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Lamya Al-Mugheiry (1973 - January 8, 2009), better known as her mononym Lamya was a Kenyan-born British female dance music singer. She was born in Kenya and was 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''. 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".〔(MTV.com profile )〕 In its review of the album, ''Blender'' described her as "the Kenyan Björk".〔"(Soul II Soul/Duran Duran backing singer would like to be the Kenyan Björk. Who wouldn’t, really? )" ''Learning From Falling'' review, 2002.〕 In 2003 she toured (as opening act) with Macy Gray.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nipp.com/show/detail/9436 )〕 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.〔(Lamya Al-Mugheiry ), Duran Duran Official Site news page〕〔(Official Myspace page )〕 ==Discography== * ''Learning from Falling'' (2002) #16 Top Heatseekers〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/learning-from-falling-mw0000221914/awards )〕 * ''Hiding in Plain Sight'' (2009, unreleased due to Lamya's death) ;Singles * "Empires (Bring Me Men)" (2002) – #1 Hot Dance Club Play〔 * "Black Mona Lisa" (2002) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lamya」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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