Kelly Fraser

Kelly Fraser (August 8, 1993 – December 24, 2019) was a Canadian Inuk pop singer and songwriter, whose second album, Sedna, received a Juno Award nomination for Indigenous Music Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2018.

Life and career Born in Igloolik, Nunavut, Fraser moved with her family at a young age to Sanikiluaq. Nunavut Sivuniksavut launched in 1985 and is Canada's oldest and first Inuit post-secondary program, where Inuit youth learn about the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement.

Fraser first attracted widespread attention in 2013 with a series of Inuktitut covers of pop songs, most notably Rihanna's "Diamonds", on YouTube. She released her debut album, Isuma, in 2014. Her producer reported that she was working on another album, to be called Decolonize, when she died; crowdfunding for the album was underway at that time.

Discography Isuma Fraser's first album, released in June 2014, was recorded with her band mates from Sanikiluaq, with seven original and three cover songs. The title means 'think'.

Sedna Sedna was released on February 25, 2017, by Nunavut's Hitmakerz record label. The title of the album, known as ᓄᓕᐊᔪᒃ (Nuliaju) in Inuktitut, refers to the story of Sedna, the Inuit goddess of the sea, which Fraser decided to modernize in this album.