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Date of Birth
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10-October-1979
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Place of Birth
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Washington, D.C.
(United States of America, United States, with Territories, Contiguous United States, Area code 202)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Mýa Marie Harrison, Mya Marie Harrison, Ms. Caramel, the Moulin Rouge Girls, Mya Harrison, Mya, Mýa Harrison
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Profession
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Record producer, Singer-songwriter, Actor, Model, Dancer, Choreographer, Singer, Musician, Entertainer, Designer, Philanthropist
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Mýa Marie Harrison, better known as Mýa, is an American R&B singer, record producer, philanthropist, and actress. Harrison's eponymous debut album with Interscope Records was released in April 1998. It sold over one million copies in the United States, producing the gold-certified top ten single "It's All About Me" featuring Sisqó. Her second studio album, platinum-plus selling Fear of Flying was released in 2000 and became a worldwide success, with single "Case of the Ex" becoming Mýa's breakthrough hit; topping the Australian Singles Chart for two consecutive weeks.
In 2002, Harrison won her first Grammy Award in the category for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for her rendition of Labelle's 1975 hit "Lady Marmalade", a cover version she recorded alongside Christina Aguilera, rapper Lil' Kim and Pink for the Moulin Rouge! soundtrack. She released her third studio album, Moodring, in the summer of 2003. The album produced the smash hit "My Love Is Like...Wo" and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Following a label change to Universal Motown, Mýa's oft-delayed fourth studio album, Liberation, received a download-release in Japan only after her label accidentally leaked the album. With the decision to go independent and a decline in her popularity in the United States, Harrison was offered a recording contract with Manhattan Recordings, a record label based in Japan. Through that label, she recorded two exclusive albums for the Japanese music market, Sugar & Spice and, most recently, K.I.S.S.. In between recording those two albums, she launched her own independent record label Planet 9, and competed in Dancing with the Stars – season nine; finishing in second place.
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