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Mýa Marie Harrison (born October 10, 1979 in Baltimore, MD) is an American Grammy Award winning R&B and pop singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, choreographer, model, activist and philanthropist who rose to fame during the late 1990s. Harrison is known for hits such as "It's All About Me", "The Best of Me", "Case of the Ex", a 2001 chart-topping version of "Lady Marmalade" (for which she won a Grammy Award), and "My Love Is Like...Wo", as well as appearances in films such as Chicago (2002) and Cursed (2005). She has achieved 8 Billboard Top 40 hit singles, 3 Billboard Hot 100 top ten hit singles, and 1 Billboard Hot 100 number one hit single thus far in her career. In 1997, Mýa signed a recording contract with Haqq Islam's University Records, after being brought to the label by her friends an R&B group Dru Hill, who wrote and produced half of Mýa eponymous debut album, Mýa. The first two singles were "It's All About Me" and "Movin' On". The videos for these two songs and for her third single "My First Night With You" were MTV staples through 1998. In addition to her solo work, Mýa was also a featured artist with Ol' Dirty Bastard on Pras' 1998 hit, "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)", from the Bulworth soundtrack and on BLACKstreet's "Take Me There" from the The Rugrats Movie soundtrack. On April 25, 2000, Mýa released her second album, Fear of Flying. Its first single, "Best of Me", was an urban R&B song that featured rapper Jadakiss and had an even more urban hip hop remix which featured rapper Jay-Z. The song and its remix were hits at urban radio. Mýa's biggest pop hit came with the second single, "Case of the Ex". Interscope re-released Fear of Flying with a revised track listing containing two new songs, including the third single "Free". (which was previously on the Bait soundtrack). In May 2001, Mýa collaborated with Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, and P!nk on a remake of LaBelle's "Lady Marmalade". In July 2003, Mýa released her third long awaited studio album, Moodring. In the U.S. The first single, the Missy Elliott-produced "My Love Is Like... Wo", became a top twenty hit in the U.S. due to its success on mainstream radio. The album's second single, "Fallen" was not as successful only managing to peak at #51 on the Billboard 100 single charts.
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