Singer/songwriter and Virginia Beach native, Rina Chanel, has captivated audiences through R&B, soul, jazz, swing, pop, ensemble and opera performance experiences. Rina fuses her smooth R&B vocals with various R&B era instrumental backings that highlight her unique sound and blends the best elements of Jazz and R&B. Her skillful songwriting and vocal delivery provides a refreshing classic take on the return of the future of R&B music. Through a strong foundation of music education, Rina developed classical proficiency and dexterity; learning to sing in French, German, Italian and Czeck from attending The Governor’s School for the Arts (Norfolk, VA) and attending Radford University on a voice scholarship. In 2015, Rina studied voice and performed background vocals for International Recording Artist Tracy Hamlin. Ms. Chanel went on to become a featured artist on Raymond Barton’s EP “If Only for Love” (2017) performing the track “Don’t Give Up on Love.” Ms. Chanel is currently working on her debut EP with CEO, musician, producer and songwriter Bennie Pearce (Phillie-BOP Productions) to be released in 2020. Her soulful debut single “Worthy” (2020) is available on all digital platforms. The single has appeared on several top music charts (#22 on the UK Soul Top 30 Chart) , Spotify playlists, and receives airplay rotation in the United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, Japan, Brazil; and Arizona, California, Ohio and Pennsylvania in the United States. In 2020, Ms. Chanel was awarded the R&B Rookie of the Year Award by the R&B Soul Effect TV in California, and was nominated for both the R&B Singer of the Year and the R&B Hit Single of the Year.