Line #20 Music/Mya


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mya_harrison.jpg]]
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3	Mýa Marie Harrison or known mononymously as Mýa (born October 10, 1979) is an American singer, dancer, and actor. Mýa was born into a musical family and has been dancing since she was four. These talents landed Mýa a spot as a dancer on Creator/{{BET}}'s ''Teen Summit'' and after shopping her demo around, she was signed by Creator/InterscopeRecords. She would then release her first self-titled album in April 1998, a collaboration from a wide variety of artists such as Music/{{Babyface}}, Music/MissyElliott and Music/DruHill. She would then release two more albums with Interscope before running into several issues with record companies and leaks, which eventually led to her going completely independent and even releasing two albums specifically for the Japanese market. In 2016, she would undergo a minor GenreShift to a more traditional RAndB sound with her seventh album, ''Smooth Jones'', which was nominated for a UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for Best R&B Album.
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5	Mýa is best known for "Take Me There," from ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie'' soundtrack (along with Music/{{Blackstreet}}, Music/{{Mase}} and Blinky Blink), her collaboration with Music/{{Pink}}, Music/LilKim, and Music/ChristinaAguilera, a cover of Music/{{Labelle}}'s "Music/LadyMarmalade" for the ''Film/MoulinRouge'' soundtrack, as well singing the hook for [[Music/TheFugees Pras]]'s "Ghetto Superstar" (also featuring [[Music/WuTangClan Ol' Dirty Bastard]]).
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7	!!Discography
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9	* ''Mýa'' (1998)
10	* ''Fear of Flying'' (2000)
11	* ''Moodring'' (2003)
12	* ''Liberation'' (2007)
13	* ''Sugar & Spice'' (2008)
14	* ''K.I.S.S. (Keep It Sexy & Simple)'' (2011)
15	* ''Smoove Jones'' (2016)
16	* ''TKO (The Knock Out)'' (2018)
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18	!!Selected Filmography
19	[[AC:Film]]
20	* ''Film/InTooDeep'' (1999) - Loretta
21	* ''Film/{{Chicago}}'' (2002) - Mona
22	* ''Film/DirtyDancing: Havana Nights'' (2004) - Lola Martinez
23	* ''Film/ShallWeDance'' (2004) - Vern's Fiancée
24	* ''Film/Cursed2005'' (2005) - Jenny Tate
25	* ''Film/TheHeartSpecialist'' (2011) - Valerie
26	* ''Bermuda Tentacles'' (2014) - Lt. Plummer
27	* ''Lazarus'' (2021) - Flora
28	* ''My Favorite Christmas Melody'' (2021) - Abby
29	* ''Film/{{House Party\|2023}}'' (2023) - Herself
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31	[[AC:Television]]
32	* ''Series/{{Haunted}}'' (2002) - Voodoo Priest, 1 episode
33	* ''Series/OneEightHundredMissing'' (2004) - Kira, 1 episode
34	* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' (2005) - Samantha "Jade" King, episode: "Pop Life"
35	* ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'' (2009) - Contestant
36	* ''5th Ward The Series'' (2018) - Mina Kennedy, 2 seasons
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38	[[AC: Video Games]]
39	* ''VideoGame/EverythingOrNothing'' (2003) - Mya Starling
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41	!!Tropes
42	* AllJustADream: The music video for "It's All About Me" is about Mýa being invited backstage to a concert to Sisqo and dancing sexily for him- and at the end of the video she wakes up.
43	* BreakUpSong: "Movin' On", and the aptly titled "If You Died I Wouldn’t Cry Cause You Never Loved Me Anyway" from her first album.
44	* CoverVersion: "Lady Marmalade", along with P!nk, Lil' Kim, and Christina Aguilera.
45	* GenreShift: Mýa was initially a Pop/R&B artist, her later work is more traditional R&B.
46	* LetsDuet: "It's All About Me", with Sisqo.
47	* IntercourseWithYou: Her very first single "It's All About Me" was this, as well as a duet with Sisqo from the music group Dru Hill. And of course "Lady Marmalade", and "My Love Is Like...Wo".
48	* TheirFirstTime: "My First Night With You" from her first album.
49	* AWildRapperAppears: Silkk the Shocker is featured on "Movin' On".

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