Mya Harrison

Mya Harrison: Biography in Details

Who is Mya Harrison?

Mya Harrison who is best known as Mya is a Grammy Award-winning American singer, songwriter, producer, dancer, designer, and actress.

She is best known as a singer for the hit albums she has released such as ‘Mya’, ‘Fear of Flying’, and ‘K.I.S.S (Keep It Sexy & Simple)’.

As an actor she is known for the role she portrayed in the films like ‘In Too Deep, ‘Shall We Dance’, and ‘Cursed’.

She has sold over 3.2 million records in the United States and 7 million albums worldwide as of October 2020.

Mya Harrison: Bio, Age, Parents, Ethnicity

Mya Harrison was born on 10 October 1979, in Washington, D.C., USA. She has a mixed ethnicity of Jamaican and Italian and has an American nationality.

She is the daughter of a singer and musician father Sherman and an accountant mother Theresa, Mya Harrison was born as one of three children.

Her birth name is Mya Marie Harrison.

Mya Harrison grew up in Glenn Dale, Maryland, and has two younger brothers, Chaz and Nijel.

Mya Harrison used to imitate Michael Jackson in her mother’s high heel boots in childhood. She is mostly known by other names such as Miss Mya, My-My, 10-10, and Smoove Jones.

Education, School/College University

Mya Harrison completed high school at the age of 16 and took classes at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Mya Harrison already started learning ballet lessons when she was just two years old and jazz and tap when she was four.

Mya Harrison: Professional Life and Career

As being born to a musically oriented family, she had a strong interest in music. As she grew up, she signed with Interscope Records and released her debut self-entitled album ‘Mya’.

Mya Harrison released her album on 21 April 1998 which earned huge success selling over 1.4 million copies in the United States. She rose to fame with the album working with different superstars.

After the huge success of the first album, she released her second album Fear of Flying on 25 April 2000. It ranked at no.15 on Billboard 200 album chart selling over 72,000 copies in the first week.

As time passes by, Mya Harrison started to release numerous albums winning various awards. She refers to Lena Horne and Liza Minnelli as her role models.

Aside from her singing career, she is also a dancer who competed in Dancing with the Stars in season 9 and came second place. She is also an actor who has appeared in numerous movies and on television episodes.

She made her acting debut in the 1999 thriller film ‘In Too Deep’ where she portrayed the character of young woman Loretta. Harrison is also a designer who has launched her own clothing line.

The singer released “Worth It” in July 2021, debuting her alter persona “Ma Lan$ky.” Ma co-starred in My Favorite Christmas Melody, a Lifetime original Christmas film, with Rainbow Sun Francks in December.

Adding up more info, Mya Harrison becomes the first Animal Protection’s first U. S celebrity ambassador in March 2022.

How much is the net worth of Mya Harrison?

Her success in her career has paid her well financially making her net worth estimated to be $4 million as of 2023.

Mya Harrison: Rumors and Controversy/Scandal

Multi-talented Mya was once rumored to have hooked up with Camron and Gucci Mane.

Mya Harrison had an alleged affair with the hip-hop star Jay Z. Jay Z has a wife(Beyonce) and kids. Controversies were there when she denied dating him.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size

Mya Harrison has a height of 5 feet 4.5 inches and weighs 54 kg. Her body measurement is 34-24-36 inches.

Her eye color is Brown and her hair color is black. She wears a dress size of 4(US) and her shoe size is 7(US).

Social Media

Mya Harrison is active on social media. She uses Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

She has over 933.2k followers on her Twitter account and over 1.9 million followers on her Instagram account and 275k subscribers on the Youtube channel.

She has more than 1.3 m followers on Facebook. Likewise, her TikTok accounts had more than 2.6m followers.

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FAQs

What happened to Mya Harrison?

• She faced problems like label changes, mismanagement, and album leaks.

Who is Maya Harrison's husband?

• She is possibly single.

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