Skyla (born Lucy Batty, 5 March 1991) is an English dance singer from

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Career

Skyla was signed by

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/ AATW in 2008. She was working alongside producers Scott Rosser (from

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(

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) and Nemesis. Her appearance on the music scene was a song by the Beatplayers on a titled track "Summer Love" and she featured on the track as well as in the music video. The song peaked at 31 on the

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. On 9 June 2009, she released her debut single, "

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" (a cover of the ''

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'' song). On 14 October 2009, she released her second single, a cover of 50 Cent's "

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". It received heavy airplay on many channels such as

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and

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, and was very popular in clubs and bars all across Europe; it peaked at 34 on the

. On 3 September 2010, Skyla premiered a new song on YouTube called "Lady Killer" featuring grime artist Bashy. It peaked on the UK Independent Chart. In 2011, Skyla signed with independent record label Nine Planet Records. Her music video "Disco Drum" was released on YouTube in January 2012. Near the end of October 2012, Skyla and Nine Planet Records released five new songs such as "Loverboy" featuring The Sax Man, "Stereo Boom", "Sexy Trumpet", "Crazy Little Thing" and "Crazy Little Thing (Front Runners Remix)". All of these songs can be found on Nine Planet Records' website. In total, all of Skyla's music videos have accumulated over five million views on YouTube.

Discography

Singles

References

{{Authority control 1991 births Living people People from Altrincham 21st-century English women singers 21st-century English singers