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Mahalia

Mahalia is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ed Sheeran, Jill Scott, Kate Nash, Maisie Peters and Corinne Bailey Rae. Those roots explain a lot about how Mahalia arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jorja Smith, Kiana Ledé, Ella Mai, Nao and Pip Millett, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sofia Coll, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Mahalia, reaching back through Ed Sheeran and forward to Sofia Coll. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Mahalia Burkmar, known mononymously as Mahalia, is a British singer, songwriter and actress. Mahalia has released several EPs and three albums, Diary of Me (2016), Love and Compromise (2019) and IRL (2023). She also acted in the film Brotherhood (2016). She had her breakthrough in 2017 with her performance of "Sober" for the YouTube channel Colors. In 2018, she was ranked number one on YouTube's Ones to Watch list.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
MahaliaEd SheeranJill ScottKate NashMaisie PetersCorinne Bailey RaeErykah BaduLauryn HillAmy WinehouseSofia CollJorja SmithKiana LedéElla MaiNaoPip MillettHope TalaUMISasha Keable

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Mahalia grew out of Ed Sheeran, Jill Scott, Kate Nash and Maisie Peters, shares an orbit with Jorja Smith, Kiana Ledé, Ella Mai and Nao, went on to shape Sofia Coll. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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