Destiny Adia Andrews (born May 15, 1991), who goes by the stage name Adia, is an American

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artist and

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musician. She started her music career, in 2012, with the release of "One Day at a Time" on Emerge Records. She saw her first studio album, ''Behind Enemy Lines'', chart on the ''

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chart. Xist Music released the album on August 26, 2014.

Early life

Adia was born Destiny Adia Andrews, in

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, on May 15, 1991. (Tweet) While she was growing up, she spent some time in

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, just outside Chicago. She graduated from

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, in 2009, and it is just outside

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that she considers to be her hometown. Her family contains musical roots because her parents are also traveling musicians.

Music career

Her music career started in 2012, with the release of "Incomplete", that was on

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's, '' A Beautiful Soul'', with Emerged Records. Her debut single and music video, "Rags to Riches", came out on March 14, 2014, from Xist Music. The production was handled by Fred "Blaze" Crawford and the video direction by Courtney "Noyz" C. The second single, "Torn Identity", was released just before her album. Her debut studio album, ''Behind Enemy Lines'', released on August 26, 2014, with Xist Music, and this album charted, on the ''

chart at No. 38. The album received a three star out of five review, from ''

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. On August 16, 2016 she released a cover track "We All Want Love" via: Red 3 Digital Learning Center.

Personal life

Every single bit of profit from "One Day at a Time", she gave to the victims of the

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Discography

Studio albums

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Adia 1991 births Living people African-American musicians African-American Christians Musicians from Huntsville, Alabama Musicians from Illinois Musicians from St. Louis 21st-century African-American musicians