This world pop star's 2002 debut is generating tons of media attention and rave reviews. With her 5-octave voice, she sketches out strikingly intelligent tales of love, defiance and the search for identity, with lyrics culled from poems that she has written since she was 11. Born in Oman and raised in England and the US, Lamya is fluent in 5 languages -- a true citizen of the world. She is an artist whose alternative pop sounds can truly reach across various demographics.

Learning from Falling is a 2002 album by R&B artist Lamya. The album included production by Nellee Hooper and Mark Ronson and entered the Top Heatseekers chart in the United States at #16.

A remix of the first single "Empires (Bring Me Men)" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play chart. The track "Black Mona Lisa" was covered by British R&B singer Maria Lawson on her eponymous album. A third single, "Never Enough", was only released as a promo.

All tracks were co-written by Lamya. "Pink Moon" is a cover of the Nick Drake song.

Personnel

Musicians

*Lamya: Vocals

*Rusty Anderson, Lukasz Gottwald, Jimmy Hogarth, Teddy Kumpel, Manny Lopez, Adam Zimmon: Guitars

*David Kahne: Bass, Keyboards, Programming

*Sal Cuevas: Bass

*Rick Nowels: Balalaika

*Aloke Dasgupta: Sitar

*Allan Gibson: Standup Bass

*Abe Laboriel Jr., Shawn Pelton: Drums, Percussion

*The Soulhusters: "Beats", Multi-Instruments

*Ian Rossiter, Fabien Waltman: Programming

Strings

*Chandru, Ralph Morrison, Sara Perkins, Marsha Skins: Violin

*Karen Elaine Bakunin, Merlyn Sturt: Viola

*Arranged & Conducted By Will Malone

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Artist/Band Information

Lamya was a female R&B and dance music singer, born in Kenya of Omani descent and raised in Sheffield, United Kingdom. A remix of her song "Empires" hit #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 2002.

Aged just 16, Lamya sang lead vocals on "Ready 4 Love" by DJ Vaughn Mason (under the guise 'Razette') an answer track to the single "Break 4 Love" by "Raze", previously a hit in 1988. Lamya's version reached No.77 in the UK Charts in August 1989. Soon afterwards, she was chosen to perform lead vocals for Soul II Soul on the tracks "Love Come Through" and "In the Heat of the Night", from their second album Vol. II: 1990 - A New Decade aged just 16. In 1993, she joined Duran Duran for their two-year Wedding Album tour, and related television appearances, including MTV Unplugged. She also performed with David Bowie and James Brown.

In 2002, Lamya released her first and only album, Learning from Falling. She produced and composed the songs, using poems she had written since the age of eleven. It included the singles "Empires (Bring Me Men)" (for which a video was filmed) and "Black Mona Lisa". In its review of the album, Blender described her as "the Kenyan Björk"."" Learning From Falling review, 2002. She appeared in Nelson Mandela's February 2003 AIDS benefit concert, and opened for Macy Gray later that year. The album debuted at #16 on the Top Heatseekers chart, but neither of its singles entered the Billboard Hot 100.

Lamya was scheduled to release her second album, Hiding in Plain Sight, in 2009, but died of a sudden and unexpected heart attack on 8 January 2009, while in Oman. She was only 35., Duran Duran Official Site news page

Discography

* Learning from Falling (2002) #16 Top Heatseekers

;Singles

* "Empires (Bring Me Men)" (2002) – #1 Hot Dance Club Play

* "Black Mona Lisa" (2002)

See also

*List of number-one dance hits (United States)

*List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

References

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