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Jamelia
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Jamelia Niela Davis (born 11 January 1981) is a British singer, actress and television personality. Her three studio albums each peaked inside the Top 40 and they spawned eight top-10 singles. In addition, Jamelia has won four MOBO Awards, a Q Award and has received nine BRIT Award nominations.
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- Female
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- United Kingdom
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- 1981-01-11
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Jamelia was born Jamelia Davis in Birmingham, United Kingdom on January 11 1981. She was signed to Parlophone at the young age of 15, after impressing record executives with self-written a capella songs. In 2000, at age 18, she released her first album Drama. The most successful single was “Money” which featured guest vocals from Beenie Man which went top 5. She was nominated for five Mobo Awards which celebrate music of black origin in 2000, winning one. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jamel
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- Handsworth, Birmingham, England
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- date of birth
- 1981-01-11
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16 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Career
- 1999–2001: Early career and ''Drama''
- 2003–2005: ''Thank You'' and mainstream breakthrough
- 2005–2010: ''Walk with Me'' and departure from Parlophone
- 2013–2020: Presenting and return to acting
- 2021-present ''Hollyoaks'', ''Just Act Normal'' and ''The Audacity''
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- Personal life
- Discography
- Filmography
- Awards and nominations
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Jamelia Niela Davis (born 11 January 1981) is a British singer, actress and television personality. Her three studio albums each peaked inside the Top 40 and they spawned eight top-10 singles. In addition, Jamelia has won four MOBO Awards, a Q Award and has received nine BRIT Award nominations.
Jamelia's professional music career began in 1999, when she released her debut single, "So High", followed by a more successful single, "I Do". She then released her debut full-length studio album, Drama, in June 2000. Jamelia went on to release further successful singles, including "Superstar" which charted at number three on the UK Singles Chart and number one in Australia, where it became platinum certified. She went on to release the albums Thank You (2003) and Walk with Me (2006), before leaving her label Parlophone.