# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nyla
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:50:09.825Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nyla"
name: "Nyla"
slug: "nyla"
description: "Nailah Thorbourne, better known by her stage name Nyla, is a Jamaican singer from Kingston. Nyla was a member of the R&B and reggae duo Brick & Lace whose debut album, Love Is Wicked, was released by Geffen and KonLive in 2007 and featured the chart topping single \"Love Is Wicked\". She is best known for being featured on Major Lazer's \"Light It Up\". Today she writes and performs as a solo artist and is currently recording and releasing music with some of the biggest chart topping artists and producers."
tagline: "Jamaican singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NYLA_Temp_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1983-11-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.14
  momentum:             1.735537190082645
  historical:           8.597269333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4VZY0nxYMSNotbS7WjNVQy"
    handle:    "Nyla"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://nailahnyla.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1021794"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "نيلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "نيلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyla"
    title: "Nyla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyla"
    title: "Nyla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7_(%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "نایلا (خواننده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyla"
    title: "Nyla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyla"
    title: "Nyla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyla"
    title: "Nyla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/baedd798-5205-43b5-8dd9-f2b2a9188dbe"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22279445"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump