Tynisha Keli

Tynisha Keli Soares (born July 28, 1985), known by her stage name Tynisha Keli, is an American singer-songwriter, who has seen her greatest success in Japan.

She is best known for the single "I Wish You Loved Me" which was written by Rico Love and produced by Tha Cornaboyz.

Tynisha Keli Soares was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the daughter of Timothy Soares (died 1986) and Elisa Smith Soares.

She is of Portuguese descent.

The family were poor during her childhood.

She has two brothers, Timothy, and Tazmyn Michael Soares (June 23, 1989 - December 21, 2007), and a sister, Tay'le Rudolph (born 1992).

Her father was killed when she was barely a year old.

She began immersing herself in music at age 8, including using it to express her frustrations.

She began singing professionally at age 14.

She moved to Los Angeles, where she lived for seven years before moving to Atlanta.

In 1999, Keli met Scott Ross (alias Scottie Gee), a former member of the platinum hip-hop group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, who agreed to assist her career.

He coached her after school, acting as both manager and father figure.

Soon he landed her a gig at the Strand Theatre in Boston, where she performed 'Never Can Say Goodbye', the Jackson 5 classic, in front of an all-black audience.

She moved to Los Angeles a year later and landed a spot in a pop girl group, Gyrlz Society.

Gyrlz Society was an American girl group comprising four members: Amy Correa, Melissa Tessmer, Tynisha Keli, and Katy Scanlan.

The group released one single, the group's only song "Respect Me", along with a Double "D" Mix, which was produced by Damon Jones in 2002 under MCA Records.

Although the single's casing mentioned a self-titled Gyrlz Society album to be released "later this year" (2003), the album was cancelled and the group quickly disbanded.

From the beginning she knew that being part of a group was not her desire; she wanted to try it on her own.

Before she got a major record deal, she recorded with Beau Dozier a few demos to send to record labels.

Signed to Warner Bros. Records, Keli worked with Kara DioGuardi, a prominent songwriter/producer.

She released the production company and started working with different producers including Bryan-Michael Cox, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Tha Cornaboyz, Robin Thicke, and Rico Love.

The album was recorded from 2006 to 2008, and was released in Japan in early 2009.

It debuted at number 12 at Japan Oricon Albums Chart and sold over 600,000 copies to date, which was a commercial success for Keli.

Her brother Tazmyn was killed in Boston in December 2007; he was 18 years old.

The first single "I Wish You Loved Me" was released on 2007 and the video was released one year later in 2008.

The singer's debut album, The Chronicles of TK, was released in Japan on April 21, 2009.

The album peaked at number twelve on the Japanese Albums Chart, and sold 600,000 copies in Japan.

The album's second single, Shatter'd, reached number four on Billboard's Japan Hot 100.

The single debuted in Japan at number 25 in 2009.

The second single "Shatter'd", released a few months later, is her first Top 10 song which peaked at number 5 in Japan.

In 2009, she covered the song "The Boy Is Mine" (originally sung by Brandy with singer Beni Arashiro. She had a small role in the 2009 film Fame.

She co-wrote the song "Powerless", which was featured on the debut album 'Exposed' by R&B-Singer and Def Jam signed Kristinia DeBarge.

In late 2009, Keli announced on Twitter, that she would leave her record label Warner Bros., without giving a reason.

Although Warner Brothers will not be involved in future projects, Tynisha's projects will still be distributed in Japan, by Warner Japan.

Her second album, The 5th Element was released in August 2010 in Japan.

It debuted at number one on Japan's iTunes, the first single released off the album "Love Hurts" also debuted at number one.

The album peaked at number thirty-six on the Japanese Albums Chart.

She is not currently signed to a label and is working on her third album.

In January 2010, Keli announced on Ustream that she was working on her second album "The 5th Element" and all vocal orders would be managed by Pierre Medor.

She also stated this album would see only a European release and then she would work on her US debut both released through "Eight72 Entertainment".