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Moya
Moya (born Emily Poppy Andrews, 5 March 1991) is a British singer-songwriter. She released her debut album Lost & Found in 2012. Her single Making Me Fall released in September 2012 received both BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 1 airplay and even won over Hollywood blogger Perez Hilton, branding Moya ‘the female Bruno Mars.’

Early Life
Moya was born Emily Poppy Andrews in Poole, Dorset. Her parents divorced when she was only six, a life event, which provided lyrical inspiration from a very young age, writing in diaries as a means of escape. An avid musical fan, Moya dreamed of a career in musical theatre and attended musical theatre schools on Saturday’s as soon as she could.

She attended Theatre Art School, Stagecoach at the age of six, during which time she took part in the Stagecoach Guinness World Record in 1999 for the ‘largest simultaneous performances of one show’ – ‘The Rainbow Juggler’ in which she played the lead role of Giovanni. Gareth Malone OBE, famous for TV Programme The Choir just happened to be one of her teachers.

Moya moved to The Big Little Theatre School at the age of thirteen where she performed ‘People’ by Barbara Streisand at the Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre. ”I remember going out there on the first night, in a very long dress, which didn’t really fit me…and I spotted two people in the front row who had the biggest smiles on their faces, they just looked so happy to be there, really enjoying what I was doing. And I thought if I can make those two people really happy, then maybe I should be doing this. From that moment I realised this was where I needed to be, on a stage, performing for people.”

She was educated at Canford School, a co-educational independent school for both boarding and day pupils in the village of Canford Magna, near to the market town of Wimborne Minster Dorset, until the age of fifteen, before moving to Hurtwood House, a private, residential, co-educational sixth-form collegee near Dorking where she was able to finally pursue her love of song writing.

At the age of eighteen, Moya decided to forego further education and decided to concentrate on her song writing rather than studying Drama and English. . She began gigging at small venues in her hometown of Bournemouth, before deciding to move to Brighton and explore the musical scene there.

After gaining invaluable experience performing regular live music gigs in Brighton, she was discovered and signed by independent label Four to One Records.

Career
Moya is signed to independent label Four to One Records. She released her debut album Lost & Found in June 2012. Her single Making Me Fall was BBC Radio 2 A listed and she’s been featured in The Independent, as One to Watch, as well as The Metro, Q,  The Daily Mirror  and Daily Star,  to Digital Spy, MSN  and The Huffington Post.

Her video views for her single A Little More Love alone has amounted to over half a million YouTube views and counting, a number Moya still can’t quite get her head round.

A Little More Love is produced and co-written with David Blair-Oliphant, the producer behind Moya’s biggest hit to date, Making Me Fall.

Making Me Fall spent 3 weeks on the BBC Radio 2 A-List, with interviews and countless plays across the station, including The Chris Evans Breakfast Show and Ken Bruce. Fearne Cotton loved the single, featuring it on her BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show.

Moya has been busy touring with a number of artists including Andy Burrows and Karima Francis. In early 2013 she was announced as the UK support act for Simply Red front man, Mick Hucknall, and during June and July 2013 she supported British music legend Rod Stewart on his European Tour, performing at London’s O2 arena and Dublin’s RDS Arena amongst many more. On 7 July 2013 she supported Blondie at London’s Camden Roundhouse.

Moya will be busy during the 2013 festival season playing at T in the Park, V Festival and Hardwick Live Festival in the UK as well as the Karlshamn Baltic Festival in Sweden.

Her next single Come and Get it will be released in August 2013.

Influences
Moya grew up on her mother's music collection, a combination of Motown, soul, jazz and disco. "All the big Motown and soul artists have played a big part in moulding me into the singer I am today.' She loves Stevie Wonder, with her mum playing ‘Isn’t She Lovely?’ to her every year on her birthday. She is also a fan of Karima Francis and Delilah.