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Lea

Little Miss Sunshine

About Me

Just like the sun shining from the sky, the lovely Lea is bright, beautiful, hot, warm, welcomed, and necessary. In the summer of 2004 Lea burst onto the music scene with a guest appearance on rapper Lil Flip’s single ''Sunshine''. Lea’s infectious voice helped propel "Sunshine" to number 1 on BET’s “106 & Park” and MTV’s “Direct Effect”. The song was also number 2 on the Billboard charts (Top 100). It sold over a half a million mobile ring tones and reached a radio audience of over 114 million people, certifying it as the 2004 summer anthem. The sexy songstress also performed “Sunshine” live on “The Carson Daly Show”, MTV’s “Total Request Live” (TRL), The Source Music Awards, MTV’s “Hard Rock Live”, the 2005 Mix-show Power Summit showcase, and at the world-famous Apollo theater.
No matter where she performs Lea captivates audiences with her melodic singing, striking looks and sassy personality.
Born and raised in Queens, New York to a Puerto Rican mother and Dominican father, Lea has been singing since she was four years old. Although Lea doesn’t remember much about her childhood, she certainly remembers music. She remembers belting out classics by Anita Baker, New Edition, Whitney Houston and Lisa-Lisa to both entertain her family and to make it through tough times.
After graduating from high school she realized she wanted to pursue a music career. Determined, independent, and resourceful, Lea hustled to make a name for herself throughout the music industry. She was a reference singer, did showcases, plus researched and contacted many industry insiders in hopes of being discovered.
Her hard work and perseverance paid off. In 2002 she inked her first record deal with Atlantic Records. However it wasn’t until signing her second and current record deal in 2004 with Blackground Records - home to artists like Aaliyah, Toni Braxton, Timbaland, Tank, and JoJo - that Lea truly began to shine.
Since signing to Blackground, in addition to working with Lil Flip, the R&B singer has worked with some of the music industry’s hottest artists and producers including ThaCornaBoyz, Mario Winans, Brian Michael Cox, Static, Ryan Leslie, Trackstarz, Trackmasters, and Rico Love.
Now armed with experience, great management, a committed record label, and undeniable talent - Lea is poised to take her rightful place among R&B royalty when her debut album releases in the New Year.
Make sure you read my blogs for any information you might wanna know about me. I still have people asking me my nationality or when my album is being released and I have a whole blog dedicated to those questions! Read them!!! ;)

My Interests

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Member Since: 12/30/2004
Band Website: myspace.com/leasunshine
Band Members: Lea
Sounds Like:

Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The industrys shady, it needs to be taken over

Sometimes I wonder why Im still in this business. The crookedness of it can really get a person down although I never let it stop me. I guess, despite all the bullshit, it still makes me happy and mus...
Posted by Lea on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:50:00 PST

Story Behind the "Brooklyn Bombshell" Shirt

A lot of people ask my why I wore a shirt in the Sunshine video that said, "Brooklyn Bombshell" since I was born and raised in Queens. Growing up, I spent a lot of time between Queens and Brownsvill...
Posted by Lea on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 09:39:00 PST

Interview w/Monica Mania

I recently did an interview with monicamania.blogdrive.com. Here it is:You may remember Lea from her duet with Lil Flip on the amazing single "Sunshine" & Well guess what? She signed a new record deal...
Posted by Lea on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 09:27:00 PST

In the Studio with Ryan Leslie

Recently, I was in the studio with one of the most talented producers in the game, Ryan Leslie. Ryan and I met in 2003 and instantly hit it off. I fell in love with his beats and his work ethic. The g...
Posted by Lea on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:44:00 PST

Thank You

I just wanted to post a new blog saying thank you to everyone who leaves me such beautiful comments. I really appreciate them and although I cant respond, they do make my day. Thank you for the love a...
Posted by Lea on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:35:00 PST

Advice

So, I get a lot of emails from people asking me advice on how to get started. Im gonna tell you all how I got started.  A few years ago, I did some research over the computer on songwriters. I en...
Posted by Lea on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 09:41:00 PST

Answers to your questions

 Hey everyone. I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for all the messages & comments I receive throughout the week. It gets really hard to reply sometimes and I try m...
Posted by Lea on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 08:42:00 PST

Fake Lea My Space Pages

There are a few fake pages. My official music my space is this page right here...leasunshine. So Beware the posers.
Posted by Lea on Mon, 29 May 2006 06:39:00 PST

To the sharks in the music business...

What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, but loses his soul? Matthew 16:26    
Posted by Lea on Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:43:00 PST