Mariama Goodman
Mariama Potts ( née Mariama Goodman) is an English dancer and singer who has been a member of the bands Solid HarmoniE and the Honeyz.
Biography
Solid HarmoniE
Goodman began her pop career in 1996 signed to Jive Records in the United States with Solid HarmoniE. The group had the same management as, and toured regularly with, 'N Sync and the Backstreet Boys. The group disbanded in 2000
In 2013, two other members of Solid HarmoniE reunited.
Honeyz
When Solid HarmoniE split, Goodman returned to the UK and was invited to join the Honeyz alongside Celena Cherry and Naima Belkhiati. Former member Heavenli Abdi had left the Honeyz after two singles. The album Wonder No. 8 went gold and spawned five top ten singles: "Won't Take It Lying Down", "Never Let You Down", "Love of a Lifetime", "End of the Line" and "Finally Found". At the Maxim Awards in 2000, they won the prize for Best British Girl Band and were also nominationed in that year's BRIT and MOBO Awards. Heavenli Abdi returned to the Honeyz when Goodman left and they released two more singles which charted at number 24 and 28. The band then split. Goodman moved to the United States for two years and when she returned to the UK she began her training in midwifery. She graduated with a First Class Honours degree and is working as a midwife.
Mariama
Mariama (born in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is a Singer–Songwriter who currently lives in Paris, France. Her first name means 'Gods Gift'.
Life
Mariama Jalloh was born in Sierra Leone, Freetown but at the age of one she moves to Germany, Bergisch Gladbach, the home of her mother. At sixteen, she begins to write her own songs which she sings to the sounds of her acoustic guitar. Two years later, she gains her first stage experiences by performing in a musical.
Music career
Her first important career steps are all centered on the projects of Adé Bantu:Brothers Keepers, Afrobeat Academy and Afropean Express. Starting in 2008, she works with the rapper Curse, thereby taking part in the project "Diversidad European Urban Experience". A year later she supports Max Herre on his tour for the album "Ein Geschenkter Tag". In the same year she embarks on her solo career by releasing her first EP "Listen To Mariama". Mariama was chosen from over 300 bands as one of the nine talents who were supported by the Volkswagen Sound Foundation in 2009. In 2010 she signs with the French label Cinq7 / Wagram Music and starts working on her first album "The Easy Way Out". However, the debut is finally recorded at RAK Studios, London, where she works with the production team Bacon & Quarmby, which has already produced with Ziggy Marley and Finley Quaye among other artists.
