Lena Fiagbe is a British soul

British soul

British soul, Brit soul or the British soul invasion is soul music performed by British artists. Soul has been a major influence on British popular music since the 1960s, and American soul was extremely popular among some youth subcultures, such as mods, skinheads and the northern soul movement...

 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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, known for her single "Gotta Get It Right" in the UK

United Kingdom

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 . It was taken from her debut album

Album

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, Visions, which was released on Mother Records

Mother Records

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 in 1994. The album also spawned another hit

Hit record

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 single

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  called "What's It Like to Be Beautiful".

Fiagbe's debut single "You Come From Earth" was released in July 1993, under the name 'Lena'. It reached #69 in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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. "Visions", was released as a single and managed to enter the Top 50 in mid 1994. "Is It Because" was yet another single from the Visions album, "Can't Smile Without You

Can't Smile Without You

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" was the cover version

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 of a Barry Manilow

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 song that Fiagbe recorded

Sound recording and reproduction

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 for the Four Weddings and a Funeral

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soundtrack

Soundtrack

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  album. "African Dream" with Wasis Diop

Wasis Diop

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 in 1996 was a minor hit.

UK chart singles discography

• "You Come From Earth" (1993) - UK
  UK Singles Chart
  The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
  
  #69 †
• "Gotta Get It Right" (1993) - UK #20
• "What's It Like to Be Beautiful" (1994) - UK #52
• "Visions" (1994) - UK #48

is it because (1994)

• "African Dream" (1996) - UK #44‡

† Credited to Lena

‡ Credited to Wasis Diop featuring Lena Fiagbe