Name	Maria Taylor
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Naionality	British
Date of Birth	1975,
Place of Birth	London, England, UK
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Maria Lawson was born and raised in London. She is the youngest in a family of five, with three brothers and one sister. She has been singing since the age of 13 and was always determined to make a name for herself in the music industry.

Before finding fame on the prime-time TV show, The X Factor, Lawson was in a band called Skye. This band was managed by Lawson's husband, Lawrence Garry. Kyra Simone provided backing vocals, Mark Coutier and Mark Hubden played guitar, Evgeni Vachov was on bass and the drums were courtesy of Ramy Abood. Two of the Skye tracks include "Woman's Intuition" and "Body & Soul".

Lawson was also represented well by the independent publisher, Peer Music. During this time she worked with established producer, David Brant, who produced three solid tracks for her - "Rush", "I Wanna Say Yes" and "Inferno".

Maria Lawson started her career as a published singer/songwriter. She was signed to Peer Music Publishing in 2002 to 2005

During her time as a singer songwriter Maria worked with recording artist Gabrielle and performed on Gabrielle’s hit singles 'Out of reach' for the Bridgett Jones Diary, 'Don't need the sun to shine to make me smile' and the live version of 'Rise'