Vanessa Quai

Vanessa Diandra Sally Ann Kiristiana Quai, better known as Vanessa Quai, born July 13, 1988, in Port Vila, is a ni-Vanuatu singer.

Overview She recorded her first album, To Aitape With Love (recorded at Vanuata Production, produced at Pacific Gold Studio), as a child singer, aged 9, in 1998. In 1999, she was one of 3000 competitors at the South Pacific International Song contest held in Gold Coast, Queensland, and was the only child competitor. She won third prize in the Gospel/Inspirational Category. Later that same year, she took first prize at the Nile International Children Song Contest, in Cairo.

Quai's second, third and fourth albums -Beautiful Pacific Islands, The Untouched Paradise and Pacifika- were released between 2000 and 2003. In 2004, her album Promise was a cooperation with Papua New Guinean group Soul Harmony, and was described as bearing a strong "R&B flavour".

Pacific Islands Radio describes her music as being primarily gospel songs, but also "rang[ing] from traditional to modern music". Quai's mother is Fijian, and she also sings in Fijian. During a concert in the Solomon Islands in January 2009, her music was described as "a blend of island, reggae, dance and hip-hop beats".

Quai has been described by Pacific Islands Radio as "a very popular artist in the whole Pacific region". The Solomon Star in 2008 described her as "a household name in the Pacific" and possibly "the most successful female artist in the region"; in 2012 described her as "the Pacific singing super-star". Her music is reportedly popular in French Polynesia, and in 2008 she became the first Melanesian singer to tour Tahiti.

Discography Studio albums To Aitape With Love (1998) Beautiful Pacific Islands (2000) The Untouched Paradise (2002) Pacifika (2003) Promise (2004) Transformation (2005) Island Girl (2007) Light It Up (2018) Promise (2018)

Singles "Freedom" (2002) "Angel Over Me" with. Elena Baravilala & Davu (2014) "True Harmony" (2014)