{{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=January 2021}} {{Third-party|date=January 2021}} }} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Q-Benjamin | image = Quanteisha 11.jpg | caption = Quanteisha performing at the Edmonton Expo Centre. | origin = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | genre = R&B | occupation = Singer, Songwriter, Rapper | years_active = 2008–present | label = Unsigned }}
'''Quanteisha Benjamin''', often referred to as Q-Benjamin, is a Canadian R&B singer.
==Early life== Quanteisha grew up in Edmonton, Alberta. In 2008 she entered the local singing competition Bounce Showdown, held by contemporary hit radio station 91.7 The Bounce (CHBN-FM), becoming the fourth winner.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=2e2841f8-e507-4f61-8f2b-1fe39e4fa78b |title=Edmonton student wins 2008 Showdown |date=June 24, 2008 |work=Edmonton Journal |publisher=Canada.com |access-date=January 21, 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080701141651/http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=2e2841f8-e507-4f61-8f2b-1fe39e4fa78b|archive-date=July 1, 2008}}</ref>
==Singing career== After being signed with HipJoint Productions, out of Vancouver, Q recorded two songs in 2008, "Cover Girls" and "Get Loose". "Cover Girls" would get licensed for use on the sitcom '''da Kink in My Hair'', and a music video. In 2009 she released "Someday" and "D'n'G", and "Someday" was used in the sitcom ''Gigantic''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hipjointproductions.net/archives/1004 |title=Quanteisha Gigantic!! |date=June 2, 2010 |publisher=Hip Joint Music Group |access-date=February 2, 2011 |archive-date=August 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817014705/http://www.hipjointproductions.net/archives/1004 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Also in 2009, a "Get Loose" remix was featured in the ''American Pie Presents: The Book of Love'' comedy film. Her single, "Stars", has won a Juno Award for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year.
==Discography== Discography for Q-Benjamin FKA Quanteisha.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/quanteisha/295380780 |title=Quanteisha |author=iTunes |publisher=Apple Canada |access-date=February 2, 2011}}</ref>
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Song !! Album !! Release date |- | "Get Loose" ||rowspan=2|''Quanteisha'' ||rowspan=2|October 28, 2008 |- | "Cover Girls" |- | "Someday" ||rowspan=2|''Someday'' ||rowspan=2|January 1, 2009 |- | "Someday [Remix]" |- | "Get Loose - the Remix" || ''Get Loose the Remix'' || March 30, 2009 |- | "D'n'G" || single || December 15, 2009 |- | "Stars" || single || 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.facebook.com/pages/Quanteisha/191224700904572?v=info |title=Quanteisha |author=Quanteisha Benjamin |publisher=Facebook |access-date=February 2, 2011}}</ref> |- | "Use Me" || single || February 20, 2020 |- | "Mic Drop" || single || March 27, 2020 |- | "Somebody Son || single || May 22, 2020 |- | "2020 Vision" || single || December 29, 2020 |- | "New Ting" || single || January 22, 2021 |}
===Music videos=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Song |- | "Cover Girls"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hipjointproductions.net/archives/747 |title=Quanteisha |publisher=Hip Joint Music Group |access-date=February 2, 2011 |archive-date=August 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817011432/http://www.hipjointproductions.net/archives/747 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |}
==Awards and nominations== {{awards table}} |- |2011 ||"D'n'G"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmw.net/awards/canadian-radio-music-awards/ |title=2011 Nominees |author=Canadian Music Week |publisher=Canadian Radio Music Awards |access-date=March 20, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110306173557/http://www.cmw.net/awards/canadian-radio-music-awards/ |archive-date=March 6, 2011 }}</ref> ||Canadian Radio Music Award for dance/urban/rhythmic song ||{{nom}} |- |2011 ||"Stars"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://junoawards.ca/2011-juno-award-nominees/#rbsoul_recording_of_the_year |title=2011 Juno Award Winners |author=Juno Awards |date=March 27, 2011 |publisher=The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |access-date=March 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219115559/http://junoawards.ca/2011-juno-award-nominees/#rbsoul_recording_of_the_year |archive-date=February 19, 2011 }}</ref> ||Juno Award for R&B/soul recording of the year ||{{won}} |}
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Category:Living people Category:21st-century Black Canadian women singers Category:21st-century Canadian women singers Category:Canadian contemporary R&B singers Category:Juno Award for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year winners Category:Musicians from Edmonton Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Singers from Alberta