{{Infobox musical artist | name = Mercy Myra | birth_name = Mercy Myra Grundberg | genre = R&B, Afro‑fusion | occupation = R&B musician, singer, songwriter | works = Taba Samu (2001), Nyisri Malong’o (2003), Sitaki | years_active = 1996–present | awards = Kisima Music Awards – R&B Artist of the Year (2003); Kisima Music Awards – Female Artist of the Year (2004); Msanii Awards – Best Female Artist (2009) }}
'''Mercy Myra Grundberg''', better known as '''Mercy Myra''', is an R&B musician from Kenya.<ref>Tom Parkinson, Matt Phillips, Will Gourlay: [https://books.google.com/books?id=TTf0Aki6AUQC&dq=%22mercy+myra%22&pg=PA41 Lonely Planet - Kenya]. 6th edition, Lonely Planet Country Guide Series, 2006 {{ISBN|1-74059-743-5}}</ref>
== Biography ==
In 1996, she joined the ''Calabash Band'' but left the following year to join the R&B group ''Destinee.'' In 1997, she joined a band called ''Black Ice''. She later went solo and released her first single "Sitaki" (featuring K-South) in the end of 1998, produced by Samawati Studios.<ref name="true">True Blaq Entertainment: [http://www.trueblaq.com/artist.0.15.html Featured Artist - Mercy Myra] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717104937/http://www.trueblaq.com/artist.0.15.html |date=2011-07-17 }}</ref>
She has performed in various concerts abroad, including the 2004 Zanzibar International Film Festival,<ref>Fly Global Music, September 29, 2004: [http://www.flyglobalmusic.com/fly/archives/africamiddle_east_city_guidesevents/festival_of_the.html Festival of the Dhow Countries, Zanzibar]</ref> and Festival Mundial in Tilburg, the Netherlands in 2002 and 2003.<ref name="true"/>
Mercy Myra was part of the ''Divas of The Nile'' supergroup, that featured four Kenyan female musicians. The others were Suzzana Owiyo, Achieng Abura, and Princess Jully. The group performed at the Festival Mundial in 2007.<ref>Sarakasi Trust: [https://web.archive.org/web/20080612213506/http://www.sarakasi.org/site/sarakasi/annual_report Annual Report 2007]</ref>
She moved to the United States in 2005, and subsequently faded from the limelight.<ref>The Standard, March 28, 2009: [http://allafrica.com/stories/200803280528.html The International Connection]</ref> However, in 2009, she won the Best Female Artiste category at the ''Msanii Awards'', honouring US-based Kenyan musicians.<ref>Eafricainfocus.com, July 10, 2009: {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090717035434/http://www.eafricainfocus.com/2009/07/10/msanii-awards-honor-kenyan-artists/ Msanii awards honor Kenyan artists]}}</ref>
She was married to Malimo Chahonyo Andega, an aspiring Kenyan hip hop musician using the stage name ''Attitude''.<ref>The Standard, January 29, 2010: [http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/mag/InsidePage.php?id=2000001912&cid=123& Rapper Attitude back with Attitude]</ref> Their marriage ended in divorce in December 2015.<ref>[http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2015/12/04/mercy-myra-signs-final-divorce-papers_c1253721 The Star, Dec 4, 2015]</ref>
Mercy Myra returned to the music scene in 2016 after signing a new deal with Atlanta-based label, Nu Royal Records, where she planned to collaborate with Grammy Award winning producer, Herman Little to create a "new" sound.<ref>[https://www.prlog.org/12550572-kenyas-leading-female-artist-finds-new-home.html PR Log, April 16, 2016]</ref>
== Discography == '''Albums:''' *TABA SAMU (2001) *NYISRI MALONG'O (2003) '''Singles:''' *MALO featuring Khaligraph Jones (2017) *FEELS LIKE LOVE featuring VicMass Luo Dollar (2017) *BACK HOME (2014) *AFRIKAN TANGO (2012) '''Featured on:''' *Rhythm Jets – VELOCITY (2015)
== Awards == *2003 Kisima Music Awards – R&B Artist of the Year<ref>Binyavanga Wainaina: [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZMyU8n_fXXsC&dq=%22mercy+myra%22&pg=PA132 Kwani? 1] Kwani Archive Online, 2003.{{ISBN|9966983600}}</ref> *2004 Kisima Music Awards – Female Artist of the Year *2009 Msanii Awards – Best Female Artist of the Year
'''Nominated:''' *2003 Kora Awards – Best East African Artist<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040302070738/http://www.koraawards.co.za/english/musicawards_finalists_res03.asp?Category_en=Best%20Artist%20-%20East%20Africa Kora Awards Nominees 2003]</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *[http://www.myspace.com/mercymyra254 Myspace profile]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mercy Myra}} Category:Kenyan musicians Category:Kisima Music Award winners Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Kenyan women musicians