Mahalia

Based in Birmingham, England, Mahalia is Mahalia Burkmar, an alt-R&B/soul singer and songwriter who counts Erykah Badu and Lauryn Hill among her biggest influences. A native of Leicestershire, she started writing songs and playing the guitar as a preteen. Burkmar drew the interest of major record labels by the age of 13, and released her first collection, Head Space EP, in mid-2012. After taking some time to finish school and hone her sound, Mahalia re-emerged in 2015 on Rudimental’s single “We the Generation” and performed with the group on Later… with Jools Holland. Her second EP, Never Change, followed that December.

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In 2016, Burkmar had an acting role in the U.K. crime film Brotherhood and released her debut album, Diary of Me, on Asylum Records UK, a division of Atlantic Records. She followed it in 2017 with appearances on festival stages in the U.K. and a series of collaborative singles, including “Hold On” featuring Buddy, the Maths Time Joy-produced “No Pressure,” and in early 2018, “Proud of Me” featuring Little Simz. Following the singles “No Reply,” “Water,” and “I Wish I Missed My Ex,” Mahalia issued the five-song Seasons EP in late 2018. “Do Not Disturb,” “Grateful,” and “Simmer” followed in early to mid-2019, before the release of debut album Love and Compromise in July of that year. Featuring production from DJ Dahi and Sounwave, the LP matched Mahalia’s buttery vocals with a shifting set of romance-led lyrics.

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