Vanessa Daou

Quick Facts

Full Name	Vanessa Daou
Occupation	Singer
Date Of Birth	Oct 4, 1967(1967-10-04)
Age	57
Birthplace	Saint Thomas
Country	United States Virgin Islands
Horoscope	Libra

Vanessa Daou Biography

Vanessa Daou is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on October 4, 1967 in Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands. Vanessa Daou (born October 4 1967) is a Lebanese American singer writer, songwriter, poet visual artist, and dancer. In particular, she is a musician. her work is renowned in electronica, nu-jazz and trips hop circles for her signature spoken-word and aspirated vocal style as well as for its literary and erotic subtexts. Daou’s music is represented through Downtown Music Publishing.

In 1994, Daou was billed as a solo artist has recorded Zipless the sexually charged collection of music that was that were influenced from the works of poet and novelist Erica Jong. A slight stylistic shift of Head Music, Zipless employed an edgier sound, and also introduced Daou’s first attempt at recording spoken word. Daou released Zipless through her label Lotus Records. It quickly earned an cult following, and also attracted interest from Bob Krasnow, the music A&R executive who has signed artist contracts comprise Anita Baker, Bjork, Natalie Merchant and Metallica. Krasnow has signed Daou to his newly formed MCA Records subsidiary Krasnow Entertainment and released a reissue of Zipless in 1995.

In the winter of 1996 Seagram took over MCA and Doug Morris, a reputed adversary of Bob Krasnow, became president of the record label. Krasnow soon retired and folded his namesake label. Daou chose to leave as well, and negotiated out of her contract with MCA.

Over the next couple years Daou again chose to release her records independently. With some support from Benny Medina/Handprint Entertainment, she released 1997’s dancy, cosmic exploration-themed Plutonium Glow, on her own DaouMusic label. The project was one of the earliest albums by a former major-label artist to be marketed and sold on the internet. The online release was followed by a 1998 UK re-release by independent international distributor Oxygen Music Works. This latter version featured an alternate song sequencing and a new track, “Alive,” in place of “Visions of You.”

Daou’s success in the underground music scene led her to the notice to Columbia Records, which signed Daou to a seven-album recording deal. Daou together with five other members of the band, came out with Head Music as The Daou in 1992. A light blend of jazz, rock as well as funk Head Music enjoyed moderate success and was praised from The New York Times Sunday Arts & Leisure section as well as CREAM as well as Billboard magazines. The album’s opening track “Surrender Yourself” was remixed by Danny Tenaglia and reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Dance Chart. The creative disagreements with Columbia could result in Daou to negotiate her release from her contract, then release the next two Head Music singles through Tribal Records, a label that is independent. Tribal Records.

Vanessa Daou Net Worth

Vanessa Daou is one of the richest Singer from United States Virgin Islands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Vanessa Daou 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Daou was born in and spent her childhood living in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands before moving to the United States Virgin Islands in 1984 to go to an boarding schools in Massachusetts. In her early years she went to Vassar College for two years and also spent time within New York’s Hell’s Kitchen area before earning an award to pursue a degree in dance in the dance department at Columbia University. In Columbia, she trained alongside the choreographer Eric Hawkins and explore visual art with Barry Moser and poetry with Kenneth Koch, whom she says been the catalyst for her love of spoken poetry. Daou was able to graduate in cum laude, an art and visual arts studies degree from the Barnard College of Columbia. often performed in her final years during the Postcrypt Coffeehouse, the university’s poetry lounge on campus.

As a student, Daou began her career recording with NuGroove Records, one of the underground electronica labels in New York. The demos Daou had recorded attracted the interest to two NuGroove DJs and they asked her to perform the vocals for a new track. The result was the top-selling single of the label “It Could Not Happen,” which was later released through Network Records in the United Kingdom. Daou also was a part of “Vandal” at Los Angeles’ Stranger Than Fiction rave at the Shrine Auditorium in 1990.

In 1995 MCA underwent significant management changes, at which time the company faltered on the momentum that had been building for several months around Zipless. Daou recorded a sophomore solo album, Slow to Burn, and released it in the Fall of that year. With each song a vignette inspired by the biographies of such celebrated female artisans as Billie Holiday, Gertrude Stein and Frida Kahlo, Slow To Burn enjoyed moderate to heavy smooth jazz format radio play with its first single “Two to Tango.” It was featured in reviews in VIBE, URB, Billboard, Curve, and Cover magazines. Two to Tango was remixed by Danny Tenaglia and reached the top of Billboard’s Dance Chart, remaining at No. 1 for three weeks. It was featured in the Matthew Perry film Fools Rush In. Two other songs from the album,”If I Could (What I Would Do For You)” and “How Do You Feel?,” were featured in the films An American Werewolf in Paris and Idle Hands, respectively.

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In 2007, Daou announced on her official website that various pieces created since Make You Love were being compiled for an upcoming multimedia release, introduced under the working title Then, at Midnight. The project, ostensibly a new music album with related graphical content, ultimately would undergo a name change to Joe Sent Me, a passphrase used to navigate freely among the clandestine U.S. Prohibition-era speakeasy subculture.

Facts & Trivia

Vanessa Ranked on the list of most popular Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States Virgin Islands. Vanessa Daou celebrates birthday on October 4 of every year.

On January 31, 2010, a collection of four tone poems from Daou, collectively titled Love Among the Shadowed Things, debuted on the seasonal Weird Tales for Winter segment of Jonny Mugwump & The Exotic Pylon, an experimental radio series broadcasting on London’s community radio/Radio Art-format Resonance 104.4 FM.