About Nadine Sutherland
Born 1968. Nadine Sutherland is a Jamaican musician.
Nadine Simone Theresa Sutherland OD (born 15 March 1968) She combined her musical career with studies in business administration, and was the first artist signed by Bob Marley to his Tuff Gong label, recording "Starvation on the Land" while aged eleven. In addition to that, she also recorded a few more Christian reggae singles, such as "Hands and Heart", "A Young One Like Me" and "Work and Pray" when she was associated by her old friends, Anthony "Sangie" Davis and Rita Marley. None of her early reggae singles from the early 1980s reached the Billboard Hot 100. After Marley's death, Sutherland performed at memorial concerts outside Jamaica, along with Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, the I Threes, and the Wailers. In the US, "Action" reached number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100. Buju Banton's "Dickie" was remixed as "Wicked Dickie" with Sutherland adding vocals, and this topped the charts in Jamaica.
In 2006 she performed at Reggae Sunsplash, and in 2007 she released the album Call My Name, which was a hit in Jamaica as well as on reggae charts in Florida and New York. At the Canadian Reggae Music Awards in 2008, the album was nominated in the 'Top Reggae CD/Album (International)' category, while a single from the album, "Big Tingz", was nominated as 'Best Reggae Single (International)'.
In 2015 she completed a master's degree in cultural studies at the University of the West Indies, and recorded with Mad Professor, with an album planned.
In September 2020, Nadine recorded a dubplate special of her 1993 hit "Action" (originally with Terror Fabulous) for US vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris, featuring the lyrics "Action, not a bag a mouth. She clean, when she step inna the White House".
Sutherland has also appeared as a judge on the TV show Digicel Rising Stars, written for the Jamaica Observer, and been a committee member for the charity Sisters to Sisters.
Discography Nadine Until (1985) Nadine (1997), Xterminator/VP Call My Name (2007), Eight76 – Billboard Top Reggae Albums No. 11
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Jamaican musician
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Nadine Sutherland was born on 15 March 1968 in Kingston.
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