Meet Rising Singer Amanda Holley

Music is in Amanda Holley’s blood. This biracial, Newark native, deeply soulful, five-octave songstress sang before she could speak. Saturated in rhythm and melodies since birth by a cellist mom and guitar-strumming, songwriter dad (writer for Sarah Vaughan), Amanda Holley was born from music and has risen from challenging circumstances, surviving on her vocals
since day one. She’s a self-taught violinist (from age two) and pianist, and has been singing for thousands since the age of seven.

Amanda recently performed her music at prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, Birdland, the United Nations, NYFW, opening for Wale at Sony Hall, Coachella events, the W Times Square, the W Hollywood, and among dozens of intimate and grand hotspots across the U.S. since her Tommy Boy-Warner Bros. release. She was featured as the title track in the film, “Sharon 1.2.3.” on Showtime. Amanda Holley’s songs, “Runaway” and “Code,” from her upcoming EP, “The HolleyGraphic EP,” are in collaboration with Billboard-charting producer and songwriters Davis Chris, Cecily Wagner, and Shane Foster. The EP is set off of Amanda Holley’s anthemic message of empowerment. Both songs have been featured on dozens of music video channels and radio stations both nationally and internationally including the California Music Channel and NYC local TV. Her debut single on Tommy Boy-Warner Bros., “Feenin,” has played on multiple iHeart stations along with MTV.

In her latest release, “Fav Flavor,” Amanda Holley digs into her soulful R&B roots, buttery tones, and five-octave range with her deeply personal composition, multi-tonal instrument soaring atop a nostalgic, yet modern, Pop/R&B production. Amanda Holley says, “The melodies and lyrics came to me as I was walking down city streets on an emotional Saturday night. I decided to…