Asiahn
{{Short description|American singer-songwriter}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Asiahn
| alias = Asia Bryant / Asia
| birth_name = Asiahn Bryant
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|11|24}}
| birth_place = Paterson, New Jersey
| origin = Charleston, South Carolina
| genre = Alternative R&B
| instrument = Vocals, piano, guitar, bass guitar
| occupation = Singer, songwriter
Voice actress{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Monique |date=10 September 2021 |title='Karma's World': Netflix Animated Series From Ludacris Announces Asiahn As Star, Releases Music Video |url=https://shadowandact.com/karmas-world-netflix-animated-series-from-ludacris-announces-asiahn-as-star-releases-music-video |access-date=1 November 2021 |website=Shadow and Act |language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Jenkins|first=LoVetta|date=13 September 2021|title=Ludacris' "Karma's World" Taps R&B Singer Asiahn to Star in the Leading Role and Drops a New Video|url=https://www.chattypassenger.com/single-post/ludacris-karma-s-world-taps-r-b-singer-asiahn-to-star-in-the-leading-role-and-drops-a-new-video|access-date=1 October 2021|website=The Chatty Passenger|language=en}}
| years_active = 2010–present
| label = {{ubl|SinceThe80s|Motown|Def Jam (non-musical career only)}}{{Cite web |date=16 October 2021 |title=Soundtrack Album for Netflix's 'Karma's World' Released |url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2021/10/16/soundtrack-album-for-netflixs-karmas-world-released/ |access-date=1 November 2021 |website=Film Music Reporter |language=en-US |via=WordPress.com|quote=Def Jam Recordings has released a soundtrack album for the Netflix animated musical series Karma’s World.}}
| associated_acts = {{ubl|Ludacris|Jordan Hawkins}}
}}
Asiahn Bryant (previously Asia Bryant and born November 24, 1987) is an American singer-songwriter and voice actress from Paterson, New Jersey, currently signed to the SinceThe80s and Motown record labels.{{cite web |last=Staff |first=AudioMack |date=10 February 2021 |title=Asiahn Bridges the Gap Between R&B's Past & Future |url=https://djbooth.net/features/2021-02-10-asiahn-rnb-past-future-interview-audiomack |access-date=1 March 2021 |website=DJBooth}} Since 2021, alongside her music, she provides vocal performances for Karma Grant in the Ludacris-created Netflix streaming musical series, Karma's World.{{Cite web|last=Approved|first=Sammy|date=10 September 2021|title=R&B Singer Asiahn Will Voice Karma In Ludacris' New Netflix Animated Series 'Karma's World' Coming This Fall |url=https://globalgrind.com/5157881/rb-singer-asiahn-will-voice-karma-in-ludacris-new-netflix-animated-series-karmas-world-coming-this-fall/ |access-date=1 December 2021 |website=Global Grind |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Karma Grant |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Karmas-World/Karma-Grant/ |access-date=1 December 2021 |website=Behind The Voice Actors |language=en-US |quote=Asiahn Bryant is the voice of Karma Grant in Karma's World.}}
Early life
Asiahn Bryant was born in Paterson, New Jersey, and moved with her family to Charlotte, North Carolina as a baby. She used music as an outlet while dealing with the divorce of her parents and the death of her brother. Where she later relocated to Hanahan, South Carolina with her mother and sister. She attended Hanahan high school where she was a cheerleader. She would spend most of her free time, traveling back-and-forth to Atlanta to work on her talents. {{cite web|last=Kellman |first=Andy|title=Asiahn Biography, Songs, & Albums |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/asiahn-mn0003786263/biography |access-date=1 January 2020 |website=AllMusic}}
Bryant is openly lesbian.{{cite web |last1=Hertweck |first1=Nate |date=19 June 2019 |title=Asiahn Sings About Love, Vibes & Timing On "Like You" In This Special Pride Month Edition Of Press Play |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/asiahn-sings-about-love-vibes-timing-you-special-pride-month-edition-press-play |access-date=1 June 2021 |website=Grammy Awards}}
Musical career
In the early stages of Asiahn Bryant's music career, she met Craig King who took her under his wing worked on her artistic development with A&R James Bennett. She started touring a few years later and opened up for Ludacris, T.I., Kanye West, and Erykah Badu.{{cite web |last1=Shaw |first1=A.R. |date=27 July 2011 |title=Asia Bryant Discusses New EP, Being a Tease and Opening for Erykah Badu|url=https://rollingout.com/2011/07/27/asia-bryant-discusses-new-ep-being-a-tease-and-opening-for-erykah-badu/ |access-date=1 January 2018 |website=Rolling Out}} In 2010 and 2011, she featured on background vocals for Quincy Jones' Q: Soul Bossa Nostra and Killer Mike's PL3DGE.{{cite web |title=Asia Bryant Biography |url=https://www.umusicpub.com/us/Artists/A/Asia-Bryant.aspx |access-date=1 January 2020 |website=Universal Music Publishing Group {{!}} UMusicPub}} In 2011, Asiahn Bryant began her mainstream musical career by signing a publishing deal with Universal Music Group, and releasing her debut extended play (EP) album Analog Girl X Digital World on June 7 that year under the Motown record label.{{cite web |last=Ball |first=Valentino G. |date=26 April 2011 |title=Asia Bryant is "Analog Girl" in a digital world |url=https://killerboombox.com/news/release-date/asia-bryant-is-ready-to-break-hearts |access-date=1 January 2018 |website=KillerBoomBox}}
In 2013, she was a co-songwriter on "Hands in the Air", a song by Miley Cyrus from her album Bangerz. In 2014, she co-wrote the "Booty" and "Girls" singles for Jennifer Lopez. In 2015, Asiahn Bryant worked with The Game and was featured on the latter's albums Compton and The Documentary 2.5, and was featured in the soundtrack for the 2015 film Straight Outta Compton. She contributed vocal performances on Ludaversal, an album by Ludacris.{{cite web |last1=Lilah |first1=Rose |date=28 April 2021 |title=The Next Generation Of R&B |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/the-next-generation-of-randb-news.130681.html |access-date=1 May 2021 |website=HotNewHipHop}} In 2016, she worked on two Fox musical drama TV series, first collaborating with Ne-Yo as a co-writer on a soundtrack for the second season of Empire, then co-writing songs for Star the following year.
In 2017, Bryant released her second EP Love Train produced by Cardiak. Both continued to work together on the sequel Love Train 2, which was released in 2019. On 11 January 2021, Asiahn released The Interlude EP distributed by SinceThe80s and Motown, which featured guest appearances from Grandmaster Vic and Jordan Hawkins. Following the release of the EP, she debuted at on the Billboard Emerging Artists Spotlight.{{cite magazine |last=Mamo |first=Heran |date=22 January 2021 |title=Asiahn Brings 'Boss Talk & Big Vibes' to the Bedroom With 'The Interlude' EP: Emerging Artists Spotlight |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/9515013/asiahn-interview-the-interlude-emerging-artists-spotlight |access-date=1 February 2021 |magazine=Billboard}} On March 18, she released a live version of the EP with orchestral performances of each song.{{cite web |last=Cho |first=Regina |date=18 March 2021 |title=Asiahn shares orchestral performance of 'The Interlude' |url=https://www.revolt.tv/new-music/2021/3/18/22338528/asiahn-the-interlude-live |access-date=1 September 2021 |website=Revolt}}
Non-musical career
From mid-2021, alongside her music, she was cast as and began providing vocal performances for Karma Grant in a Netflix animated musical series, Karma's World, created by Ludacris (who himself provides the voice of her dad in the series).{{Cite tweet|number=1436370312510066699|user=ASIAHN|title=I'm soo proud to Announce that I am the voice of "KARMA" for the new @netflixfamily @netflix Series @KarmasWorldHQ ! Thank you @Ludacris and the entire team for allowing me to share my talents and live out a life long dream! Gonna go cry now 🥲😍 https://t.co/8J31nL5Mfw|author=Asiahn Bryant}} Both worked on a song which is featured on its official soundtrack album, whiles Asiahn alone worked on the rest of the entries of that album, including the theme song which has its own music video released on YouTube.{{cite magazine|last=Aderoju|first=Arlene|date=13 September 2021|title=Ludacris' 'Karma's World' Theme Song: Watch|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/ludacris-karmas-world-theme-song-video-9629213/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=1 October 2021}} The Karma's World soundtrack album is currently the only album Asiahn features in, either as the lead or back-up, not released by either SinceThe80s or Motown.
Discography
=Studio albums=
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| scope="col" style="width:11em;"| Title
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| scope="row" | Love Train 2
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=Extended plays=
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| scope="row" | Analog Girl X Digital World
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| scope="row" | Love Train
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| scope="row" | The Interlude
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| scope="row" | The Interlude (Orchestral Performance)
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=Soundtrack album=
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| scope="col" style="width:18em;"| Album
! scope="col" | Release date ! scope="col" | Other artist(s) ! scope="col" | Type ! scope="col" | Release format(s) |
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| scope="row"| Karma's World (Official Soundtrack Album)
! scope="row"| 15 October 2021 ! scope="row"| Ramone Hilton, Ludacris (1 song each; as collaboration) ! scope="row"| Soundtrack album ! scope="row"| Digital download; Streaming music; Music download |
=Singles=
== As lead artist ==
=Guest appearances=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" style="width:18em;"| Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Other artist(s) ! scope="col" | Album |
| scope="row"| "Earline's Son"
| 2011 | Playboy Tre | {{N/A}} |
|---|
| scope="row" | "Come With Me"
| 2012 | {{N/A}} |
| scope="row"| "Just Another Day"
| rowspan="2"| 2015 | The Game | Compton |
| scope="row"| "Gang Related"
| The Game |
| scope="row"| "Invitation"
| 2017 | K Camp | K.I.S.S. 4 |
| scope="row"| "All I Want"
| 2020 | {{n/a}} | A Motown Holiday |
Writing discography
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Twitter|id=IamAsiahn|name={{PAGENAMEBASE}}}}
- {{Instagram|id=IamAsiahn|name={{PAGENAMEBASE}}}}
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Category:Musicians from Charlotte, North Carolina