INAYA DAY began singing in church as a youngster
in Brooklyn, New York.
She attended the High School of Music and
the Performing Arts in New York
and went on to major in musical theater at
The University of Bridgeport.
The next obvious step for INAYA
was to hit the stage,
taking various roles in Musicals.
She understudied STEPHANIE MILLS in “The Wiz”,
receiving rave reviews when she stepped
into the lead as “Dorothy”
in New York, St. Louis, and Washington DC.
INAYA is no stranger to recording, either.
She has recorded vocals for MICHAEL JACKSON,
SEAN "P-DIDDY" COMBS,
MC LYTE,
QUEEN LATIFAH,
MONI LOVE,
RANDY CRAWFORD,
BOOTSIE COLLINS,
and MISSY ELLIOT- to name a few.
In addition, INAYA is an
incredibly versatile songwriter.
You can seek her out in the writers’ credit sections on
BOOTSIE COLLINS album
"FRESH OUTTA "P" UNIVERSITY"
and on RANDY CRAWFORD’S LP,
"EVERY KIND OF MOOD".
The songs for Ms. Crawford were chosen
to be the first two singles and made the charts
in the U.S. and U.K. respectively.
INAYA has spent time on the Billboard charts
lending her voice to a number
of singles hitting the # 1 spot
with “Horny” – (Mousse T),
“MOVIN UP” #2,"LIFT IT UP"#1, – (Mike Cruz),
"I AM THA 1" #1,"NASTY GIRL", "GLAMOROUS LIFE" -
(MR. TIMOTHY).
"KEEP PUSHIN" (#2), and “HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH” - Boris Dlugosch(#6),
INAYA broke into the Australia charts
via the Mr Timothy single “I AM THA 1”
- a former #1 number one on
the Australian ARIA club chart.
This success was revisited in oz
when her next single NASTY GIRL
again hit the #1 Aria Club Chart,
as well as debuting on the
ARIA National Singles chart at #18.
Inaya followed this up with additional singles
“Stand By Me” and “Glamorous Life”
(both with Mr Timothy)
and "Reach Out To Me" - ATFC.
Catch Inaya Day on tour
around Australia throughout December.
There’ll never be another DAY… INAYA DAY, that is.