A potential mining engineer ditched the hard hat for a microphone and ended up collecting over 35 industry awards before turning 25.
Tyla's backup plan was wild
Tyla's backup plan was wild
- Grammy winner Tyla once considered becoming a mining engineer.
- African parental expectations heavily influenced that fallback choice.
- Money was the sole motivation behind picking that field.
- She joked about imagining herself actually working underground.
- Tyla enrolled in mining engineering right after high school.
- She persuaded her parents to let her take a year off.
- Epic Records signed her in 2021, launching everything globally.
- Water went viral in 2023 and blew up worldwide.
- Tyla has racked up over 35 industry awards total.
- Two Grammys for Best African Music Performance sit among them.
- Her 2024 haul alone exceeded 20 major awards.
- Spotify currently shows over 36 million monthly listeners for her.
