• AllMusic

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic calls Mýa, "a smooth, sultry collection of well-crafted contemporary urban soul that is actually richer than the average urban record the late '90s", citing "part of its success lies with the teenage Mýa, who has a voice that is at once innocent and knowing and many of the songs on the record are loosely about a teenager becoming a woman, which is a subject Mýa can convincingly sell, but overall it's a thoroughly promising debut."

• Billboard
  Billboard (magazine)
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Young artist Mýa scores on her debut album by addressing issues of concern to women without spewing cuss words. Boosted by the strong presence of Sisqo of the group Dru Hill

Dru Hill

Dru Hill is an American singing group, most popular during the late 1990s, whose repertoire included R&B, soul, and gospel music. Founded in Baltimore, Maryland, and active since 1992, Dru Hill recorded seven Top 40 hits, and is best known for the R&B #1 hits "In My Bed", "Never Make a Promise", ...

, the artist's first single, "It's All About Me

It's All About Me

It's All About Me is the debut single by American singer-songwriter Mýa and features R&B singer Sisqó. The track was produced by Darryl Pearson for Harrison debut self-titled studio album. It's All About Me was written by Mark Andrew and Darryl Pearson....

" though reminiscent of Destiny's Child

Destiny's Child

Destiny's Child was an American R&B girl group whose final line-up comprised lead singer Beyoncé Knowles alongside Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. Formed in 1997 in Houston, Texas, Destiny's Child members began their musical endeavors in their pre-teens under the name Girl's Tyme...

's "No, No, No

No, No, No (Destiny's Child song)

"No No No" is an R&B song performed by American group Destiny's Child for their debut studio album Destiny's Child and the track was produced by Vincent Herbert, Rob Fusari and Wyclef Jean and received a positive reception from music critics...

" is a catchy, infectious tune that carries a lot of weight. What's also positive about Mýa is that her songwriting skills are being displayed early in her career. Other noteworthy tracks include "Whatcha Say," "Bye Bye," "My First Night With You

My First Night with You

"My First Night with You" is a ballad by American singer-songwriter Mýa. The track was produced by Daryl Simmons for Harrison debut self-titled studio album...

," "Movin' On

Movin' On (Mýa song)

"Movin' On" is an R&B/Hip Hop song by American singer-songwriter Mýa and features No Limits rapper Silkk The Shocker. The track was produced by Darryl Pearson for Harrison debut self-titled studio album...

", and "We're Gonna Make Ya Dance."

Singles

• The first single from the album "It's All About Me
  It's All About Me
  It's All About Me is the debut single by American singer-songwriter Mýa and features R&B singer Sisqó. The track was produced by Darryl Pearson for Harrison debut self-titled studio album. It's All About Me was written by Mark Andrew and Darryl Pearson....
  
  ", peaked at number six on Billboard Hot 100
  Billboard Hot 100
  The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
  
   and number two on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
  Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
  Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...
  
   chart. The single was a commercial success due to heavy rotation video airplay on MTV
  MTV
  MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
  
   and became Mýa's first top ten hit (solo). It was a moderate success internationally, peaking in the top twenty in New Zealand
  New Zealand
  New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
  
   and top forty in Canada
  Canada
  Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
  
  .

• The second single "Movin' On
  Movin' On (Mýa song)
  "Movin' On" is an R&B/Hip Hop song by American singer-songwriter Mýa and features No Limits rapper Silkk The Shocker. The track was produced by Darryl Pearson for Harrison debut self-titled studio album...
  
  " peaked at number thirty-four on Billboard Hot 100 and number four on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The single was a moderate success and became Mýa's second top forty hit (solo). It was a moderate success internationally, peaking in the top twenty in New Zealand.

• The third and final single "My First Night With You
  My First Night with You
  "My First Night with You" is a ballad by American singer-songwriter Mýa. The track was produced by Daryl Simmons for Harrison debut self-titled studio album...
  
  " peaked at number twenty-eight on Billboard Hot 100 and number twenty-eight on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The single was a moderate success and became Mýa's third top forty hit (solo).

Tracklisting

Charts and certifications

Chart (1998)	Peak position	Certification	Sales
Billboard 200	29	Platinum	1,400,000
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	13

Year-end charts

Year	Chart	Rank
1998	Billboard 200	87
	Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	43
1999	Billboard 200	200

Nominations

Year	Ceremony	Award	Result
1999	Soul Train Music Awards Soul Train Music Awards The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual award show which previously aired in national television syndication, and honors the best in Black music and entertainment...	Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist The Soul Train Music Award for Best New Artist has been given out every year since the first annual Soul Train Music Awards in 1987.-External links:**...	Nominated
		Best R&B/Soul Album - Female Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album, Female The Soul Train Music Award winners for Best R&B/Soul Album - Female...	Nominated
	Lady of Soul	Best R&B/Soul Song Of The Year, Movin' On Movin' On (Mýa song) "Movin' On" is an R&B/Hip Hop song by American singer-songwriter Mýa and features No Limits rapper Silkk The Shocker. The track was produced by Darryl Pearson for Harrison debut self-titled studio album...	Nominated
	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding New Artist NAACP Image Award for Outstanding New Artist The NAACP Image Award winners for Outstanding New Artist:...	Nominated

Musicians

• Babyface - Songwriter
  Songwriter
  A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
  
  
• Diane Warren
  Diane Warren
  Diane Eve Warren , is a US songwriter. Her songs have received six Academy Award nominations, five Golden Globe nominations, including one win and seven Grammy Award nominations, including one win. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001...
  
   - Songwriter
• Dru Hill
  Dru Hill
  Dru Hill is an American singing group, most popular during the late 1990s, whose repertoire included R&B, soul, and gospel music. Founded in Baltimore, Maryland, and active since 1992, Dru Hill recorded seven Top 40 hits, and is best known for the R&B #1 hits "In My Bed", "Never Make a Promise", ...
  
   - Vocal (bckgr)
• Joey P. - Guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
   (Acoustic), Strings
  String instrument
  A string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones...
  
  , Guitar (Bass
  Bass (instrument)
  Bass describes musical instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range. They belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles...
  
  ), Guitar (Electric)
• Randy Bowland - Guitar
• Ronnie Garrett - Bass

Production

• A. Haqq Islam - Executive Producer
  Executive producer
  An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...
  
  
• Daven Baptiste - Artwork
  Work of art
  A work of art, artwork, art piece, or art object is an aesthetic item or artistic creation.The term "a work of art" can apply to:*an example of fine art, such as a painting or sculpture*a fine work of architecture or landscape design...
  
  , Design
  Design
  Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
  
  
• Darryl Pearson - Producer
  Record producer
  A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
  
  , Vocal Arrangement
• Daryl Simmons - Drum Programming, Keyboard Programming
  Electronic keyboard
  An electronic keyboard is an electronic or digital keyboard instrument.The major components of a typical modern electronic keyboard are:...
  
  
• Eldren Hughes - Artwork, Design
• Fred - Mixing Assistant
  Mixture (music)
  A mixture is an organ stop, usually of principal tone quality, that contains multiple ranks of pipes. It is designed to be drawn with a combination of stops that forms a complete chorus . The mixture sounds the upper harmonics of each note of the keyboard...
  
  
• Gordon Rice - Engineer
  Engineer
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• Ivy Skoff - Production Coordination
  Record producer
  A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
  
  
• Jason Webb - Assistant Engineer
  Engineer
  An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...
  
  , Mixing Assistant
• Kevin Lively - Assistant Engineer
• Silkk the Shocker - Performer

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	April 21, 1998	Cassette, CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...	Universal Music Group Universal Music Group Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...			Fontana Records Fontana Records Fontana Records is a record label which was started in the 1950s as a subsidiary of the Dutch Philips Records; when Philips restructured its music operations it dropped Fontana in favor of Vertigo Records. In the seventies PolyGram acquired the dormant label.... , Interscope Records Interscope Records Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:...
Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	April 28, 1998		Interscope Records Interscope Records Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:...
Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	June 24, 1998		Universal Music Japan
United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	September 14, 2000		Polydor Records Polydor Records Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...

External links

• MyaMya.com — official site