Tasha Holiday
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Tasha Holiday
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| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|19|1997|3|15}}{{cite book|date=March 15, 1997|title=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|page=30|issn=0006-2510}} Retrieved September 25, 2015.
| birth_place = Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/just-the-way-you-like-it-mw0000619247|title=Just the Way You Like It - Tasha Holiday {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|work=AllMusic|last=Henderson|first=Alex|accessdate=September 22, 2015}}
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| genre = R&B
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| years_active = 1990s
| label = MCA
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Tasha Holiday is an American contemporary R&B singer who was signed to MCA Records in the 1990s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/just-the-way-you-like-it-mw0000619247|title=Just the Way You Like It - Tasha Holiday | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|website=AllMusic}} Her biggest success {{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CTkDAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Tasha+Holiday%22&pg=PA64|title=Jet|page=64|first=Johnson Publishing|last=Company|date=April 21, 1997|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|via=Google Books}} was with the single "Just the Way You Like It" which peaked in the top thirty of the Billboard R&B singles chart, and became one of BET's most played music videos.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Aw4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Tasha+Holiday%22&pg=PA75|title=Billboard|page=75|date=April 12, 1997|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|via=Google Books}} Billboard Magazine called her album Just the Way You Like It "a promising debut".{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kg8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Tasha+Holiday%22&pg=PA61|title=Billboard|page=61|date=May 10, 1997|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|via=Google Books}} She also sang vocals on the single "Don't You Worry" by reggae artist Ruffa.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Dont-You-Worry-Ruffa/dp/B000002PXY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1340672638&sr=8-3&keywords=ruffa+don%27t+you+worry|title=Ruffa - Don't You Worry |website=Amazon.com}}
In 2006, she appeared on the track "Life So Real" (with Da Unknown) on the Lil' O album Neva Lay Down Vol. 1 [Explicit].{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/feat-Unknown-Tasha-Holiday-Explicit/dp/B004PUDC06/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1340672538&s=dmusic&sr=1-2|website=Amazon.com|title=Life So Real (feat. Da Unknown & Tasha Holiday) [Explicit]: Lil' O: MP3 Downloads}}
In 2011, she worked with producer Mike Nitty and a single, "I Used To Love You" was released on YouTube on June 22, 2011.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrTWGcecXQs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/CrTWGcecXQs |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title="i use 2 love you"- TASHA HOLIDAY (world premiere) NEW SINGLE!!|date=22 June 2011|publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} They also premiered a song "They Want Me to Stop" earlier that year.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us4RLs_Oz2g |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/Us4RLs_Oz2g |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=MIKE NITTY & TASHA HOLIDAY "THEY WANT ME TO STOP" (LEAK)|date=13 January 2011|publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}
In 2014, two more collaborations between Nitty and Holiday were released ("Stop Playin'"{{Cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/wethemob/stop-playin-mike-nitty-feat-tasha-holiday-unreleased|title=STOP PLAYIN- Mike Nitty FEAT. Tasha Holiday (unreleased)|website=Soundcloud.com|accessdate=2020-04-18}} and "Can't Stop Runnin'"{{Cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/wethemob/cant-keep-runnin-mike-nitty-feat-tasha-holiday|title=" CAN'T KEEP RUNNIN "- MIKE NITTY Feat. TASHA HOLIDAY|website=Soundcloud.com|accessdate=2020-04-18}}) on Nitty's SoundCloud account. The following year, she collaborated with Nookie on the song "Dreams."{{Cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/firstladynookie/dreams-nookie-ft-tasha|title="DREAMS" NOOKIE FT. TASHA HOLIDAY"|website=Soundcloud.com|accessdate=2020-04-18}}
Discography
=Albums=
==Studio albums==
==EPs==
=Singles=
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! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="2"| Peak positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |
style="width:6em;font-size:90%;line-height:1.3"| Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
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1996
|align="center"| 26 |align="center"| 93 |rowspan="2"| Just the Way You Like It |
1997
| "So Real, So Right" / "Just One Night" |align="center"| 100 |align="center"| — |
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Category:Date of birth missing (living people)
Category:Musicians from Atlantic City, New Jersey
Category:Singers from New Jersey
Category:21st-century American singers
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