tamia hill

Background information Birth name Tamia Marylin Washington Born May 9, 1975 (1975-05-09) (age 33) Origin Windsor, Ontario, Canada Genre(s) R&B, Soul Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur Years active 1995–present Label(s) Qwest/Warner (1995–1999)

Elektra/Atlantic (2000–2005)

Image (2006–present) Associated acts Anita Baker, Eric Benét, Brandy, Fabolous, Quincy Jones Website TamiaWorld.com

Tamia Marylin Washington Hill (born Tamia Marylin Washington on May 9, 1975), professionally known as Tamia, is a Canadian-American Grammy-nominated R&B singer. She first gained prominence at age 19 for contributing to "You Put a Move on My Heart," the first single from Quincy Jones' 1995 album Q's Jook Joint.

She is best known for her 2000 hit "Stranger In My House" and Fabolous' 2003 song "Into You", sampling her 1998 song "So Into You", from her debut album. Contents [hide] 1 Biography 1.1 Personal 2 Music career 2.1 Tamia 2.2 A Nu Day 2.3 More 2.4 Split from Atlantic Records and Between Friends 2.5 Live album 3 Acting career 4 Discography 4.1 Albums 4.2 Singles 5 Tours 6 Awards and nominations 7 See also 8 External links 9 References //

Biography

Tamia was born to a teenage African Canadian mother. She grew up in Windsor, Ontario, Canada with her brothers Tiras, Tajhee and Trajan. Although having a start in the traditional gospel choir, she soon developed an interest in singing popular music as a solo artist. At first only aspiring to be a vocal coach, she began singing in Southern Ontario, performing "We're Gonna Make It" on the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children Telethon in 1993. She soon earned a reputation and several awards, including the YTV Vocal Achievement Award in 1993. The following year, she won the Steve Ross Music Scholarship at the American Academy of Achievement's Annual Salute to Excellence in 1994. Her star ascending, she embarked on a trip to Los Angeles where her voice caught the attention of producer Quincy Jones at a 1994 award show after party.

In 1994, at the age of 19, Tamia recorded vocals for the Quincy Jones' song "You Put a Move on My Heart" from his Q's Jook Joint album. Jones released the song as a single in 1995, and it was nominated for a Grammy Award. Later that year, Tamia participated in another collaboration, "Missing You", a single from the Set It Off soundtrack that also featured singers Brandy, Chaka Khan, and Gladys Knight. The song was also nominated for a Grammy Award.

Personal

In Detroit, Michigan (across the Detroit River from her hometown of Windsor, Ontario), Tamia was introduced to then Detroit Pistons basketball player Grant Hill by singer Anita Baker. The two married on July 24, 1999. They had their first child, a daughter named Myla Grace Hill, on January 23, 2002. In 2003, Tamia and her husband announced on Extra that she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. In an interview with Smooth magazine, she reported that