| LaGaylia Frazier | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | LaGaylia Frazier |
| Born | Feb 16, 1961 |
| Origin | Florida, United States |
| Genres | Jazz, pop |
| Occupations | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Associated acts | Whitney Houston |
LaGaylia Frazier, born on the February 16, 1961 in Florida, USA, is an American singer who moved to Sweden in 2001. Since 2008 she is a Swedish citizen. She is the daughter of the American singer Hal Frazier.
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She participated twice in the Swedish competition to the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2004 with "It's In The Stars" she came number 5 in the quarter final. In 2005 with a power ballad "Nothing At All", she did not enter the final but went straight to the Second Chance and finished with just a difference of 1.127 telephone votes against another singer (LaGaylia got over 53.000 votes that night).
In 2008 LaGaylia Frazier participated in the Romanian national selection to the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Dr. Frankenstein". She made it to the final where she came number 9 with 174 points.
In July 2008 LaGaylia Frazier won the Baltic Song Contest in the Baltic Festival in Karlshamn, Sweden, with her own composition "Over and Over Again".
At a jazz concert with Jan Lundgren's Trio at the Jazz Museum in Strömsholm, she received the 2010 'Anita O'Day Award'.
LaGaylia is a frequent guest in Swedish television. Other appearances include, among others, the Stockholm Jazz Festival, a tour with Putte Wickman, Robert Wells "Rhapsody in Rock" concerts etc. LaGaylia has toured with her soul / funk band in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Since 2010 LaGaylia collaborates with jazz pianist Jan Lundgren and his Trio.
Partly due to her two Melodifestivalen participations, LaGaylia signed a record deal with Lionheart International. Before the album release, she had already released two singles with this record company. Finally, on January 24, 2007, LaGaylia released her debut album, called Uncovered, on her own independent label called TBG (That Black Girl).