Laura Mvula
Laura Mvula
Person from United Kingdom
Genres: soul, Neo-Soul, female vocalists, british, rnb
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About Laura Mvula
Laura Mvula (née Douglas) is a British soul singer-songwriter from Birmingham. Her debut album "Sing to the Moon", was released on March 4, 2013. Mvula grew up in the Birmingham suburbs of Selly Park and Kings Heath with two younger siblings, and was influenced by the girl band Eternal. She sang with Black Voices, an a capella group set up by her aunt. She graduated from the Birmingham Conservatoire with a degree in composition. While she was working as a supply teacher in a Birmingham secondary school, she started writing songs on her laptop. She was working as a receptionist when she sent out two demos to several people in the music industry. She is married to singer Themba Mvula. Signed to Sony subsidiary RCA, Mvula released her debut extended play, "She", on 16 November 2012. Her debut studio album, Sing to the Moon, was released on 4 March 2013. One person has described her music using a new term, "gospeldelia". The album was preceeded by the single "Green Garden". The song is an elegy to her home in Kings Heath. On 6 December 2012, Mvula was shortlisted for the Critics' Choice award at the 2013 BRIT Awards. On 9 December, she was nominated for the BBC's Sound of 2013 poll, and finished in fourth position. On 1 February 2013, she gave a live TV performance on The Graham Norton Show on BBC One, singing "Green Garden".
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Laura Mvula — Top 30 songs of 40
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Mvula | Brighter Dawn | ||
| Laura Mvula | Sing To the Moon | ||
| Laura Mvula | What Matters (feat. Simon Neil) | ||
| Laura Mvula | Got Me | ||
| Laura Mvula | Overcome (ft. Nile Rodgers) | ||
| Laura Mvula | That's Alright | ||
| Laura Mvula | Green Garden | ||
| Laura Mvula | Sing To The Moon | ||
| Laura Mvula | Church Girl | ||
| Laura Mvula | Sing To The Moon | ||
| Laura Mvula | Bread | ||
| Laura Mvula | Little Girl Blue | ||
| Laura Mvula | Laura Mvula with Metropole Orkestra | ||
| Laura Mvula | Green Garden (2013) | ||
| Laura Mvula | Let Me Fall | ||
| Laura Mvula | Pink Noise | ||
| Laura Mvula | She | ||
| Laura Mvula | Can't Live With The World | ||
| Laura Mvula | Father, Father | ||
| Laura Mvula | Like The Morning Dew | ||
| Laura Mvula | Brighter Dawn (From The Motion Picture "Clemency", 2019) (Single Version) | ||
| Laura Mvula | Green Garden | ||
| Laura Mvula | You Work For Me | ||
| Laura Mvula | Green garden | ||
| Laura Mvula | Africa | ||
| Laura Mvula | Safe Passage | ||
| Laura Mvula | Make Me Lovely | ||
| Laura Mvula | Diamonds | ||
| Laura Mvula | Laura Mvula with Metropole Orkestra | ||
| Laura Mvula | She (Shlohmo Remix) |