Miss Lira full name is Lerato “Lira” Molapo, She was born in Daveyton, South Africa, on March 14, 1979. The award winning female singer came to lime light After winning a competition for young singers and songwriters, Lira
started performing live at the age of 16, singing both cover versions
and self-penned songs.
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In 2000 she was discovered by musician and
producer Arthur Mafokate,
who had her sign with his own record label, 999 Music, and helped her
release her debut album, All My Love (2003).
Having left 999 Music, Lira teamed up with keyboardist Victor Mngomezulu, bassist Tshepo Sekele, and producer Robin Kohl and in 2006 released Feel Good,
a much more accomplished work that revealed her as a talented artist,
able to move easily from modern R&B to jazz, from lush pop to bossa.
A huge success, it led to five nominations at the South African Grammy
Awards (Best New Artist, Best Female Artist, Best R&B Album, Best
Single, and Best Video). In July 2007 the album was released in Italy,
where its title track gained massive airplay.
Released in 2008, her sophomore album, Soul in Mind,
garnered several South African Music Awards nominations and ultimately
took home the Album of the Year prize. In 2009 she released the DVD Live
in Concert: A Celebration, which showcased a performance at the
Carnival City Casino in Boksburg, South Africa. The DVD was a huge
commercial success, earning triple platinum status. She released her
third studio album, Return to Love, in January of 2011. That same year,
she released the five-track The Lira EP.
IRA is a multi-platinum award winning South African Singer/Songwriter. She has graced the covers of numerous fashion & lifestyle
magazines & won a multitude of accolades from The South African
Music Awards, MTV Africa Awards, Channel O Awards, Metro FM & MOJO
Awards as well as Glamour Magazine South Africa’s 2008 “Woman of the
Year.”
LIRA is the first African artist to release a full HD
DVD in Blu Ray (3 x Platinum) in 2009 and is one of the highest selling
vocalist in South Africa – Platinum selling albums Feel Good (2006),
Soul in Mind (2008), Live in Concert; A Celebration (2009) and Return to
Love (2011). She has 6 Studio Albums, 3 Concert DVD’s, An Autobiography
and has just released her first independent studio album – Born Free
(April 2016)
Official website: http://www.misslira.com/
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