Andra Day and Andi Matichak
Cassandra Monique Batie known professionally as Andra Day is an American R&B and soul vocalist songwriter and actress. Her awards include an Grammy Award as well as the Children's and Family Emmy Award as well as a Golden Globe Award. She has also been nominated for an Academy Award. Andra Day, an accomplished singer-songwriter with roots in blues and gospel music that has a passion for the modern world is more than just an R&B throwback master. The ability she has to mix her influences of jazz, gospel, and blues into the R&B genre is impressive. With her debut, Cheers to the fall (2015) she made it in to the Top Ten R&B/hip hop charts as well as securing a few Grammy acknowledgements. In 2017, her work on Marshall's soundtrack was also recognized by an Academy Award. Amen (2019) and Make Your Troubles Gone Away (2021) and an Golden Globe award-winning portrayal as Billie Holiday for The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2017) are helping to create anticipation. Andra Day is the daughter of Cassandra Monique Batie and grew in Edmonds Washington. While in San Diego, she attended the School of Creative and Performing Arts as well as performed in church. She switched her attention towards modern R&B and pop when she graduated, but eventually was attracted back to the soul and jazz artists she was a fan of in her youth. Kai Millard Morris, who was able to catch a live performance of Day and took her music to Stevie Wonder's husband, was the biggest breakthrough. In turn, the Motown legend linked Day to the music industry's expert Adrian Gurvitz. Day was a part of Gurvitz's Buskin label as well as Jeffrey Evans' Buskin record company, built a following on YouTube and signed with Warner Bros. in 2012. Day then released her first single Forever Mine. It was played quickly by radio DJs. Following her joining Warner Bros. Records, she started working alongside producer Adrian Gurvitz to create her debut album "Cheers to the Fall" (2015). The album featured the single Rise Up and was chosen as a national anthem by groups for social justice across the globe. The album received nominations two times for Grammys. It was also nominated for Best R&B Album. In the year 2019, she released her sophomore album The United States vs. Billie Holiday a concept album that tells the story of the legendary jazz singer. In addition, she was a part of The United States vs. Billie Holiday, a film on Holiday. Andi Mattichak is an American actor. She appeared first in TV shows such as Orange Is the New Black or Blue Bloods, before debuting in horror films Halloween in addition to sequels. Andi Mattichak was born on May 3, 1994 in Framingham Massachusetts.






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