Adia (musician)

Destiny Adia Andrews (born May 15, 1991), who goes by the stage name Adia, is an American Christian R&B artist and urban contemporary gospel musician. She started her music career, in 2012, with the release of "One Day at a Time" on Emerge Records. She saw her first studio album, Behind Enemy Lines, chart on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart. Xist Music released the album on August 26, 2014.

Early life
Adia was born Destiny Adia Andrews, in St. Louis, Missouri, on May 15, 1991. While she was growing up, she spent some time in Aurora, Illinois, just outside Chicago. She graduated from Sparkman High School, in 2009, and it is just outside Huntsville, Alabama that she considers to be her hometown. Her family contains musical roots because her parents are also traveling musicians.

Music career
Her music career started in 2012, with the release of "Incomplete", that was on Deitrick Haddon's,  A Beautiful Soul, with Emerged Records. Her debut single and music video, "Rags to Riches", came out on March 14, 2014, from Xist Music. The production was handled by Fred "Blaze" Crawford and the video direction by Courtney "Noyz" C. The second single, "Torn Identity", was released just before her album. Her debut studio album, Behind Enemy Lines, released on August 26, 2014, with Xist Music, and this album charted, on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart at No. 38. The album received a three star out of five review, from CCM Magazine's Andrew Greer. On August 16, 2016 she released a cover track "We All Want Love" via: Red 3 Digital Learning Center.

Personal life
Every single bit of profit from "One Day at a Time", she gave to the victims of the 2011 Super Outbreak.

Discography

Studio albums

References

External links
Official website

Category:1991 births
Category:Living people
Category:African-American musicians
Category:African-American Christians
Category:Musicians from Huntsville, Alabama
Category:Musicians from Illinois
Category:Musicians from St. Louis