Career
Born on November 27, 1992 in Queens, New York, Mathai is the first generation of her family (who hail from Kerala, India) born in the United States, her stage name is the name Mathai in the language Malayalam. Singing was always considered more of just a hobby for Mathai. She was only 3 years old when she started singing, primarily in church events and at the age of 10 her family moved to Dallas, Texas.
During the next 9 years, Mathai would attend Coppell High School where she maintained her status in the top 10% of her class throughout all four years.
Subsequently, she earned a scholarship to study Nursing at Texas Women"s University, and graduated with a 3.98 Grade Point Average. Beginnings
During the winter of 2010 she had the opportunity to perform during the popular AMTC convention in Orlando, Florida where she was discovered by two entertainment executives, and soon thereafter took a break from school to move to Atlanta to pursue her music career. In late 2010 she auditioned for The Glee Project, a spin-off audition show for the hit television series GLEE on FOX. After advancing all the way to the final cuts Mathai did not ultimately make the cast, but was convinced that singing was definitely what she wanted to do.
In November 2011, on a dare from friends, Mathai auditioned for Season 2 of the talent competition series, The Voice on National Broadcasting Company. After making it through to the blind auditions, Mathai’s rendition of Adele"s "Rumor Has lieutenant" caused 3 of the 4 coaches (Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, and Cee-Lo Green) to turn around, and woo her to join their team Mathai eventually joined Team Adam and over the next several weeks continued to advance in the show ultimately being eliminated after making the top 10.
Her parents, who were once completely against her decision, are now warily but lovingly supportive after seeing how the world reacted to their daughter"s talent.
After The Voice
Mathai collaborated with Lecrae on the track "Free From it All" from Gravity, which was released September 4, 2012 and peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200. Mathai"s debut European Parliament, "Girl Like Maine" was released on July 4, 2013. lieutenant contains eight original songs.
Her debut single, "Once Again," was released on March 25, 2013.