Biography

Brissett was born in Jamaica and sang in church as a child as well as learning drums from her brother, before moving with her family to New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 at the age of twelve. In the early 1970s she began her career as a drummer, supoorting visiting Jamaican singers. She also began a singing career, working with producer Lloyd Barnes

Lloyd Barnes

Lloyd Barnes , popularly known as Bullwackie, is the founder of the independent record label Wackies specialized in Jamaican music.-Career:...

 and his Wackies

Wackies

Wackies is an American independent record label specialized in reggae and dub music.Founded in the 1970s by Lloyd Barnes, as the Wackie's House Of Music based on White Plains Road in New York, the name Wackies also include a record shop and a studio...

 label. One of the visiting singers that she worked with was Marcia Griffiths

Marcia Griffiths

Marcia Llyneth Griffiths is a successful female singer, also called the "Queen of Reggae". One reviewer described her noting "she is known primarily for her strong, smooth-as-mousse love songs and captivating live performances".Griffiths started her career in 1964...

, and inspired by Griffiths' group the I Threes

I Threes

The I Threes were a Jamaican reggae singing group made up of three women, that was formed in 1974 to support Bob Marley & The Wailers after Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer — the original Wailer backing vocalists — left the band....

, Brissett formed Sistren in the mid-1980s. Brissett also wrote "I Shall Sing", which became a hit for Griffiths. Her debut solo album, Love Power, was released in 1986, but failed to make an impact, and she relocated to Miami. She continued to record and perform with further albums released in the 1980s and 1990s, including the 1992 album Annette, recorded with Sly & Robbie.

Brissett became an important part of the Miami reggae scene and has worked with several top Jamaican singers including Hopeton Lindo, Marcia Griffiths, and Beres Hammond

Beres Hammond

Beres Hammond is a reggae singer known in particular for his romantic lovers rock and soulful voice...

, with whom she had a number one single on the South Florida reggae chart with the duet "There For You".

In 2006, Jamaican visual artist Errol "Elgo" Lewis exhibited a collection of 25 paintings inspired by the songs of Brissett at the African American Art Research Library and Cultural Center (AARLCC) in Fort Lauderdale.

Discography

• Love Power (1986), Wackies
  Wackies
  Wackies is an American independent record label specialized in reggae and dub music.Founded in the 1970s by Lloyd Barnes, as the Wackie's House Of Music based on White Plains Road in New York, the name Wackies also include a record shop and a studio...
  
  
• Gun Shooting Raw (1987), Sastan - Annette Brissett and Sistren
• Get up and Dance (1991), Zodiac/VP
  VP Records
  VP Records is an independent reggae record label, located in Queens, New York. It is best known for producing Caribbean singers.-The foundation:...
  
  
• Annette (1992), Imp/RAS
  RAS Records
  RAS Records, also known as Real Authentic Sound, is a reggae record label.-History:RAS Records was founded in 1979 by Doctor Dread. In his travels to Jamaica he created a network within the reggae artist community there. By the early to mid 1980s RAS had signed artists such as Black Uhuru, Inner...
  
  
• Name of Life (2002), JVC Victor
• Lift Your Head Up (2010), TAC