Lamya (born Lamya Al-Mugheiry) is a female R&B, electronic and dance music singer, born in Oman and raised in London and Egypt. Classically trained as an Opera singer, she possesses a five ocatve vocal range. A remix of her song "Empires" hit #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 2002. After watching an interview with Madonna, Lamya moved to New York City to pursue a musical career. Singing lead vocals on "Break 4 Love" by DJ Vaughn Mason in 1991, the song led to her singing lead vocals for Soul II Soul. From there, she joined Duran Duran on tour in 1993 and also performed with David Bowie and James Brown.