MOYANA

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1,244

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559

Bio

Her name comes from Zimbabwe. It means "little spirit" in Shona. 2024 These Days Magazine Artist to Watch MOYANA (Moyana Music, LLC) is passionate about making music that makes a difference. She began releasing original music at fifteen in 2017, accompanying her vocals with instruments such as piano, acoustic & electric guitar, & electric bass. Performance highlights include The Capri Theater, The Schubas Tavern, Rockwood Music Hall, and the 50th annual Dillo Day, the largest student-run music festival in the United States. MOYANA is a member of the Royal Family Music Group collective in Minneapolis and a member of the Recording Academy's GrammyU Chicago Chapter. She currently records at studioSHAPES, LLC in Chicago. In 2023, she received the LGBTQ+ Emerging Artist Award from CITIBank and the Music Forward Foundation, the Quinn Coleman Scholarship from the Recording Academy, and a fellowship from the John Walt Foundation. She is an alum of the 2023 Willis Wonderland Foundation Next Level Songwriters Workshop and of the 2022 Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriters Project, and she served as a 2023 Keepsake House Artist-in-Residence.

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Release Date

12/07/2024

Record Label

studioSHAPES

UPC

198876903850

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1. RAINBOW3:31ISRC: QZZ7K2410600

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Audience

Social Footprint

24.6K

Primary Market

United States · South Africa

Primary Gender

Female

Primary Age

25-34

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Press

BMAC reward two emerging artists with the Victoria Monet Music Maker Grant

The two women, MOYANA and Nia Ashley will receive a once-in-a-lifetime experience to work with the singer and her team through the Victoria Monet Music Maker Grant.

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Listen to 10 new must-hear songs from emerging R&B and hip-hop artists like Don Toliver, Babyface Ray and Zack Fox, all released within the past two weeks.

Moyana Olivia and RHOME team up this week for the new single “Next to Me.” The former artist sings with fervor, delivering seasoned vocals about wanting her lover to always be by her side. The L.A. rapper then slides in to deliver bars from a male perspective. The duo also self-directed the song’s accompanying visual, which sees them enjoying a game night with their friends.

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Chicago Artists to Watch 2024

Since establishing herself in the city, Moyana has gone from being an admirer to a colleague of some of her favorite musicians in a scene that inspired her early work. Having already worked with artists she would listen to in high school, such as theMIND, and gracing stages like Northwestern’s Dillo Day festival and Schuba’s Tavern, she is poised to achieve even greater milestones in 2024. With her classical acoustic black guitar, Florence, by her side and heart-string-pulling songs like “Revival” and “Next to Me,” Moyana Olivia is ready to rise as one of the most inspirational voices in the new wave of artists in Chicago.

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GRAMMY Museum And The Recording Academy Announce Recipients Of The 2023 Quinn Coleman Memorial Scholarship

The Recording Academy's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) team, along with the GRAMMY Museum, have announced five recipients for the 2023 Quinn Coleman Memorial Scholarship: Aliyah Durazo (California State University Fullerton), Dilan Hoskins (Tennessee State University), Olivia Moyana Pierce (Northwestern University), Emmanuel Strickland (Tennessee State University), and Vashed Thompson (University of Texas at Austin).

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