Asiahn
Birth nameAsiahn Bryant
Also known asAsia Bryant / Asia
Born (1987-11-24) November 24, 1987
Paterson, New Jersey
OriginCharleston, South Carolina
GenresAlternative R&B
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Voice actress[1][2][3]
Instrument(s)Vocals, piano, guitar, bass guitar
Years active2010–present
Labels
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Asiahn Bryant (previously Asia Bryant[5][6][7] and born November 24, 1987) is an American singer-songwriter and voice actress from Paterson, New Jersey, currently signed to the SinceThe80s and Motown record labels.[8] Since 2021, alongside her music, she provides vocal performances for Karma Grant in the Ludacris-created Netflix streaming musical series, Karma's World.[1][9]

Early life

Asiahn Bryant was born in Paterson, New Jersey, and moved with her family to Charlotte, North Carolina as a baby. She used music as an outlet while dealing with the divorce of her parents and the death of her brother. Where she later relocated to Hanahan, South Carolina with her mother and sister. She attended Hanahan high school where she was a cheerleader. She would spend most of her free time, traveling back-and-forth to Atlanta to work on her talents. [10] Bryant is openly lesbian.[11]

Musical career

In the early stages of Asiahn Bryant's music career, she met Craig King who took her under his wing worked on her artistic development with A&R James Bennett. She started touring a few years later and opened up for Ludacris, T.I., Kanye West, and Erykah Badu.[5] In 2010 and 2011, she featured on background vocals for Quincy Jones' Q: Soul Bossa Nostra and Killer Mike's PL3DGE.[6] In 2011, Asiahn Bryant began her mainstream musical career by signing a publishing deal with Universal Music Group, and releasing her debut extended play (EP) album Analog Girl X Digital World on June 7 that year under the Motown record label.[7]

In 2013, she was a co-songwriter on "Hands in the Air", a song by Miley Cyrus from her album Bangerz. In 2014, she co-wrote the "Booty" and "Girls" singles for Jennifer Lopez. In 2015, Asiahn Bryant worked with The Game and was featured on the latter's albums Compton and The Documentary 2.5. She contributed vocal performances on Ludaversal, an album by Ludacris.[12] In 2016, she worked on two Fox musical drama TV series, first collaborating with Ne-Yo as a co-writer on a soundtrack for the second season of Empire, then co-writing songs for Star the following year.[10]

In 2017, Bryant released her second EP Love Train produced by Cardiak. Both continued to work together on the sequel Love Train 2, which was released in 2019. On 11 January 2021, Asiahn released The Interlude EP distributed by SinceThe80s and Motown, which featured guest appearances from Grandmaster Vic and Jordan Hawkins. Following the release of the EP, she debuted at on the Billboard Emerging Artists Spotlight.[13] On March 18, she released a live version of the EP with orchestral performances of each song.[14]

Non-musical career

From mid-2021, alongside her music, she was cast as and began providing vocal performances for Karma Grant in a Netflix computer-animated musical series, Karma's World, created by Ludacris (who himself provides the voice of her dad in the series).[1][15][9][2] Both worked on a song which is featured on its official soundtrack album, whiles Asiahn alone worked on the rest of the entries of that album, including the theme song which has its own music video released on YouTube.[16] The Karma's World soundtrack album is currently the only album Asiahn features in, either as the lead or back-up, not released by either SinceThe80s or Motown.[4]

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details
Love Train 2

Extended plays

Title Details
Analog Girl X Digital World
Love Train
  • Released: January 7, 2017[18]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download
The Interlude
  • Released: January 11, 2021
  • Label: SinceThe80s, Motown
  • Format: Digital download
The Interlude (Orchestral Performance)
  • Released: March 18, 2021
  • Label: SinceThe80s, Motown
  • Format: Digital download

Soundtrack album

Album Release date Other artist(s) Type Release format(s)
Karma's World (Official Soundtrack Album) 15 October 2021 Ramone Hilton, Ludacris (1 song each; as collaboration) Soundtrack album Digital download; Streaming music; Music download

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Album
"Stranger"[19] 2017 Non-album single
"NOLA"[20] 2018 Love Train 2
"Like You"[21]
"Gucci Frames"[22] 2020 The Interlude
"Get Away"[23]
"OMW"[24] 2021 TBA

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Earline's Son" 2011 Playboy Tre —
"Come With Me" 2012 Dolla Boy —
"Just Another Day" 2015 The Game Compton
"Gang Related" The Game The Documentary 2.5
"Invitation" 2017 K Camp K.I.S.S. 4
"All I Want" 2020 — A Motown Holiday

Writing discography

List of non-performed songs as writer, showing performing artists, year released and album name
Title Year Artist Album
"God in the Building II" 2011 Killer Mike PL3DGE
"Hands in the Air" 2013 Miley Cyrus, Ludacris Bangerz
"My Baby" Ai, Lloyd Moriagaro
"Booty"[25] 2014 Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull A.K.A.
"Booty (Remix)" Jennifer Lopez, Iggy Azalea
"Girls"[26] Jennifer Lopez
"Girls (Remix)" Jennifer Lopez, Tyga
"Shine on Me" 2016 Jussie Smollett, Bre-Z Empire: Original Soundtrack Season 2 Volume 2
"Little Bird" 2017 Star Cast —
"Imagination" —

References

  1. 1 2 3 Approved, Sammy (10 September 2021). "R&B Singer Asiahn Will Voice Karma In Ludacris' New Netflix Animated Series 'Karma's World' Coming This Fall". Global Grind. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 Jones, Monique (10 September 2021). "'Karma's World': Netflix Animated Series From Ludacris Announces Asiahn As Star, Releases Music Video". Shadow and Act. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  3. ↑ Jenkins, LoVetta (13 September 2021). "Ludacris' "Karma's World" Taps R&B Singer Asiahn to Star in the Leading Role and Drops a New Video". The Chatty Passenger. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Soundtrack Album for Netflix's 'Karma's World' Released". Film Music Reporter. 16 October 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021 – via WordPress.com. Def Jam Recordings has released a soundtrack album for the Netflix animated musical series Karma's World.
  5. 1 2 Shaw, A.R. (27 July 2011). "Asia Bryant Discusses New EP, Being a Tease and Opening for Erykah Badu". Rolling Out. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Asia Bryant Biography". Universal Music Publishing Group | UMusicPub. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  7. 1 2 Ball, Valentino G. (26 April 2011). "Asia Bryant is "Analog Girl" in a digital world". KillerBoomBox. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  8. ↑ Staff, AudioMack (10 February 2021). "Asiahn Bridges the Gap Between R&B's Past & Future". DJBooth. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  9. 1 2 "Karma Grant". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 1 December 2021. Asiahn Bryant is the voice of Karma Grant in Karma's World.
  10. 1 2 Kellman, Andy. "Asiahn Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  11. ↑ Hertweck, Nate (19 June 2019). "Asiahn Sings About Love, Vibes & Timing On "Like You" In This Special Pride Month Edition Of Press Play". Grammy Awards. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  12. ↑ Lilah, Rose (28 April 2021). "The Next Generation Of R&B". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  13. ↑ Mamo, Heran (22 January 2021). "Asiahn Brings 'Boss Talk & Big Vibes' to the Bedroom With 'The Interlude' EP: Emerging Artists Spotlight". Billboard. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  14. ↑ Cho, Regina (18 March 2021). "Asiahn shares orchestral performance of 'The Interlude'". Revolt. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  15. ↑ Asiahn Bryant [@ASIAHN] (September 10, 2021). "I'm soo proud to Announce that I am the voice of "KARMA" for the new @netflixfamily @netflix Series @KarmasWorldHQ ! Thank you @Ludacris and the entire team for allowing me to share my talents and live out a life long dream! Gonna go cry now 🥲😍 https://t.co/8J31nL5Mfw" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. ↑ Aderoju, Arlene (13 September 2021). "Ludacris' 'Karma's World' Theme Song: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  17. ↑ "Love Train 2 by Asiahn". Apple Music.
  18. ↑ "Love Train by Asiahn". Apple Music.
  19. ↑ "Stranger - Single". Apple Music.
  20. ↑ "NOLA - Single". Apple Music.
  21. ↑ "Like You - Single". Apple Music.
  22. ↑ "Gucci Frames - Single". Apple Music.
  23. ↑ "Get Away - Single". Apple Music.
  24. ↑ "OMW - Single". Apple Music.
  25. ↑ Shehori, Steven (18 September 2014). "Here's J-Lo's Steamy New 'Booty' Video Feat. Iggy Azalea". ET Canada. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  26. ↑ "NEW MUSIC: JENNIFER LOPEZ & DJ MUSTARD – 'GIRLS'". Rap-Up.
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