Song:It's All About Me
Album:Mya
Mya Harrison had very brief chart success in the late 90s. It's All About Me was her first single. It was a top ten hit. She had a couple more hits but she faded quickly possibly because she was more dancer than singer. She was born Oct. 10, 1979 in Washington, DC. Her dad was a musician. As a teen, she trained with tap dancing legend Savion Glover and she danced at Kennedy Center. She appeared in music videos and on BET's Teen Summit. Her dad helped her develop her singing. He produced a demo and that got Mya a deal with Interscope. For the next two years, she worked on her 1998 debut CD Mya. Most of the album was produced by Daryl "Day" Pearson of Swing Mob. He worked a lot with Missy Elliott. It's All About Me was the first single. It was written and also features Mark "Sisqo" Andrews who was pretty hot at the time. It reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. Sisqo's popularity at the time was probably a big reason for the single's success. The album was certified Platinum. Mya's second album Fear Of Flying was released in 2000. It was also certified Platinum on the strength of the single Case Of The Ex which reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Mya scored her only #1 hit with the cover of Lady Marmalade with Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim and Pink from the Moulin Rouge soundtrack. So it was a gimmick hit. That record won a Grammy but I think it was the beginning of the end of Mya's music career. She started doing movies including a supporting role in the 2002 film Chicago. When her 2003 album Moodring didn't perform as well as her previous albums, Mya signed a big contract with Ford Modeling. Then she left Interscope for Motown. When her 2007 album Liberation didn't do well, she left Motown. She has her own label now and she has a new CD coming in a couple of weeks. Mya has done some acting but hasn't had much success. I guess her biggest thing was finishing second in the 2009 season of Dancing With The Stars. And that brings me back to Mya being more dancer than singer which might explain why she had only a brief run on the pop charts. Here's the video for It's All About Me by Mya featuring Sisqo.
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