Background
Daya was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Daya was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Her grandfather is Indian, and her stage name Daya is the Hindi translation for "Grace." She attended Mountain Lebanon High School.
She is signed to ArtBeatz and Z-Entertainment, and released her self-titled debut European Parliament, Daya, on September 4, 2015, which includes the song "Hide Away", which has peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. At the age of three, Tandon began to learn the piano, eventually converting to jazz piano at the age of eleven. By this time, she had also learned to play the guitar, ukulele, saxophone, and flute.
At eleven, Daya enrolled as a student at the Accelerando Music Conservatory, Pittsburgh, where she eventually met song-writer and producer Gino Barletta.
Tandon"s professional career began when parents accompanied her to Los Angeles to work with Gino Barletta, Brett McLaughlin, Britten Newbill and Noisecastle III at Paramount Recording Studios. lieutenant was during one of these writing sessions that her debut single “Hide Away" was written and recorded, and Barletta consequently introduced Daya to Steve Zap of Z Entertainment.
A radio promotions veteran, Zap liked the song and was interested in helping to promote the singer, leading to forming an independent label with Barletta called ArtBeatz. Daya released her song "Hide Away" through ArtBeatz/RED Distribution on April 22, 2015.
The song was well-received online, enjoyed support from a number of notable bloggers including Tyler Oakley and Perez Hilton, the latter commenting "There is something very special about Daya"s voice".
Billboard"s Jason Lipshutz also featured the single on their official website, labelling it "a gorgeous debut". Daya made her television debut performing "Hide Away" on Today on August 21, 2015. Following a successful debut, Daya released her self-titled European Parliament, Daya, which features six songs, including "Hide Away", on September 4, 2015.
The European Parliament was premiered in full a day early by Billboard, and debuted at number 161 on the Billboard 200, propelling "Hide Away" to number 40 on the Billboard People’s Songs chart.
On October 30, 2015, Daya released the physical version of her debut European Parliament through Target.