Daya (singer)
Grace Martine Tandon (born October 24, 1998),[1] better known by her stage name Daya (stylized DΛYΛ; pronounced /ˈdeɪ.ə/), is an American singer and songwriter from Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania.[2][3] She is signed to Sandlot Records and AWAL, and released her self-titled debut extended play (EP), Daya, on September 4, 2015, which includes the song "Hide Away", which has peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4][5] She released her debut studio album Sit Still, Look Pretty on October 7, 2016.
Daya
Grace Martine Tandon
October 24, 1998
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Singer
- songwriter
Vocals
2015–present
- Artbeatz
- Z
- RED
- Interscope
- Sandlot
- AWAL
Early life[edit]
Daya was born in Pittsburgh on October 24, 1998, and grew up in the suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Her paternal grandfather was a Punjabi Indian immigrant from Punjab, India. She has four siblings, Lou, Mariana, Celia, and Avery. Her stage name Daya ([dɐˈjaː] ⓘ) is the Sanskrit word for "compassion" or "kindness".[6] In grade school she attended St. Bernard School and later she attended Mt. Lebanon High School,[7] where she graduated.[8] At the age of three, Daya began to learn the piano, and started jazz piano at the age of eleven. By this time, she had also learned to play the guitar, ukulele, saxophone, and flute.[7] Daya also spent a summer studying songwriting at Interlochen Arts Camp.
At eleven, Daya enrolled as a student at the Accelerando Music Conservatory, owned by Christina Chirumbolo,[9] in Pittsburgh. There, she met songwriter and producer Gino Barletta,[2] a colleague of Chirumbolo who visited the school as a lecturer. Chirumbolo and Barletta founded INSIDE ACCESS, a music camp, the two worked with Daya eventually inviting her to Los Angeles in February 2015 to work on her original material.
