Meleni Smith | |
Alias: | Polly A. |
Birth Place: | Flint, Michigan, United States |
Origin: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States |
Genre: | R&B |
Occupation: | Singer-songwriter |
Instrument: | Vocals |
Years Active: | –present |
Label: | 222 Columbia |
Meleni Smith, also known by her stage name Polly A., is an American singer-songwriter from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
She was born in Flint, Michigan and raised by a Jamaican mother in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1]
Previously signed to Columbia Records, she released the EP 'Meet Me in the Bathroom' on August 2, 2005.[2] She is also credited as a composer alongside Toby Gad for the song 'Happy' from the 2005 film Hitch soundtrack.[3] Meleni Smith is credited as being a composer alongside producer Kerry Brothers, producer/songwriter Toby Gad and singer Alicia Keys for the 2009 song "Love is My Disease".[4] She independently released the album 'My Heart in Focus' in February 2012.[5] [6] She was nominated in the 2013 Soul Train Music Awards for Record of the Year for co-writing the song "Crooked Smile" by rapper J. Cole.[7]
In December 2014, Meleni Smith released an EP titled Distorted Fairytales.[8]