya@yahoo.com
Websites:

www.rehyastevens.com/, www.myspace.com/rehyastevens
www.broadjam.com/rehyastevens

 
Rehya Stevens
Rehya Stevens

 
 
Song Title:
"The Ways Of Your Changing Heart." (pop/country). Dillon Dixon. June 2011 Winner.
Read His Best Vocalist Winner Article
By:
  Performed by Dillon Dixon of Nashville, TN. Written by Dillon Dixon & Stephen Dorff.
Listen:
Email:
dillondixon111@gmail.com
Websites:

www.reverbnation.com/dillondixon, www.myspace.com/dillondixon

 
Dillon Dixon
Dillon Dixon

 
 
Song Title:
"Many Miles Apart." (pop). Ariel Rose. July 2011 Winner. Read Her Best Vocalist Winner Article
By:
  Performed by Ariel Rose of Miami, FL. Written by Ariel Rose, Juan Vicente Zambrano & Taura Lennox.
Listen:
Email:
arielrose@cainsnihur.com
Websites:

www.iamarielrose.com, www.facebook.com/iamarielrose

 
Ariel Rose
Ariel Rose

 
 
Song Title:
"It Doesn't Seem Hard." (country). Priscilla Perry. August 2011 Winner. Read Her Best Vocalist Winner Article
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  Performed by Priscilla Perry of Yerington, Nevada. Written by Priscilla Perry & Steve Long.
Listen:
Email:
cilla791@yahoo.com
Websites:

www.broadjam.com/priscillaperry

 
Priscilla Perry
Priscilla Perry

 
 
Song Title:
"Dolce." (classical/pop/AC). Aria Tesolin. September 2011 Winner. Read Her Best Vocalist Winner Article
By:
  Performed by Aria Tesolin of Toronto, ON, Canada. Written by Aria Tesolin & Popi Fabrizio.
Listen:
Email:
management@ariatesolin.com
Websites:

www.ariatesolin.com/, www.facebook.com/ariatesolin

 
Aria Tesolin
Aria Tesolin

 
 
Song Title:
"Tearing My Soul." (soul/folk/Americana). Robinson Treacher. October 2011 Winner. Read His Best Vocalist Winner Article
By:
  Performed by Robinson Treacher of New York City, NY. Written by Robinson Treacher..
Listen:
Email:
rmdestio@gmail.com
Websites:

www.robinsontreacher.com/, www.facebook.com/robinson.treacher

 
Robinson Treacher
Robinson Treacher

 
 
Song Title:
"Never Gone." (pop/country). Jackson Wells. November 2011 Winner. Read His Best Vocalist Winner Article
By:
  Performed by Jackson Wells of Nashville, TN. Written by Jackson Wells.
Listen:
Email:
jackson@jacksonwells.net
Websites:

www.jacksonwells.net/, www.youtube.com/jacksonwellsofficial

 
Jackson Wells
Jackson Wells

 
 
Song Title:
"Tell Me What You Want." (pop/rock). Amanda Earhart. December 2011 Winner. Read Her Best Vocalist Winner Article
By:
  Performed by Amanda Earhart of Dallas, Texas.. Written by Amanda Earhart & Lyn Olson.
Listen:
Email:
amandaearhart@att.net
Websites:

www.amandaearhart.com/, www.facebook.com/amandaearhartmusic

 
Amanda Earhart
Amanda Earhart

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