2. WHO IS YUNA?
-Yuna is the short name, for professional reasons, for singer Yunalis Mat Zara'ai.
-She is 30 years old (born on the 14th of November 1986) and was born and
raised in Malaysia in Alor Setar, Kedah.
-Yuna started writing her own songs at the age of 14 and soon after taught
herself how to play the guitar.
-She started out as a solo MySpace artist in 2006 singing in both Malay and
English.
-Her music genre being indie-pop or Malaysian indie.
-As a Muslim Yuna has a style to other artists wearing bright more traditional
colours with headscarves that are often in bright colours.
3. MUSIC CAREER
-Yuna started performing in public as a creative outlet from her studies as a legal
studies student at the age of 19.
-Yuna was eventually discovered in the US by the Indie-Pop record label and
management company who flew out to Malaysia to convince her to sign.
-The company then got her a deal with Faber Label in February 2011.
-Since 2010 Yuna has won 10 Malaysian Music Awards including new artist of the
year, best pop song and best music video.
-Yuna has also had songs featured in major TV dramas Arrow, Pretty Little Liars
and Beverly Hills 90210. As well as in major films such as Savages (2010) and The
Cr00ds (2013)
