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Lamya

United Kingdom • 1973-10-30 – 2009-01-08

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Biography

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)". 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.

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Discography

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Credited work

251 releases · 19 albums · active 1989–2026

  • Performance · 385
  • Production · 47
  • Other credits · 4
  • Engineering · 1

Studios: Matrix Studios · Maison Rouge · Mayfair Studios · EMI Music Publishing Studios

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