She could just “sit still, look pretty” if she wanted to, but singer-songwriter Daya isn’t really known to play hooky with her career choices or music—as her signature hit song declares. It’s probably this evolving assertiveness that explains why, like current pop wunderkind Billie Eilish (“Everything I Wanted”) and Monica (“The Boy is Mine”), Daya won her first Grammy at age 18.
Only country singer LeAnn Rimes (at 14, for “Blue”), Mexican superstar Luis Miguel (14, for “Me Gustas Tal Como Eres,” a duet with Sheena Easton) and electropop artist Lorde (17, for “Royals”) were younger when they forged their respective record-breaching dates with destiny. Of course the Pea…
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