SiLyA

Early life

Silya was singing and playing classical piano by age 8. She majored in jazz and contemporary dance at The Oslo National Academy of Art at age 15.

Multicyde

Silya first gained success being the lead singer of the Norwegian hip hop/pop group Multicyde. Multicyde signed to Warner Music Group and had three number 1 hits in Norway between 1999 and 2002. While in Multicyde, she performed in musical theater shows like Cabaret, Chicago, and West Side Story.

Songwriting

After Multicyde, Silya began working with the Murlyn Music production house in Stockholm as a songwriter. Silya wrote the singles "Kiss Your Mama!" recorded by Australian artist Vanessa Amorosi and "Masterplan" recorded by Swiss artist Stefanie Heinzmann that both went gold in their respective countries. She also wrote the songs "Sneakernight" and "Last Night" on Vanessa Hudgens' album Identified. Most recently, Silya's song "Rock With You" was recorded by Rachel Crow, who came in fifth place on the U.S. The X Factor. Silya has worked with the likes of Cee Lo Green (Gnarls Barkley), Printz Board (Black Eyed Peas, Macy Gray, Nikka Costa), Lester Mendez (Shakira, Nelly Furtado), J.R. Rotem (Rihanna), and Mark Hill (Craig David, Artful Dodger).

Solo Artist

In August 2011 SiLyA released the solo album Peel Away with New York based record label Eusonia Records.

SiLyA was a semi-finalist in Melodi Grand Prix 2012 with a song called "Euphoria". Fellow semi-finalist Rikke Normann performed Silya's song "Shapeshifter."

SiLyA's most recent project is a dance pop collaboration with Mark Palgy of VHS or Beta and producer Mark Verbos.