Manika (singer)
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Manika performing at Wine Amplified music festival in MGM Las Vegas.
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Birth name | Manika Grace Ward |
Born | 1993 (age 30–31) |
Origin | Las Vegas, Nevada |
Genres | Pop |
Occupation(s) | singer, songwriter, rapper[1] |
Years active | 2010–present |
Labels | Wamaframa |
Website | manika-music |
Manika Grace Ward, who performs as Manika[2] (/məˈniːkə/ mə-NEE-kə), is an American singer.[3]
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Early life
Manika was born in Las Vegas to Wallace and Grace Ward[4] in 1993.[5] She described herself in 2011 interview with Las Vegas Review-Journal as "part Filipino, part Japanese, part Chinese, part Malaysian and part Spanish".[2][3]
As a child, she taught herself to play the piano and guitar.[2] Aged 17, Manika graduated as valedictorian[6] from Henderson International School in Henderson, Nevada.[7] At 15, she also wrote a book, The Exciting Adventures of Boo and donated proceeds to the ASPCA Animal Shelter.[2][8] She moved to Los Angeles when she was 16 to pursue her music career.[7]
Music career
Aged 17, music executive Frank DiLeo noticed her after she received several awards at New York City's National Performing Arts Festival.[5] Under DiLeo's supervision, she released several singles. In 2009, she published "Boyz R Dumb". In 2011 she collaborated with rapper Lil Twist on "Just Can't Let You Go".[5] Also in 2011, she worked with music coach CeCe Sammy, whom she met through a shared friend.[2]
Her manager DiLeo died in 2011 after cardiac surgery.[5] In 2012 she toured with One Direction across North America as their opening act.[9][10] In 2012 Manika also performed at KIIS-FM's Wango Tango.[11] In 2013, Manika published her debut album, Manika; associated singles included "Good Girls" and "My Way".[5]
In a 2011 interview with the magazine Latina, she said her her musical inspirations were Avril Lavigne, Pink, and Alanis Morissette.[3]
In 2014 Manika released her fourth single "Vegas Party". She performed this song at Las Vegas nightclubs including Hakkasan nightclub at MGM Grand and Light nightclub at Mandalay Bay.[10][12][13] Manika's fifth single was released in 2015 "B.Y.O.Bugatti", which peaked at number 12 on the U.S. Hot Single Sales Chart by Billboard.[14][15] In 2015, Manika also performed on the main stage at the Wine Amplified music festival in Las Vegas.[16][17] Later that year she released a collaboration with rapper Tyga, "I Might Go..." which peaked at number 15 on the Billboard U.S. Hot Single Sales Chart.[18][19] In 2016 Manika released her latest single "How Can I Love" which charted higher than any of her other singles at number 7 in Billboard Sales.[20][21] Manika is also hosting reality-TV series airing on TLC TV network in March/April 2016 called "Global Beauty Masters" (students).[22]
Discography
Album
- MANIKA (2013)
EP
- The Middle of Hollywood
Singles
- "Just Can't Let You Go (feat. Lil Twist)" (2011),[23] number 21 on Billboard Hot Single Sales[24][full citation needed]
- "Good Girls" (2012)[25]
- "My Way" (2013)[26]
- "Vegas Party" (2014)[27]
- "B.Y.O.Bugatti" (2015),[28] number 12 on Billboard Hot Single Sales[24][full citation needed]
- "I Might Go... (feat. Tyga)" (2015), number 15 on Billboard Hot Single Sales[18][29]
- “How Can I Love” (2016), number 7 on Billboard Hot Single Sales[20][30]
References
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External links
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- Living people
- American female songwriters
- American female pop singers
- American musicians of Filipino descent
- American musicians of Japanese descent
- American musicians of Chinese descent
- American people of Malaysian descent
- American people of Spanish descent
- 1993 births