Sasha Allen & The Voice USA (2013) VBR

Sasha Allen & The Voice USA

Year 2013

Tracks
01 Not Ready To Make Nice - Blind Audition
02 Try - Battle Round
03 At Last - Knockout Round
04 Oh Darling - Live Playoffs
05 Alone - Top 12
06 Next To Me - Top 10
07 Without You - Top 8
08 Ain t No Way - Top 6
09 Before He Cheats - Top 6
10 I Will Always Love You - Top 5 Eliminated
11 Bad Girls - Top 5 Eliminated

Born to a single mother of African-American and Bermudian descent, Allen is the eldest of two children. Allen was educated at LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts in New York. She later signed with Elektra Records at the age of 17. A native of Harlem, New York, Allen resides in Brooklyn, New York with her fiancé and their two children.
Sasha Allen was educated at LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts in New York. At the age of 14, she starred in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Whistle Down the Wind. Also while still in high school, she was featured in commercial and print work, including advertisements in TIME magazine for AT&T, and a commercial with Michael Jordan.
At 17 when she was signed to Elektra Records, working with producers Warryn Campbell (Mary Mary, Kanye West) and J. Moss (Karen Clark Sheard, Kiki Sheard). Later, she was signed by Arista Records when LA Reid was president. Failed record contracts[clarification needed] caused Sasha to pursue other avenues of performing, such as acting, to expose her gifts.
2000s
She was cast in the cult film Camp (2003) starring as "Dee." Allen was spotlighted on VH1's Born to Diva, a pre-American Idol talent reality TV show highlighting her talent.
She has performed on world tours and platinum albums of several performers, including Christina Aguilera's Back to Basics Tour and resulting DVD (Back to Basics: Live and Down Under),[citation needed] John Legend's album Once Again, and Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds' album Playlist. Allen was also the feature vocalist on Babyface's "Playlist" World Tour, singing the classic hits with Babyface that he wrote and produced for Whitney Houston, Toni Braxton, Madonna, and others. Sasha has also toured with Alicia Keys, Leona Lewis, and John Legend, performed with Usher and David Bowie, and recorded with Celine Dion. Allen's television work as a vocalist with musical director Rickey Minor garnered her performances with Jessica Simpson, Patti LaBelle, Yolanda Adams, Fantasia, and Clint Black.
Allen's music showcases her love for rock, soul and R&B. Her first single, "Let's Fly Away", was released on July 4, 2008, and the follow-up, a cover of Joan Osborne's "One Of Us", was released in September 2008. The remix for "Let's Fly Away", produced by Rob Lewis and TrakFire Productions climbed the dance charts.