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

Early life

She was born in

Flint, Michigan Flint is the largest city and seat of Genesee County, Michigan, United States. Located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit, it is a principal city within the region known as Mid Michigan. At the 2020 census, Flint had a population of 8 ...

and raised by a Jamaican mother in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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 Toby Gad 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 Toby Gad and singer Alicia Keys 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 Soul Train Music Awards for Record of the Year for co-writing the song " Crooked Smile" 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

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American women singer-songwriters American rhythm and blues singer-songwriters Musicians from Milwaukee American people of Jamaican descent 222 Records artists Singer-songwriters from Wisconsin {{US-singer-songwriter-stub