Proven hit-makers Kenneth “Babyface ” Edmonds, Diane Warren, and Missy “Misdemeanor ” Elliott were among the songwriters on the album Mya, with Mya herself sharing writing credits on four of the collection ’s eleven tracks. As she started to work on her first album, the 16 year old also took time to finish high school. Within a year, after auditioning for University Music Entertainment president Haqq Islam in his living room, Mya was signed to a recording contract. With her father ’s assistance, 15-year-old Mya completed a demo tape and began looking for a record deal.
My entire family is musical, ” she told Rolling Stone ’s Anthony Bozza. “I never looked at singing and dancing as a career, but my parents did. was a major influence on her dancing technique, her own family inspired her to move in the direction of singing. Mya also appeared as a dancer on Black Entertainment Television ’s Teen Summit.Īlthough Sammy Davis, Jr. With Glover ’s encouragement, the young dancer even earned a solo spot during a dance performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, one of the most prestigious venues in the nation.
Mya subsequently studied with famed dance artist Savion Glover of the Dance Theater of Harlem during his dance residency in Washington, D.C.
” While she took dance lessons from the age of 2, and at times appeared in dance competitions along with her brother, Mya aimed for an entertainment career in earnest after her debut as a 10 year old with the dance troupe Tappers With Attitude (T.W.A.).
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Mya remembered in an Interview profile by Dimitri Ehrlich that her father, a professional musician, “was always traveling and singing at bar mitzvahs and weddings. Born in Washington, D.C., Mya ’s family shortly thereafter moved to nearby Maryland. Emphasizing independence, self-respect, and equality in her lyrics along with more standard romantic themes, Mya had carefully managed the transition from teen hip-hop sensation to confident, adult vocalist.Īlthough she attained stardom as a teenager, Mya ’s success was years in the making. With her triple-threat talents as a dancer, singer, and actress, as well as her record label ’s marketing campaign aimed to both hip-hop and popular audiences, Mya was poised to join contemporaries Brandi, Monica, and Aaliyah “on her way to divadom, ” as a Time review noted. As her single “The Case of the Ex (Whatcha Gonna Do) ” held at number two on the pop charts at the end of 2000, Mya Harrison did as much as any singer to define the sound -and with her videos, the look - of hip-hop pop at the millennium.
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