Mya Harrison was born on 10th October 1979 in Washington, D.C is a singer and songwriter, she is also an actress. Her father’s name is Sherman, who was a singer and a musician. He used to work in various bands. Her mother’s name is Theresa and she was an accountant. She has 2 younger brothers. She was fascinated with Michael Jackson during her childhood and she used to copy his style. She used to wear her mother’s high heeled boots and use a spoon as a microphone. She has taken violin lessons all through her childhood and she used to dance after her school. She started learning ballet in 1982 at the age of 2 years. At the age of 4 years, she learnt jazz and tap. Her skills to tap dance got her an opportunity to go ahead and study with one of the most renowned tap dancer Savion Glover from “Dance Theater of Harlem”. She was chosen by Savion later for a solo dance performance at Kennedy Center.
Her father helped her with vocal abilities after she started getting more drifted with music by the age of 15. Her father went around with her tape and it caught CEO and Music President of University. She graduated at the age of 16 years and joined Maryland University for some classes. She spent two years recording her first album. The album gave 3 singles hit. On February 14 in the year 1998, her first single was released. The song was awarded with gold certification by the American’s Recording History Association on 4th June 1988. Her next album named after her was released on 21st April 1988 which sold more than a million copies. This album received a platinum certification from American’s Recording History Association. She started working on the production of her album “Fear of Flying” in the year 1999. The album was released on 25th April 2000. The first single of the album under-performed. However the second single performed well. She sang soundtracks of two movies in the year 2001. She played a supporting role in the movie “Chicago” in the year 2002 which was a musical movie and won an Academy Award. She released her 3rd album on 22nd July 2003. She signed a contract with “Ford Modelling Agency” in the year 2005 and it was a six figure sum. She re-released her album “Sugar & Spice” in the year 2009. In 2009, she released her first mixtape “Beauty &The Streets Vol 1”. She released EP’s series on her label Plane 9. She released “It’s All about me” on her 16th anniversary in the entertainment industry. Her 8th indie project named as “Smoove Jones” was released on 14th February 2016. She also writes songs for her albums.
She stands tall in height of 5 feet 5 inches. The details about her albums through her website. She has been various relationships but did not get married to any of her boyfriends. She has an estimated net worth of $3 million. She is an active member on Twitter and all her latest updates are tweeted.
| Birth Date: | 10 Oct, 1979 |
| Age: | 40 yrs |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Washington, D.C. |
| Education: | Eleanor Roosevelt High School University of Maryland |
| Gender: | Female |
| Description: | American R&B recording artist |
| Twitter Id: | Missmya |
| Net Worth 2021: | 4 million |
