Tracey Elizabeth McSween was born into a musical family. Her father was a calypso singer in a band called The Volcanoes. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Joy Mammen, and graduated with honours with a Classical, Musical Theatre and Commercial Music Performer’s Diploma and a Teacher’s Certificate.
She took the stage name Shèna and went on to begin her music career.
Shèna first performed in musicals like Mamma I Want to Sing, Hot Stuff, Carmen Jones and concert tours throughout the world. Developing an interest in recording, she went on to re-recorded vocals for other female pop singers.
She is the only woman in the world to have portrayed Whitney Houston 3 times on 3 different TV Documentaries, the third one being: Autopsy: Bobbi Kristina’s Last Hours. She is hoping to launch a new show entitled, The Simply Whitney experience.
Her breakthrough hit was Michael Gray’s “The Weekend” which peaked at No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart.
As a dance music and disco vocalist, she has had a string of hits with other artists, including Jake Williams, under the name JX with “There’s Nothing I Won’t Do” as well as hits of her own.
She was a judge on the BBC1 TV series “All Together Now” and has since done loads of Live PA shows and appearances at the Club and Festival circuit.
