Lamya

Lamya Al-Mugheiry
Birth nameLamya Hafidh Sultan Al-Mugheiry
Born(1963-10-30)30 October 1963
Mombasa, Kenya
Died8 January 2009(2009-01-08) (aged 45)
Oman
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • producer
Years active1987–2009
LabelsJ Records
WebsiteLamya'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]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 151.
  2. ^ Das, T.K (3 October 2008). Lone Bohemian. The Week Magazine, Volume 200