Leah LaBelle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leah LaBelle

Canadian-born American singer

Date of Birth: 08-Sep-1986

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 31-Jan-2018

Profession: singer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Leah LaBelle Vladowski (September 8, 1986 – January 31, 2018) was an American singer.
Born in Toronto, Canada, and raised in Seattle, Washington, LaBelle began to pursue music as a career in her teens.
During her childhood, she performed in the Total Experience Gospel Choir and the musical Black Nativity.
At age 16, she was a finalist on the third season of American Idol.
After placing twelfth in the season finals, she attended the Berklee College of Music, where she collaborated with Andreao Heard on a demo.
LaBelle then moved to Los Angeles, where she recorded covers of R&B and soul music through her YouTube channel.
After seeing LaBelle's version of "Energy", Keri Hilson hired her as a backing vocalist.
LaBelle then worked as a background singer for other artists on their tours. In 2011, LaBelle signed a record deal with Epic in partnership with I Am Other and So So Def Recordings.
The following year, her sampler album Pharrell Williams and Jermaine Dupri Present Leah LaBelle was distributed to record companies.
It was supported by the single "Sexify" and the promotional single "What Do We Got To Lose?".
LaBelle received the Soul Train Centric Award at the 2012 Soul Train Music Awards.
She released the stand-alone single "Lolita" in 2013.
On January 31, 2018, LaBelle and her boyfriend Rasual Butler died in a car crash in Los Angeles.
A posthumous extended play, Love to the Moon, was released on September 7, 2018.