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Mya Harrison Biography

 
Mýa Marie Harrison is an American R&B and pop singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress who rose to fame during the late 1990s. She is best known for hits such as "It's All About Me", "Best of Me," and "Case Of The Ex". Mýa has recorded multiplatinum albums and has earned several awards, including a Grammy for her contribution to the 2001 version of "Lady Marmalade". Her stage name is Mýa, but she is sometimes credited as Mýa Harrison for acting roles. Mýa was born and raised in Washington, D.C. She also has two younger brothers named Chaz and Nigel. Her mother is Italian and her father is Jamaican. Mýa studied both singing and tap, at one point taking lessons in New York City from Savion Glover. As a teenager, she appeared as a panelist on BET's Teen Summit talk show. She attended Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Maryland, where she graduated at age sixteen. In 1997, Mýa signed a recording contract with Haqq Islam's University Records, after being brought to the label by her friends an R&B group Dru Hill. The four members of the group, Tamir "Nokio" Ruffin, Mark "Sisqó" Andrews, Larry "Jazz" Anthony', and James "Woody" Green, wrote and produced half of Mýa eponymous debut album, Mýa. The first two singles, "It's All About Me" and "Movin' On", were co-written by Sisqó; the former song also featured Sisqó on guest vocals, while the latter featured rapper Silkk Tha Shocker. Both songs reached top ten on the U.S. Billlboard R&B/Hip Hop chart while "It's All About Me" also reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The videos for these two songs and for her third single "My First Night With You" were MTV staples through 1998.
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