Lamya

Lamya Al-Mugheiry
Born
Lamya Hafidh Sultan Al-Mugheiry

(1963-10-30)30 October 1963
Died8 January 2009(2009-01-08) (aged 45)
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • producer
Years active1987–2009
LabelJ Records
WebsiteLamya's MySpace page
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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.