Jamelia: Isn’t She a Superstar?
What can be more eclectic than this? Jamelia is a British R&B diva who was born in Birmingham, England to a Jamaican mother and a Zimbabwean father. In her prolific career she has released so far three studio albums, each of which has reached the Top 40 in her native UK, which have generated eight UK top ten singles. In addition, Jamelia has won four MOBO Awards, a Q award and has received six BRIT Award nominations.
Fans and critics have often been touted her as 'the UK's answer to Beyonce'. Her latest release "Superstar: The Hits" featured seven UK Top 10 singles taken from her albums Drama, Thank You and Walk With Me. "Superstar" includes hits such as 'Superstar', 'Beware of the Dog,' and 'See It In A Boy's Eyes.' Jamelia’s sense of social consciousness and justice is expressed in her music by raising issues of domestic violence and real life struggles.
That doesn't mean she doesn't bring up the positive and fun side of life. In fact, Jamelia has been recently involved in helping school kids in her own alma mater: Brookfield Primary in Hockley. The British singer helped run a singing workshop to help kids enter the Big School Sing Up program, an initiative that provides kids with an opportunity to enter their singing for a chance to be played on the radio.
On another note, Jamelia has banned the Pussycat Dolls' music from being played in her house - because she thinks the band's provocative lyrics and image are a bad influence on her two young daughters, six-year-old Teja and two-year-old Tiani. That's a tad hardcore. Don't you think?.
Oh wait a minute…I found this. Where else? YouTube of course. The French reported that Jamelia actually bared all in a PETA Europe anti-fur ad launched during London Fashion Week. I wonder what Teja and Tiani think about that. Cheerio!
