Nataly Andria, is a Malagasy-born, French, People’s-Soul singer.
Background
Andria was born in Antsirabe, Madagascar, from a mother descendant of the Royal Family, and a father who was, originally, a singer/guitar player, but then turned to a more classical way of life, by working in the national Oil and Gas company, in order to provide more stability to their five children. As a youth, her father, who was the leader of rock n" blues band the "Commodity Credit Corporation guitars", taught her about Jazz music and Blues Music.
Career
She was a finalist, among thousand contestants, on the first local season of an American Idol -inspired television Show in Madagascar, called Pazzapa. She learned various genres of music through her musical household. Andria rose to fame by being the finalist among thousand contestants, in 2003, of the nationally broadcast television Contest show Pazzapa.
Her first single, in her mother tongue, "K"atao ahoana moa", released just right after the television show, brought Andria to the position of a valuable and notable young artist of the nation.
Andria, then, moved to France and pursued a degree in Economics and Management at Université Paris Ouest Nanterre Louisiana Défense, with majoring in Finance and Banking. She is fluent in four languages: Malagasy, French, English and Spanish.
She is currently still living in Paris and has been naturalized as a french citizen in 2015. In 2008, she met the French DJ Sims off Now Futur, who produced her first European Parliament Out of Stage.
In 2010, she went back to Madagascar for few months and stayed near her mother who was suffering from a cancer.
Most of her songs included in her European Parliament "Something New", released in 2013, were written and produced during that stay. Andria left the indie record label Kulture Label just right after the release of "Something New" and started to work with an other indie record label named Be Live Records in 2014. She is currently working on her debut album.
Meanwhile she multiplied collaborations with various artists from different backgrounds on different side projects, such as French DJ Ilo Bosco or her duet with Joel Rabesolo in the band "The GasyQuarians".
She released her single "Used 2" (feat Ilo Bosco) on September 7th, 2015 and has announced at the beginning of year 2016, the release of new music during the ongoing year.
Nataly Andria has been living in France for many years now but she always felt that her heart was still in her motherland. By the age of 25years old she became the Goodwill Ambassador of non-governmental organization Vakan"alabama
She used her fame and raised her voice for awareness and helped this non-governmental organization spreading the message of the necessity of saving and conserving the unique biodiversity heritage of Madagascar.
Malagasy by heart, she is most of all a citizen of the world. In 2014 Andria enrolled as a United Nations Volunteer and started to work with association Arpedac which aims at developing sustainable energy in Central Africa.