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Tamia
When she was still in her teens, acclaimed Canadian R&B singer Tamia Washington
won numerous singing and dancing competitions including the prestigious Canadian
YTV Vocal Achievement Award which she was given in 1993. A year later she was
performing at an event where she met Brenda Richie, wife of Lionel Richie, with
whom she later went on to sign a management deal.
Brenda Richie arranged for Washington to sing at a party for Luther Vandross and
this indirectly led to her appearing on Quincy Jones's album 'Q's Jook Joint'
for which she received a Grammy Award nomination. After...
