Maria Lawson

Maria Lawson (born 24 May 1975) is a British singer who finished 8th in the second UK series of television talent show The X Factor in 2005. http://www.marialawson.co.uk http://www.myspace.com/marialawson Lawson was born and raised in London. She is the youngest in a family of five, with three brothers and one sister. She began singing at the age of five. Before finding fame on the prime-time TV show The X Factor, Lawson was in a band called Skye. Kyra Simone provided backing vocals, Mark Coutier and Mark Hubden played guitar, Evgeni Vachov was on bass and the drums were courtesy of Ramy Abood. Some of Skye's most popular tracks included "Woman's Intuition" and "Body & Soul". Maria found fame on Britain’s biggest talent show, the X Factor, which stars Simon Cowell. She was one of the favourites to win under mentor Sharon Osbourne in 2005. Following a controversial exit from the show, which made national headlines, Maria went on to sign to Sony BMG in 2006 and recorded her debut album in LA with a song written by Diane Warren. Her self titled album was released later that year and charted with a top 20 single "Sleepwalking" Maria also signed a lingerie modelling deal with Bravissimo after being recognised on the show. Maria has held a publishing deal for her songwriting talents and provided vocals for a range of artists including Gabrielle. 
 On 6th February 2008, Maria gave birth to her first son Brandon. In September of that year she released a new single entitled "Breaking Me Down". In late November she released her first self-help/autobiography, entitled ''Life Starts Now'' Maria’s second studio album, "Emotional Rollercoaster" has been produced by Brian Rawling. The album shows off Maria’s talent as one of the UK’s premiere singer and songwriter artists. Emotional Rollercoaster is due out sometime in 2009 through Right Track Music/ Universal Music Operations. Maria is currently performing the female lead role in the West End production of Thriller - Live at The Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London. The show features the hit songs of Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5. Maria's first show started on April 14th and her run will last through till September 2009. http://www.MariaLawson.co.uk http://www.myspace.com/marialawson http://www.bebo.com/marialawsonofficial http://www.youtube.com/marialawsonmusic