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Bryan has been compared to several artists, including Jennifer Hudson, Nicki Minaj, Tina Turner,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.dvdlyrics.com/lyrics-m-misha_b.html |title=Misha B biography, albums and lyrics |first= |last=|work=dvdlyrics.com |year=2012 |quote=Mix a bit of Jennifer Hudson with Nicki Minaj, add in the charisma and stage performance of Tina Turner and you will start to get an idea of what kind of package Misha brings to the table. |accessdate=22 July 2012}}</ref>a young Beyonce, Missy Elliot, Chaka Khan and Eartha Kitt. <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/x-factor/misha-b-the-good-the-bad-and-the-amazing-the-story-of-misha-b-on-x-factor/ |title=Misha B:- The Good, The Bad and The AMAZING:- The Story of Misha B on X Factor!! | Unreality TV |first= |last=} |work=unrealitytv.co.uk |year=2012 |accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/misha-b |title=Misha B | MTV UK |first= |last= |work=mtv.co.uk |year=2012 |quote= Eartha Kitt, Nicki Minaj and Grace Jones. |accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref>
Bryan has been compared to several artists, including Jennifer Hudson, Nicki Minaj, Tina Turner,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.dvdlyrics.com/lyrics-m-misha_b.html |title=Misha B biography, albums and lyrics |first= |last=|work=dvdlyrics.com |year=2012 |quote=Mix a bit of Jennifer Hudson with Nicki Minaj, add in the charisma and stage performance of Tina Turner and you will start to get an idea of what kind of package Misha brings to the table. |accessdate=22 July 2012}}</ref>a young Beyonce, Missy Elliot, Chaka Khan and Eartha Kitt. <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/x-factor/misha-b-the-good-the-bad-and-the-amazing-the-story-of-misha-b-on-x-factor/ |title=Misha B:- The Good, The Bad and The AMAZING:- The Story of Misha B on X Factor!! | Unreality TV |first= |last=} |work=unrealitytv.co.uk |year=2012 |accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/misha-b |title=Misha B | MTV UK |first= |last= |work=mtv.co.uk |year=2012 |quote= Eartha Kitt, Nicki Minaj and Grace Jones. |accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/cat-mcshane/x-factor-is-misha-b-too-black-to-win_b_1123201.html |title=Cat Mcshane: X Factor: Is Misha B Too Black to Win? |first= |last= |work=huffingtonpost.co.uk |year=2012 |quote=drawing comparisons with Tina Turner, Grace Jones and Missy Elliot, some of the world's most powerful black women. |accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/cat-mcshane/x-factor-is-misha-b-too-black-to-win_b_1123201.html |title=Cat Mcshane: X Factor: Is Misha B Too Black to Win? |first= |last= |work=huffingtonpost.co.uk |year=2012 |quote=drawing comparisons with Tina Turner, Grace Jones and Missy Elliot, some of the world's most powerful black women. |accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref> "Not just a great soul artist or even a great R&B artist, the British-born, Manchester-bred Misha B encompasses several genres, while displaying vocals reminiscent of Motown-era greats. Armed with the vocals to blow people away," <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.last.fm/music/Misha+B |title=Misha B – Free listening, videos, concerts, stats, & pictures at Last.fm |first= |last={ |work=last.fm |year=2012 |quote=Favourite Artist/Musical Inspiration: Big pop artists such as Jennifer Hudson, Nicki Minaj, Tina Turner, Missy Elliot, Mary J. Blige, Beyonce and Michael Jackson. |accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.dvdlyrics.com/lyrics-m-misha_b.html |title=Misha B biography, albums and lyrics |first= |last={{err|{{AUTHOR MISSING}}}} |work=dvdlyrics.com |year=2012 |quote=While it was a tough crowd, she had the freedom to explore her sound and a chance to teach herself how to adapt to diverse audiences. |accessdate=22 July 2012}}</ref>… and "matched by her genuine ability to deliver a rhyme in a style that any female MC would love."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://musiceyz.co.uk/2012/04/30/review-of-misha-b-mixtape-why-hello-world/ |title=Review of Misha B Mixtape ‘Why Hello World’ « musiceyz |first=|last=|work=musiceyz.co.uk |year=2012 |quote=Well if this mix tape is anything to go by, we can genuinely state that the UK will have a credible RnB/Hip Hop act. Misha B uses her amazing singing ability to make every track on this mixtape jump in to your ear drums with amazing prowess. This is matched by her genuine ability to deliver a rhyme in a style that any female MC would love. |accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref> Bryan's covers of other artist's work (on X Factor, You Tube and her mixtape) often offer a unique twist to well known songs by strong vocalists like Aretha Franklin, Cindy Lauper, Adele, Beyonce, Jesse J and TLC and making it her own. Often giving it a fresh, new and unique version, which brings a whole new dimension to the song. <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/x-factor/misha-b-the-good-the-bad-and-the-amazing-the-story-of-misha-b-on-x-factor/ |title=Misha B:- The Good, The Bad and The AMAZING:- The Story of Misha B on X Factor!! | Unreality TV |first= |last= |work=unrealitytv.co.uk |year=2012 |accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.flavourmag.co.uk/misha-b-releases-mixtape-why-hello-world/ |title=Misha B releases mixtape: ‘Why Hello World’ | Flavour Magazine |first= |last= |work=flavourmag.co.uk |year=2012 |quote=Misha B has managed to make a mixtape, which includes covers of songs by strong vocalists Adele, Beyonce and TLC, her own. The mixtape also features rappers Lil Wayne and Drake and singer Usher. Clearly including artists, which she has been influenced by, Misha does all the songs justice and proves she is one of the best artists the X Factor has ever seen. |accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref>
Bryan's covers of other artist's work (on X Factor, You Tube and her mixtape) often offer a unique twist to well known songs by strong vocalists like Aretha Franklin, Cindy Lauper, Adele, Beyonce, Jesse J and TLC and making it her own. Often giving it a fresh, new and unique version, which brings a whole new dimension to the song. <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/x-factor/misha-b-the-good-the-bad-and-the-amazing-the-story-of-misha-b-on-x-factor/ |title=Misha B:- The Good, The Bad and The AMAZING:- The Story of Misha B on X Factor!! | Unreality TV |first= |last= |work=unrealitytv.co.uk |year=2012 |accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.flavourmag.co.uk/misha-b-releases-mixtape-why-hello-world/ |title=Misha B releases mixtape: ‘Why Hello World’ | Flavour Magazine |first= |last= |work=flavourmag.co.uk |year=2012 |quote=Misha B has managed to make a mixtape, which includes covers of songs by strong vocalists Adele, Beyonce and TLC, her own. The mixtape also features rappers Lil Wayne and Drake and singer Usher. Clearly including artists, which she has been influenced by, Misha does all the songs justice and proves she is one of the best artists the X Factor has ever seen. |accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref>
Misha has said that her musical inspirations and influences range from hip hop to the Motown greats, Michael Jackson, James Brown, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Hudson, Lil Kim, Nicki Minaj, Tina Turner, Missy Elliot, Mary J. Blige, Beyonce and Frank Sinatra. “It’s a mix of everything. It’s kind of like, expect the unexpected.” <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/celebrity/entertainment/monitor/2012/06/misha-b-home-run-x-factor-interview#!image-number=16 |title=Misha B Home Run interview – The X Factor - GLAMOUR.com (Glamour.com UK) |first= |last= |work=glamourmagazine.co.uk |year=2012 |accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.last.fm/music/Misha+B |title=Misha B – Free listening, videos, concerts, stats, & pictures at Last.fm |first= |last= |work=last.fm |year=2012 |quote=Favourite Artist/Musical Inspiration: Big pop artists such as Jennifer Hudson, Nicki Minaj, Tina Turner, Missy Elliot, Mary J. Blige, Beyonce and Michael Jackson. |accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu0AYRj7mxA |title=Misha B | Interview + live performance at All About Good Music Live, Manchester - YouTube |first= |last= |work=youtube.com |year=2012 |accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref>
Misha has said that her musical inspirations and influences range from hip hop to the Motown greats, Michael Jackson, James Brown, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Hudson, Lil Kim, Nicki Minaj, Tina Turner, Missy Elliot, Mary J. Blige, Beyonce and Frank Sinatra. “It’s a mix of everything. It’s kind of like, expect the unexpected.” <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/celebrity/entertainment/monitor/2012/06/misha-b-home-run-x-factor-interview#!image-number=16 |title=Misha B Home Run interview – The X Factor - GLAMOUR.com (Glamour.com UK) |first= |last= |work=glamourmagazine.co.uk |year=2012 |accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.last.fm/music/Misha+B |title=Misha B – Free listening, videos, concerts, stats, & pictures at Last.fm |first= |last= |work=last.fm |year=2012 |quote=Favourite Artist/Musical Inspiration: Big pop artists such as Jennifer Hudson, Nicki Minaj, Tina Turner, Missy Elliot, Mary J. Blige, Beyonce and Michael Jackson. |accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu0AYRj7mxA |title=Misha B | Interview + live performance at All About Good Music Live, Manchester - YouTube |first= |last= |work=youtube.com |year=2012 |accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref>
Misha Bryan (born 10 February 1992), known as Misha B, is a British singer-songwriter, who initially came to public attention when she finished as a semi-finalist on the eighth series of the The X Factor. In February 2012 she signed a record deal with Relentless Records. Her debut single, "Home Run" was released on 15 July 2012, with an album penned for a late 2012 release.
Early life
Misha B is from Manchester. Born to a single mother Florence, she was raised from 3-months old on by her aunt Lily, as her mother could not take care of her. Her father is unknown. Misha started singing seriously aged 14, and says that singing was 'my way of understanding myself'. Before X Factor she sang on the open mic circuit and busked in Manchester to tackle her stage fright. She also played football for the Manchester United under-16s.
In week six, Misha sang "Born This Way", but again she landed in the final showdown against Kitty Brucknell and sang "Who You Are" as her survival song. Walsh voted to eliminate her, but Contostavlos, Rowland and Barlow voted to save her. On week seven, Misha sung "I Have Nothing". Barlow also told Misha "I want to see the Misha B we saw at the first audition", which led to Misha singing "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and "Killing Me Softly with His Song" on the eighth week. Misha B ended up in the final showdown for the third time in week eight, and sung "Out on My Own", with Walsh and Conotstavlos saving her, and Rowland refusing to vote between her and Janet Devlin, meaning Misha was saved. Barlow afterwards said that he would have also saved her. On 4 December, Misha sang "Dancing in the Street" and "Perfect", but she was voted out of the competition, finishing in 4th place. During week 3 of the live shows, allogations were made against Bryan before a live television audience of 11.893 million.
A couple of weeks after leaving the show, Misha performed a live freestyle F64 for SB.TV. Directed by Jamal Edwards and Uploaded on Dec 24, 2011, her rap quickly gained one of the highest view counts on the SBTV F64 playlist. In February 2012, it was announced that Bryan had signed a record deal with the Relentless Records. In the same month, she participated in the X Factor Tour from February 25 to April 4 2012. Whilst on the tour, Misha spent time working on her first mix-tape, Why Hello World, which made its debut on 27 April 2012. The mix-tape includes samples of five original songs, including "Big Dreaming," "Last Forever," and her debut single Home Run; plus covers of Rolling in the Deep, Mirror and Climax . On it's debut, Why Hello World clocked up over 16,000 downloads and 25,000 streams, and became Radio 1Xtra's mixtape of the week.
Home Run and Debut LP
On 2 May 2012, she announced, Home Run, as her début single and it was release in the UK on the 15th of July. A snippet of the single was first unveiled on BBC Radio 1Xtra with the single being later added to both BBC Radio One and BBC Radio 1Xtra playlists, as well as the video being on the MTV playlists, before its official release. "Home Run" received its first airplay on 31 May 2012. The music video for the single , which was directed by Rohan Blair-Mangat, premiered on 15 June 2012. Bryan cited Cyndi Lauper's Girls Just Want to Have Fun as an influencing the single's creation.
Bryan is currently working on her debut album, collaborating with various writers and producers, including MNEK, TMS and Naughty Boy. She is also working on tracks with Kelly Rowland and Missy Elliot. Speaking to the Daily Star about the overall sound of her LP she said: “It’s heavily soul," as she continued, "It’s all good-feeling music, songs that make you want to party, stuff you can relate to and cheer you up." She also revealed that she plans on releasing the record in time for Christmas. In an interview with QX magazine Bryan referring to her forth coming album said "I’m heavily influenced by where my family come from, Jamaica, so there’s a dancehall vibe, but I’m from Britain so there’s pop, too. I started out as a rapper before I became a singer, so there’s hip-hop in there and also Motown/soul vibe."
Influences
Bryan has been compared to several artists, including Jennifer Hudson, Nicki Minaj, Tina Turner,a young Beyonce, Missy Elliot, Chaka Khan and Eartha Kitt.
Bryan's covers of other artist's work (on X Factor, You Tube and her mixtape) often offer a unique twist to well known songs by strong vocalists like Aretha Franklin, Cindy Lauper, Adele, Beyonce, Jesse J and TLC and making it her own. Often giving it a fresh, new and unique version, which brings a whole new dimension to the song.
Misha has said that her musical inspirations and influences range from hip hop to the Motown greats, Michael Jackson, James Brown, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Hudson, Lil Kim, Nicki Minaj, Tina Turner, Missy Elliot, Mary J. Blige, Beyonce and Frank Sinatra. “It’s a mix of everything. It’s kind of like, expect the unexpected.”
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"Misha B biography, albums and lyrics". dvdlyrics.com. 2012 . Retrieved 22 July 2012. Mix a bit of Jennifer Hudson with Nicki Minaj, add in the charisma and stage performance of Tina Turner and you will start to get an idea of what kind of package Misha brings to the table.{{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
"Misha B | MTV UK". mtv.co.uk. 2012 . Retrieved 21 July 2012. Eartha Kitt, Nicki Minaj and Grace Jones.{{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
"Cat Mcshane: X Factor: Is Misha B Too Black to Win?". huffingtonpost.co.uk. 2012 . Retrieved 21 July 2012. drawing comparisons with Tina Turner, Grace Jones and Missy Elliot, some of the world's most powerful black women.{{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
"Misha B releases mixtape: 'Why Hello World' | Flavour Magazine". flavourmag.co.uk. 2012 . Retrieved 21 July 2012. Misha B has managed to make a mixtape, which includes covers of songs by strong vocalists Adele, Beyonce and TLC, her own. The mixtape also features rappers Lil Wayne and Drake and singer Usher. Clearly including artists, which she has been influenced by, Misha does all the songs justice and proves she is one of the best artists the X Factor has ever seen.{{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
