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	REAL NAME: Mya Marie Harrison BIRTHDAY: October 10, 1979 BIGGEST SINGLE: "Lady Marmalade" (2001) BIGGEST LP: Mya (1998) GRAMMY AWARDS: 1

Mya Marie Harrison was born October 10, 1979 in Washington, DC and originally started her entertainment career as a dancer. Mya found success with her dancing eventually joining TWA (Tappers With Attitude) and studying dance with master-tapper Savion Glover. In her teen years, Mya switched to singing and landed a record contract at age 16. But by the time she reached 18, she was dancing her way up the music charts.

# 88 Singles Artist of the Year

Mya released her debut LP, Mya.

The single "It's All About Me"(with Sisqo) was certified gold.

Mya hit the Top 40 with "It's All About Me"(with Sisqo).
Mya hit the Top 40 helping out Pras Michel and Ol' Dirty Bastard with "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" from the film Bullworth.

Mya hit the Top 10 with "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" (with Pras Michel and Ol' Dirty Bastard).

Mya hit the Top 40 with "Movin' On" (with Silkk The Shocker).
Mya was nominated for 2 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Rap Video and Best Video from a Film ("Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)").

Mya was certified platinum.

Mya hit the Top 40 with "Take Me There" (with Blackstreet and Mase).

# 77 Singles Artist of the Year

Mya hit the Top 10 with "Take Me There" (with Blackstreet and Mase).
Mya was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" with Pras Michel and Ol' Dirty Bastard).

Mya hit the Top 40 with "My First Night With You."

Mya performed at some of the Lilith Fair package tour dates.

Mya was nominated for a Soul Train Lady of Soul Award for R&B/Soul Song of the Year ("Movin' On").

# 46 Singles Artist of the Year

Mya released Fear Of Flying.

Fear Of Flying was certified gold.

Mya hit the Top 40 with "Case Of The Ex."

Mya hit the Top 10 with "Case Of The Ex."

# 23 Singles Artist of the Year

Mya hit the Top 40 with "Free" from the Bait soundtrack.
Mya was nominated for a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album, Female (Fear Of Flying).

Fear Of Flying was certified platinum.

Mya hit the Top 40 (with Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, & Pink) with the remake of "Lady Marmalade" from the film Moulin Rouge.

Mya hit the Top 10 and then #1 with "Lady Marmalade" where it stayed for 9 weeks.
"Lady Marmalade" topped the Billboard Top 40 Tracks chart for 9 weeks.

Mya topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 5 weeks and the Hot 100 Airplay chart for 6 weeks with "Lady Marmalade" The track also topped the UK charts by month's end.
"Lady Marmalade" topped the MTV Video Countdown for 3 weeks.

Mya topped the UK singles chart for a week with "Lady Marmalade."

Mya won a Teen Choice Award for Choice Song of the Summer ("Lady Marmalade").

Mya's collaborative video for "Lady Marmalade" won 2 MTV Video Music Awards including Video of the Year and Best Video from a Film, and was also nominated for Best Dance Video, Best Pop Video, Best Choreography (Tina Landon), and Best Art Direction (Bernadette Dus).

Mya was nominated for a MTV Europe Music Award for Best Song ("Lady Marmalade").

Mya (along with Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, & Pink) topped The ARC Weekly Top 40 Year-End Top 100 for 2001 with "Lady Marmalade."
Mya won 2 My VH1 Awards for Favorite Video and Is It Hot In Her Or Is It Just My Video for "Lady Marmalade."

Mya won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for "Lady Marmalade" with Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, & Pink which they performed at the ceremony.

# 54 Singles Artist of the Year

Mya could be seen in the movie Chicago.

Mya will play herself on a guest appearance on the NBC soap opera Passions.
Mya released her next LP, Moodring. She told Rolling Stone about her LP as her most personal: "This time if I didn't write the song, then I produced it. With every song I was hands-on - the structure of the track, bringing in musicians, and wanting it to sound the way I wanted it to sound."

Mya's video for "My Love Is Like... Wo" was nominated for 2 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Dance Video and Best Choreography (Travis Payne).
Mya hit the Top 40 with "My Love Is Like... Wo."

Moodring was certified gold.

Mya hit the Top 10 with "My Love Is Like... Wo."

# 122 Singles Artist of the Year

Mya hit the Top 40 with "Fallen."

Mya could be heard on the soundtrack for Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights with "Do You Only Wanna Dance."

# 156 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart.

Mya released Liberation.

Mya came in second on the ABC competition series Dancing With The Stars.

• February 23: Mya released Smoove Jones.

• February 12: Mya was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album (Smoove Jones).

	Mya Released: April, 1998 US: Platinum Billboard peak: # 29 Tracks: "What Cha Say" - "Movin' On" - "Baby It's Yours" - "Keep on Lovin' Me" - "It's All About Me " - "If You Died I Wouldn't Cry Cause You Never Loved Me Anyway " - "We're Gonna Make Ya Dance" - "If You Were Mine" - "Bye Bye" - "Anytime You Want Me" - "Don't Be Afraid" - "My First Night With You" - "Movin' On" (Remix)
	Fear Of Flying Released: April, 2000 US: Platinum Billboard peak: # 15 Tracks: "Turn It Up" - "Case Of The Ex" - "Ride & Shake" - "That's Why I Wanna Fight" - "Pussycats" - "Best Of Me" - "Lie Detector" - "How You Gonna Tell Me" - "Grandma Says" - "Takin' Me Over" - "Now Or Never " - "Fear Of Flying" - "Flying" - "Can't Believe" - "No Tears On My Pillow" - "For The First Time " - "Man Of My Life" - "Get Over "
	Moodring Released: July, 2002 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 3 Tracks: "My Love Is Like... Wo" - "Step" - "Fallen" - "Why You Gotta Look So Good" - "Sophisticated Lady" - "No Sleep" - "Anatomy One On One" - "Hurry Up" - "You" - "After The Rain" - "Late" - "Taste This" - "Free Fallin'"
	Liberation Released: December, 2007 Tracks: "Liberation" - "I Am" - "Walka Not A Talka" - "Still A Woman" - "No Touchin'" - "Lock U Down" - "Lights Go Off" - "Ridin'" - "Switch It Up" - "Give A Chick A Hand" - "All In The Name Of Love" - "Life Is Too Short" - "Nothin' At All"

1	Lady Marmalade [Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya & Pink] from the Moulin Rouge soundtrack ARC chart run: 30 - 20 - 12 - 8 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 5 - 8 - 11 - 19 - 26 - 31 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 1 RIAA Certification: Platinum Billboard # 1: Hot 100, Hot 100 Airplay, Rhythmic Top 40, Top 40 Tracks, Top 40 Mainstream Grammy Winner: Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals MTV VMA Winner: Video of the Year, Best Video from a Film MTV VMA Nominee: Best Dance Video, Best Pop Video, Best Choreography, Best Art Direction	1(9)	20	2001
2	Case Of The Ex (Whatcha Gonna Do) from the LP Fear Of Flying ARC Chart Run: 40 - 38 - 33 - 26 - 17 - 12 - 10 - 6 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 11 - 17 - 27 - 36 - off	2	17	2000	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
3	My Love Is Like... Wo from the LP Moodring	4	16	2003	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
4	Free from the Bait soundtrack ARC chart run: 39 - 36 - 30 - 24 - 21 - 19 - 18 - 16 - 15 - 12 - 11 - 14 - 19 - 25 - off	11	14	2001
5	Take Me There [Blackstreet & Mya featuring Mase] from the Blackstreet LP Finally	10	13	1999	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
6	Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are) [Pras Michel featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard & Mya] from the Pras LP Ghetto Superstar ARC chart run: 38 - 30 - 25 - 18 - 15 - 13 - 11 - 10 - 19 - 27 - 37 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 85	10	11	1998	iTunes Amazon.mp3
7	Movin' On [Mya featuring Silkk The Shocker] from the LP Mya	19	10	1998	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
8	My First Night With You from the LP Mya	26	6	1999	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
9	It's All About Me [Mya featuring Sisqo] from the LP Mya	20	6	1998	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
10	Fallen from the LP Moodring	20	6	2004	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	Best Of Me from the LP Fear Of Flying	**	**	2000	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	AYO	**	**	2006	[ LYRICS ]
	Ridin' from the LP Liberation	**	**	2007	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]