Meleni Smith, also known by her stage name Polly A., is an American singer-songwriter from

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Early life

She was born in

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and raised by a Jamaican mother in

Milwaukee, Wisconsin Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at th ...

Musical career

Previously signed to

Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...

, she released the EP 'Meet Me in the Bathroom' on August 2, 2005. She is also credited as a composer alongside

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for the song 'Happy' from the 2005 film Hitch soundtrack. Meleni Smith is credited as being a composer alongside producer

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, producer/songwriter

and singer

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for the 2009 song "Love is My Disease". She independently released the album 'My Heart in Focus' in February 2012. She was nominated in the 2013

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for Record of the Year for co-writing the song "

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" by rapper

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. In December 2014, Meleni Smith released an EP titled ''Distorted Fairytales''.''Vibe''
''Premiere: Stream Polly A's Distorted Fairytales and Reevaluate Cuffing Season''. Retrieved December 12, 2014

External links

Official Website

References

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