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refimprove|date=December 2010Infobox musical artist| name = Lamya Al-Mugheiry| image =| caption =| background = solo_singer| Birth_Name = Lamya Al-Mugheiry| birth_date = 1973|birth_place = Kenya | death_date = January 8, 2009 (aged 35)|death_place = Oman | origin =| genre = R& B , Dance music|dance , Alternative music|alternative | occupation = Singer-songwriter| years_active = 2001–2009| label = J Records | associated_acts = Duran Duran , DJ Vaughn Mason, Angélique Kidjo , Soul II Soul , Macy Gray | website = http://www.myspace.com/lamya1 MySpace page
Lamya Al-Mugheiry (1973 - January 8, 2009), better known as her mononym Lamya was a Kenyan-born British female R& B and dance music singer, She was born in Kenya and was of Oman i 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 Duran Duran (1993 album)|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 ". http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/lamya/artist.jhtml MTV.com profile In its review of the album, Blender (magazine)|Blender described her as "the Kenyan Björk "." http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx? id=527 Soul II Soul/Duran Duran backing singer would like to be the Kenyan Björk. Who wouldn’t, really? " Learning From Falling review, 2002. She appeared in Nelson Mandela 's February 2003 AIDS benefit concert, http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/article_display.jsp? vnu_content_id=1782122 and opened for Macy Gray later that year. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/reviews/live_review_display.jsp? vnu_content_id=1841251
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. http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/? p=15210 Lamya Al-Mugheiry, Duran Duran Official Site news page http://www.myspace.com/lamya1 Official Myspace page
Discography
Learning from Falling (2002) #16 Top Heatseekers http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp? cfi=294& cfgn=Albums& cfn=Heatseekers& ci=3046487& cdi=7891530& cid=08%2F17%2F2002
Hiding in Plain Sight (2009, unreleased due to Lamya's death)
;Singles
" Empires (Bring Me Men) " (2002) – #1 Hot Dance Club Play http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp? cfi=359& cfgn=Singles& cfn=Hot+Dance+Club+Play& ci=3047272& cdi=7919400& cid=10%2F26%2F2002
" 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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