Tamia

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Tamia

Tamia (actually Tamia Washington-Hill ; * 9. May 1975 in Windsor , Ontario as Tamia Reneé Washington ) is a Canadian R & B singer.

Life

Tamia Washington began singing in a gospel choir at Church in Windsor, Ontario at the age of six . To develop her voice, she took singing lessons when she was ten. After a few smaller talent competitions, she won the 1993 YTV Vocal Achievement Award , a Canadian radio award . In 1994 she won the attention of Brenda Richie and Quincy Jones during an awards show in Los Angeles . A year later, at the age of 19, she recorded the song You Put A Move On My Heart for Quincy Jones' album Q's Jook Joint , which was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1996. In the same year she recorded the song Missing You with Brandy , Gladys Knight and Chaka Khan for the soundtrack of the movie Set If Off , which was also nominated for a Grammy. She had a third Grammy nomination in the category "Best R'n'B Performance By A Duo with Vocal" together with Babyface for the song Slow Jams .

In 1998 she released her first solo album titled Tamia , followed by the album A Nu Day in 2001 . This included their biggest hit to date, Stranger In My House . In 2005 the album More was released .

On July 24, 1999, she married the American basketball player Grant Hill , with whom she has two daughters.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1998 Tamia US67 (24 weeks)
US
First published: April 14, 1998
2000 A Nu Day US46
gold
gold

(28 weeks)US
First published: October 10, 2000
2004 More US17 (9 weeks)
US
First published: April 6, 2004
2006 Between Friends US66 (15 weeks)
US
First published: November 14, 2006
2012 Beautiful surprise US23 (4 weeks)
US
First published: August 28, 2012
2015 Love life US27 (2 weeks)
US
First published: June 9, 2015
2018 Passion like fire US145 (1 week)
US
First published: September 7, 2018

EPs / compilations

year title Remarks
2007 A Gift Between Friends First published: October 23, 2007
2009 Greatest hits First published: November 2, 2009

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1998 Imagination
Tamia 		US37 (20 weeks)
US
First published: February 8, 1998
feat. Jermaine Dupri
So into You
Tamia 		US30 (20 weeks)
US
First published: June 23, 1998
2000 I Can't Go For That
A Nu Day 		US84 (5 weeks)
US
First published: August 29, 2000
Stranger in My House
A Nu Day 		US10 (21 weeks)
US
First published: October 25, 2000
2003 Officially Missing You
More 		US83 (18 weeks)
US
First published: September 20, 2003

more publishments

  • 1996: Keep Hope Alive
  • 1997: Make Tonight Beautiful
  • 1998: The Christmas Song
  • 1999: Loving You Still
  • 2001: Tell Me Who
  • 2002: Be Alright
  • 2003: It's a party
  • 2004: Dance My Dream
  • 2004: Questions
  • 2004: Still
  • 2005: Things I Collected
  • 2006: Can't Get Enough
  • 2007: Me
  • 2007: Almost
  • 2012: Beautiful Surprise
  • 2012: Give Me You
  • 2015: Sandwich and a Soda
  • 2015: Stuck with Me
  • 2015: Love Falls Over Me

As a guest musician

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
CH CH UK UK US US
1995 You Put a Move on My Heart
Q's Jook Joint 		- - US98 (4 weeks)
US
First published: September 17, 1995
Quincy Jones featuring Tamia
1996 Slow Jams
Q’s Jook Joint 		- - US68 (9 weeks)
US
First published: April 1996
Quincy Jones featuring Babyface , Barry White , Portrait & Tamia
Missing You
Set It Off (OST) 		- - US25 (20 weeks)
US
First published: August 6, 1996
with Brandy , Gladys Knight & Chaka Khan
1999 Spend My Life with You
A Day in the Life 		- - US21st
gold
gold

(22 weeks)US
First published: June 15, 1999
Eric Benét featuring Tamia
2003 Into You
Street Dreams 		CH87 (3 weeks)
CH 		UK18th
silver
silver

(6 weeks)UK 		US4 (26 weeks)
US
First published: July 15, 2003
Fabolous featuring Tamia

Further guest appearances

  • 1997: Don't Be Late, Don't Come Too Soon ( LL Cool J featuring Tamia)
  • 2003: (They Long to Be) Close to You ( Gerald Levert featuring Tamia)
  • 2016: Sunshine (Remix) (Eric Benét featuring Tamia)

Soundtracks

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Chart sources: CH UK US
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK US

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Tamia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Washington-Hill, Tamia (real name); Washington, Tamia Reneé
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian contemporary R&B singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Windsor , Ontario , USA