Myra Maimoh

Myra Maimoh

Myra Maimoh
Background information
Born (6-12-00)December , 6
Cameroon
Genres Soul/Afro soul
Occupation(s) Singer
Website myramaimoh.com

Myra Maimoh (born December 6, 1982 in Cameroon) is an afro-soul singer from Cameroon. Her debut album with Hitsmith Records in Germany 'Answer'd Me', was released to rave reviews for its musical breadth and originality. Her sophomore Indie album, 'Uniq', is due for release in July 2015, headlined by her sultry album single ' a no go tire'.

Biography

Camroonian-born artist Myra Maimoh grew up in a big, Christian family in Bamenda with her mother being her greatest musical influence by shopping for records and introducing her to all flavours of song and sound. Influenced by her mothers records of Skeeter Davies, James Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, African music of the likes of Richard Bona, Bebe Manga, Kadja Nin and a large spectrum from country, traditional African, jazz and pop music, Myra started singing, composing and entertaining while still in preschool at the age of 3.

She wrote her first set of songs and stories at the age of 13, examples being "It's not too late", "Life is short", "Aberni ma Papa" and "Our Lord is always there". "It's not too late" later became a hit song interpreted by the Cherubic Queens, a very successful Cameroonian girl band in which she sang. She joined the Cherubic Queens at age 15, wrote and performed with them 3 years long.

Myra has had an extremely intensive and extensive musical career ranging from singing and dancing with group - Crystalz, which won many inter-college awards for best performances.

She won numerous awards in the Coca cola competition for the Arts awards between 1998 and 2001, including group and solo awards in poetry,composition and dance. From 2001 till 2005, she sang background vocals in some of the largest music recording studios in Cameroon, where she featured on many chart topping songs for various artists.

She moved to the USA in 2012 after launching her career and recording her first album in Germany. She is also an accomplished businesswoman with an MBA and MSc in International Business.

Discography

Answer´d me(2010)

References

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