Lamya

Lamya (born Lamya Al-Mugheiry) is a female R&B, electronic and dance music singer, born in Oman and raised in London and Egypt. Classically trained as an Opera singer, she possesses a five ocatve vocal range. A remix of her song "Empires" hit #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 2002.

After watching an interview with Madonna, Lamya moved to New York City to pursue a musical career. Singing lead vocals on "Break 4 Love" by DJ Vaughn Mason in 1991, the song led to her singing lead vocals for Soul II Soul. From there, she joined Duran Duran on tour in 1993 and also performed with David Bowie and James Brown.

In 2002, Lamya released her first album, "Learning From Falling". She produced and composed the songs, using poems she had written since age 11.

Her canonical Library of Congress name is "Lamy, A."

Discography

* "Learning from Falling" (2002)

ee also

*Lamia
*List of number-one dance hits (United States)
*List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart