Terence Trent D'Arby
Sananda Maitreya ( born March 15, 1962 in New York; actually Terence Trent Howard), better known as Terence Trent D' Arby, is an American singer.
Life
Maitreya was born in Manhattan, New York and grew up there. Other sources state that he made Orlando, Florida, comes and grew up there. In high school he developed a passion for boxing and won a " Golden Gloves " Championship. After spending a year studying journalism at the University of Central Florida in 1980, he went to the United States Army. There he served in Germany in the same unit as the time Elvis Presley. In the early 1980s he played in the band The Touch with.
His recent in the summer of 1987 debut album Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D' Arby is his best-known and most successful work. The album sold over one million copies in the first three days of the publication and a total of twelve million copies. This contains include his greatest hits If You Let Me Stay, Wishing Well and Sign Your Name.
Maitreya received in March 1988 a Grammy for Best male R & B vocal performance. Since then, he has released five albums, not included early recordings with the Frankfurt funk band The Touch from the year 1983.
In October 2001, he changed his name officially in Sananda Maitreya, moved from Los Angeles to Munich and started his own label called Treehouse Publishing. In 2002 he moved to Milan where he married in 2003 an Italian woman.
Discography
Studio albums
Compilations
- 2002: Greatest Hits
- 2006: Collections
EPs
Sananda Maitreya albums as
- 2001: Wildcard
- 2005: Angels & Vampires - Volume I
- 2006: Angels & Vampires - Volume II
- 2009: Nigor Mortis
- 2011: The Sphinx
- 2013: Return to Zooathalon