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Tyka Nelson
12+ albums
funksoulfemale vocalistsprinceMinneapolis funk
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Tyka Nelson (born Tyka Evene Nelson on 18 May 1960; died 4 November 2024) was an American singer. The daughter of jazz musician John L. Nelson (1916–2001) and jazz singer Mattie Della Shaw (1933–2002), she was the sister of Prince. Her debut “Royal Blue” was released in 1988. Billboard Magazine decreed that her ''pure, angelic voice and fine songwriting'' should ''dispel the talk that she is merely cruising on her brother's name”. Her first single, “Marc Anthony's Tune”, quickly climbed the US “Top 40 Urban Contemporary” charts and was also a huge summer hit in Europe, the UK and the Netherlands that same year. “Yellow Moon Red Sky”, her second album, was released in 1992 and also received critical acclaim. Nelson's third album, "A Brand New Me", was released in late 2008. Her fourth album, Hustler, was released in 2011. Her last public performance was in Australia in 2018. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
