Nyla

Nailah Thorbourne (Born November 27, 1983), better known by her stage name Nyla, is a Jamaican singer and songwriter from Kingston, Jamaica.[2] Nyla was a member of the R&B and reggae duo Brick & Lace whose debut album, Love Is Wicked, was released by Geffen and KonLive in 2007 and featured the chart topping single "Love Is Wicked". She is best known for being featured on Major Lazer's "Light It Up". Today she writes and performs as a solo artist and is currently recording and releasing music with some of the biggest chart topping artists and producers.

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Nyla
Background information
Birth nameNailah Thorbourne
Born (1983-11-27) 27 November 1983
Kingston, Jamaica[1]
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2004–present

Early life

Nyla Thorbourne was born to an Jamaican father and an African American mother in Kingston, Jamaica.[3] She has 3 sisters, Tasha, Nyanda and Candace Thorbourne.[4] Nyla went to Campion College High School during which time her group Brick & Lace was formed. After graduating high school Nyla studied marketing at Miami Dade College.[3]

Career

2006–2012: Brick & Lace and Bloodline

Nyla's career in music began as a member of the pop / reggae group Brick & Lace. In 2006 the group signed a record deal with Akon's Konvict Muzik[5] / Geffen Records and released their debut album, Love Is Wicked in 2007. The album spawned four charting singles... "Never Never", "Get That Clear", "Bad to di Bone" and their biggest hit to date, "Love Is Wicked", which was listed for 97 weeks in 7 different charts worldwide.[6] In 2010, Nyla and her sisters formed a songwriting team called: Bloodline. They have written songs for Kelly Rowland,[7] Christina Aguilera, Nicole Scherzinger, Leah Labelle and Arash. In 2012, she co-wrote the gold-certified, chart topping single "Follow the Leader", performed by Wisin & Yandel featuring Jennifer Lopez. "Follow the Leader" made strides all over the Latin charts and was one of the major releases in the Latin market the year it released.

2014–present: Solo debut

In 2015, Nyla was featured on the song "Light It Up" by Major Lazer, a track from their album Peace Is the Mission. Later, a remix of the song featuring Fuse ODG was released as a single, which received highly positive reviews and charted top 10 and reached the #1 spot in many countries throughout Europe. The song also topped many digital formats (i.e. Spotify, Pandora and Shazam).[8][9] In 2016 Nyla also featured on the song "Good Vibe" alongside Warner Bros Recording artist Strobe. The record was well received with over 1 million streams to date on Spotify. In 2017 Nyla picked up right where she left off with the release of the Ed Sheeran "Shape Of You" (Major Lazer Remix) feat. Nyla & Kranium.

Discography

Singles

As lead artist
  • 2013: Stand up
  • 2014: Body Calling
  • 2019: Faith
  • 2019: We Can Believe In
  • 2020: Mad Out
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[10]		 US
Dance
[11]		 CAN
[12]		 AUS
[13]		 AUT
[14]		 BEL
(FL)
[15]		 FRA
[16]		 NLD
[17]		 SWI
[18]		 UK
[19]
"Pornstar"
(Sean Paul featuring Nyla)		 2013 ——————————
"I Want You (Remix)"
(Tafari featuring Nyla)		 2014 ——————————
"Touch Me There"
(Redsan featuring Nyla)		 ——————————
"Light It Up"
(Major Lazer featuring Nyla)		 2015 ————9—————
"Light It Up (Remix)"
(Major Lazer featuring Nyla and Fuse ODG)		 2015 7373254—414277
  • BPI: Platinum
  • ARIA: Gold[20]
 Peace Is the Mission
"Too Cool"
(Sneakbo featuring Nyla)		 2016 ——————————
"Good Vibe"
(Strobe featuring Nyla)		 ——————————
"Shape Of You (Major Lazer Remix)"
(Ed Sheeran featuring Nyla & Kranium)		 2017 ——————————
"Young Hearts"
(Henry Fong featuring Nyla & Stylo G)		 ——————————
"Skirt Hem"
(Kickraux featuring Beenie Man, Tommy Lee Sparta & Nyla)		 2019 - - - - - - - - - -
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References
  1. "Nyla - Jamaicansmusic.com". Jamaicansmusic.com.
  2. "LargeUp Premiere: Stream Nyla's Debut Single "Stand Up" + Exclusive Q+A - Page 2 of 2 - LargeUp". LargeUp. 16 April 2013.
  3. Samuels, Natasha (8 April 2008). "Brick & Lace's Sexy Roots Music". The Jamaica Observer.
  4. "Jamaican Songwriting Team get JLo Hit". The Jamaica Star. 6 July 2012. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  5. "Konvict Muzik". LinkedIn.com. LinkedIn. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  6. "Love is Wicked". aCharts.com. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  7. "Kelly Rowland Hits The Studio with Songwriting Team Bloodline". Hamada Mania Music Blog. 21 March 2014.
  8. "VIDÉO - "Light it up" : le tube de Major Lazer avec Nyla et Fuse ODG". Fun Radio.fr.
  9. "Major Lazer : le remix de "Light It Up"!". NRJ.fr.
  10. "Major Lazer – Billboard". billboard.com.
  11. "Major Lazer - Chart history - Billboard".
  12. "Major Lazer - Chart history - Billboard".
  13. "ARIA Singles: Gnash 'I Hate U I Love U' Spends Second Week At No 1 - Noise11.com".
  14. "Discographie Major Lazer". austriacharts. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  15. "Major Lazer". ultratop.be. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  16. "Major lazer discography". lescharts.com. 13 September 2016.
  17. http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Major+Lazer
  18. http://hitparade.ch/artist/Major_Lazer
  19. "Chart Log UK - New Chart Entries - 21.11.2015 (wk47)". Zobbel. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  20. "CHART WATCH #375". auspOp. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
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