After
her success on ITV's the X factor, Chenai had to put her long term
career on hold to take part in more PA type appearances, something she
describes as an invaluable experience to her, massively developing her
confidence and ability to entertain as an artist although she herself
says the show did not really portray "what she was about".
In 2003 she won best female at 'Urban
Voice', a national talent search with 2000 other contestants and more
recently took part in seven of the 21 dates on the X factor arena tour,
performing Candi Staton's Young Hearts Run Free to up to 15,000 people a
night.
Intensely passionate about her own
material and style, she hopes to be playing to those audiences as
herself in the future.
MissDejoir sponsored her first music
video. Chenai personally chose the (peacock model A11) now called the
CHENAI BAG ( available in a selection of colours).
Her back up singers (Abbey and Dionne)
have modelled the bags on display, specially for the website.