Adia

"Adia" is a song by Canadian singer Sarah McLachlan that originally appeared on her 1997 album Surfacing. It was co-written by McLachlan and her longtime producer, Pierre Marchand. On VH1 Storytellers, McLachlan also said about the song, "I'm not quite sure how to explain this one but, uh, I guess more than anything it's about my problems in dealing with feeling responsible for everyone else".

"Adia" was McLachlan's first top 5 song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaked at number three. Though it only remained at the position for one week, the song did spend six consecutive weeks at number four and seven consecutive weeks at number five, totaling thirteen weeks at the top ten, "Adia" was the twentieth most successful song of 1998 in the US. The song also performed well in McLachlan's native Canada, peaking at number three for three non-consecutive weeks on RPM. It stayed in the top ten for sixteen weeks.

Releases

"Adia" was the third of four songs from Surfacing to be released as a single. It was her most successful US single, peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot 100. The single, released July 7, 1998, contains four tracks: the radio mix of "Adia", the Surfacing mix of "Angel", the original studio version of "I Will Remember You" (as opposed to the live version included on the Mirrorball album, also released as a single), and a live version of "Building a Mystery". McLachlan was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the Grammy Awards of 1999 for "Adia", losing to Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On".

Adia (musician)

Destiny Adia Andrews (born May 15, 1991), who goes by the stage name Adia, is an American Christian R&B artist and urban contemporary gospel musician. She started her music career, in 2012, with the release of "One Day at a Time" on Emerge Records. She saw her first studio album, Behind Enemy Lines, chart on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart. Xist Music released the album on August 26, 2014.

Early life

Adia was born Destiny Adia Andrews, in St. Louis, Missouri, on May 15, 1991. While she was growing up, she spent some time in Aurora, Illinois, just outside Chicago. She graduated from Sparkman High School, in 2009, and it is just outside Huntsville, Alabama that she considers to be her hometown. Her family contains musical roots because her parents are also traveling musicians.

Music career

Her music career started in 2012, with the release of "One Day at a Time", that was on Deitrick Haddon's, A Beautiful Soul, with Emerge Records. Her debut single and music video, "Rags to Riches", came out on March 14, 2014, from Xist Music. The production was handled by Fred "Blaze" Crawford and the video direction by Courtney "Noyz" C. The second single, "Torn Identity", was released just before her album. Her debut studio album, Behind Enemy Lines, released on August 26, 2014, with Xist Music, and this album charted, on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart at No. 38. The album received a three star out of five review, from CCM Magazine's Andrew Greer.

Adia (name)

Adia is a Swahili girl's name meaning "gift".

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