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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 88020, member: 27"]
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
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[*]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.
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The gap year that changed everything
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[*]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.
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The award count is honestly absurd
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[*]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.
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