Lamya Al-Mugheiry | |
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Birth name | Lamya Hafidh Sultan Al-Mugheiry |
Born | Mombasa, Kenya | 30 October 1963
Died | 8 January 2009 Oman | (aged 45)
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Years active | 1987–2009 |
Labels | J Records |
Website | Lamya's MySpace page |
Lamya Al-Mugheiry (30 October 1963 – 8 January 2009), better known as her mononym Lamya, was a Kenyan-born English singer-songwriter and record producer. She rose to fame in the early 1990s as one of the lead singers of R&B group Soul II Soul, and later as a backing singer for Duran Duran. In 2002, she released her debut album Learning from Falling, which spawned the number 1 Dance chart single "Empires (Bring Me Men)".[1]
On 8 January 2009, she died from a sudden heart attack. She was recording on her second album Hiding in Plain Sight, which was scheduled to be released later that year.[2]