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Lisa Maffia
Background information
Born	June 16, 1979 (1979-06-16) (age 29)
Origin	London, United Kingdom
Genre(s)	R&B, hip hop, UK garage, electro house
Occupation(s)	Musician
Years active	2003–present
Label(s)	Independiente (2001–2003) Maffia Recordz (2004–present) Apollo/Universal (2007–present)
Associated acts	So Solid Crew, North Star, SLK

Lisa Maffia (born 16 June 1979, South London) is a British model, presenter, writer, songwriter, singer-songwriter, and musician who originally came to the public's attention as the main female member of So Solid Crew. Whilst in So Solid, the singer notched up 5 top 20 hits, including a platinum selling single "21 Seconds" and a platinum selling album They Don't Know. She was born to an Italian mother and a black father.

Contents 1 Achievements 2 Music 3 Television 4 Modelling 5 Future and new music 6 Discography 6.1 Singles 6.2 Albums 7 External links

Achievements

Her own first solo album, First Lady was released in August 2003, and won a MOBO award in the Best UK garage Act category. Lisa was also nominated for 2 other MOBO awards Best UK Act and Best UK Newcomer Lisa is trained in Latino ballroom, tap and modern dancing and practised gymnastics as a child. In March 2005 Lisa won the silver medal in series three of The Games.

Music

Debut single "All Over" and second single "In Love" became two of the best selling singles of 2003. In her time since recording her debut album she has set up her own record label "Maffia Recordz", to which she has signed acts such as Northstar Ent, Flirta D, Romeo and Youngstarz.

Television

Maffia has appeared/performed on a number of different television shows including Top Of The Pops, CDUK, Popworld and appeared in series three of The Games. On 20 August it was announced Maffia would participate in ITV 2's Celeb Air where cameras will follow Maffia and other celebrities as they work as hostesses.

Modelling

Maffia has said in many interviews recently that she will be launching her first official calendar later on this year. She has quoted that the calendar is set around many different settings including in studio and Ibiza, and has been working with up and coming photographers. Maffia is also not a stranger to magazine polls. She ranked #91 (2002) in FHM 's 100 Sexiest Women, She ranked #77 (2002) in Loaded 's Hot 100 Babes. In September 2007, Maffia was voted number 33 in the top 50 sexiest brunettes poll in Nuts magazine.

Future and new music

In May 2007, Maffia announced on her official Myspace that she has been recording her upcoming album at the Murlyn Studios, known to have penned songs for Christina Milian, Madonna, Kylie Minogue and others. On 10 September, Maffia released her single "Bad Girl At Night", whilst the single reached 36, the single is having massive success over Europe leading to Maffia doing a tour all over Europe.
Lisa has said she will continue the genre on her up and coming album which may see the release of a double cd filled with Electro House and Dirty Pop. The album is expected to be released July 2008 SourceSource

It has been rumoured Maffia's next single will be called "Numbers" and is produced by Timbaland. The song is due for release late 2008 with her long awaited new album as yet to be named.

It was recently noted on Maffia's offical website that she is putting the finishing touches on her second album.

Discography

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions						Album
		UK	IRE	AUS	NZ	NET	FIN
2003	"All Over"	2	—	42	23	42	—	First Lady
	"In Love"	13	—	—	—	—	—
	"Women Of The World"	77	—	—	—	—	—
	"Down	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	"Bad Girl at Night" (Dave Spoon feat. Lisa Maffia)	36 re-entry at 4 in 2008 dance charts	—	—	—	—	10	Single only
2008	"Numbers"	—	—	—	—	—	—	Destiny

Albums

• First Lady

UK #44 Released:August 2003

• Destiny

UK #?? Released:July 2008

External links

• Official Lisa Maffia Myspace
• Official Lisa Maffia Site
• Official Lisa Maffia fansite
• Phoenix FM radio interview with Lisa Maffia 25-10-2007