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Introducing AZ ONE
There is a subtle anxiety in the music industry. With groups such as Destinys Child splitting up, who is going to represent for the single, young ladies fo the world? Az One is confident they are the answer. Az One is composed of sisters: Ayanna whose name means "Beautiful Flower" and Niambi is "Melody." It is no coincidence they were given these names at birth by their parents. when you hear Az One perform their voices come together to create a perfect melody. They are beautiful flowere with perfect melody; that continues to grow, blossom, feed off of the energy; to truly create a deliverance theat has been long overdue with satisfaction. Az One will captivate you with their presence,m talent, gorgeous looks and down to earth personalities. Niambi and Ayanna are aware of their gifts and blessings and began taking the necessary steps to perfect their unique sound. Az One started singing in church and musicals around the Midwest. After both sisters graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale with bachelors degrees, they moved back to their hometown of Springfield, IL, and started performing at open mics and booking events around the area. The demand for their live performance encouraged the to relocate to a larger city and they decided on St Louis. Career Highlights 2005: Performed the National Anthem in Miami, Fl for the WFL team, The Miami Fury (Women's Football League) 2006: Az One submitted an audition DVD to Black Entertainment Television (BET) and was selected to compete in the Wild out Wednesday R&B Competition on one of the most popular top 10 countdown shows 106&Park. In March of 2006, they traveled to New York and competed in front of a live audience and won. They returned for the AllStars Competition in July of 2006 and took 2nd place but received over 278,000 computer votes. 2006: Az One soon received another top honor when they were hand selected by A&R Company Taxi and Billboard Magazine to perform in the Disc Makers Independent Music World Series. Thousands of demos wer submitted, but only 6 finalists were selected to perform at the Elbo Room, in Chicago, IL. Az One was also the only female group selected. 2006: All the winners from BET's show Wild Out Wednesday was asked to come and compete in a competition called Blaze The Stage in New York,NY. Az One received the highest score for best stage performance. 2007: Az One released their debut Album titled The Jump Off in February 2007. Niambi & Ayanna were the executive producers. They also wrote every song on the album. 2007: Az One was featured on 99.7 Kiss FM in Springfield, IL. for the new music knockout. The first independen artist ever featured. Az One competed against The Goo Goo Dolls and won. 2007: Opened up for Cassidy and Common in St. Louis, MO and Twista in Springfield,IL. 2007: Performed The National Anthem for Philadelphia 76ers Andre Iguodala's NBA Celebrity Charity Event. 2007: Named as one of the St. Louis artists about to 'blow up" in the St. Louis Whirl Magazine. 2007: Received and exclusive interview on St. Louis Radio One station 104.1FM. 2007: Selected as the featured artis of the week on the Clear Channel Music Website. 2008: Performed the National Anthem for the Professional Inline Hockey Association. 2008: Selected as the featured artist on Vibe Magazine's Blackplanet.com. 2008: Az One received and exclusive interview on ESPN's sports radio in St Louis,MO. Complementing their hard work and dedication are stellar songwriting skills and great singing, whis is an obvious throwback to when those two skills mattered most in a song. They service notice that all is not lost with the disbandment fo groups such as Destiny's Child. Az One is more than capable of taking the baton and running with it.
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