Tammar Chin Mitchell was born on 14 June 1983 in Kingston, Jamaica, and is known professionally as Tami Chynn. After attending Campion College in St. Andrew, Jamaica, she moved to Leamington Spa in the UK when she was 14, where she spent three years studying the performing arts, and in 2001 she moved back to Jamaica, where she worked on her music career and recorded her first single 'Rock U'. In early 2005 she travelled to Los Angeles to perform for Universal Motown Records, and in May they signed her to a four-album deal. In March 2006 she was nominated for Best New Entertainer Award at the International Reggae and World Music Awards, although she lost the award to reggae artist Matisyahu, and later that year she released her first US single 'Hyperventilating', and while it became a hit on the internet, it wasn't a mainstream success. During that summer she released her first album, 'Out Of Many...One', which also failed to chart in the US, but managed to peak at No. 41 on the Japanese Oricon charts. In 2008 she was noticed by Akon, who signed her up to his label Konvict Muzik, and work began on her second album 'Prima Donna', with recording beginning in January in Akon's Atlanta studios. 'Frozen' was released as the lead single in August 2008, and in September she starred in a Pepsi commercial alongside Verne Troyer, T-Pain and Shaggy, doing a cover of Carl Douglas' classic disco song 'Kung Fu Fighting'. However, during 2008 she cut all ties with Universal, and so 'Prima Donna' was cancelled, and remains unreleased. In 2010 she collaborated with Slovakia-born fashion designer Lubica Kucerova to create the Anuna and Anuna Goddess collections, and the duo were nominated at The Jamaica Observer Style Awards, winning the Designer of the Year Award, and she is currently at work on a third album, which will become her second release, but while we wait for that to appear, here is her 'Prima Donna' album from 2008.
Track listing
01 Hypnotico (Silly Heartbreakers)
02 Frozen (feat. Akon)
03 We Don't Mess
04 To Da Floor
05 Killer Love Song
06 You Are (Check This Out)
07 This Must Be Love
08 Stay Close
09 Watch Me Wine (feat. Voice Mail)
10 Eyes On Me (feat. Akon)
11 Why Should I
12 Ayayay
13 Who Am I Fooling
14 To Be Continued...
