10 Things You Should Know About Yuna

The goods on one of Being Mary Jane's soundtrack stars.

10 Things You Should Know About Yuna - Season two of Being Mary Jane airs tonight (Feb. 3, #BMJ) and fans are anticipating the show's music as much as they are the adventures of Mary Jane Paul, played by Gabrielle Union.One singer whose music will be a part of the soundtrack is up-and-coming pop star Yuna. Her song "Lullabies" is in the first episode and her airy, other-worldly vocal style has made fans of heavyweights from Pharrell to music writing legend David Foster. Read on to learn more about this rising chanteuse.   (Photo: Rick Kern/WireImage)

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10 Things You Should Know About Yuna - Season two of Being Mary Jane airs tonight (Feb. 3, #BMJ) and fans are anticipating the show's music as much as they are the adventures of Mary Jane Paul, played by Gabrielle Union.One singer whose music will be a part of the soundtrack is up-and-coming pop star Yuna. Her song "Lullabies" is in the first episode and her airy, other-worldly vocal style has made fans of heavyweights from Pharrell to music writing legend David Foster. Read on to learn more about this rising chanteuse.  (Photo: Rick Kern/WireImage)

Straight Outta Malaysia - The international sensation was born and raised in Malaysia's capital city of Kuala Lumpur and began writing songs (in English) at the tender age of 14.(Photo: Splash News)

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Straight Outta Malaysia - The international sensation was born and raised in Malaysia's capital city of Kuala Lumpur and began writing songs (in English) at the tender age of 14.(Photo: Splash News)

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Laying Down the Law - For her college years, Yuna attended the MARA University of Technology where she studied law. While studying for her bachelors, the then-teenaged singer got involved with the Malaysian music scene.(Photo: Kristian Dowling/Getty Images)

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One in a Million - Yuna's tunes caught a local buzz when she began posting her music (sung in English and Malay) to Myspace in 2006. The same year, she became a contestant on the reality TV singing competition One in a Million, making it to the top 40.(Photo: Azhar Rahim/EPA/Landov)

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One in a Million - Yuna's tunes caught a local buzz when she began posting her music (sung in English and Malay) to Myspace in 2006. The same year, she became a contestant on the reality TV singing competition One in a Million, making it to the top 40.(Photo: Azhar Rahim/EPA/Landov)

Yuna Ascending - Three years after her self-titled EP became a massive hit in Malaysia — thanks to the buzz-worthy song "Deeper Conversation" — Yuna won over American listeners with her 2011 EP Decorate, which also featured the hit single. (Photo: Mohamad Syaheir Azizan/Demotix/Corbis)

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Yuna Ascending - Three years after her self-titled EP became a massive hit in Malaysia — thanks to the buzz-worthy song "Deeper Conversation" — Yuna won over American listeners with her 2011 EP Decorate, which also featured the hit single. (Photo: Mohamad Syaheir Azizan/Demotix/Corbis)

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Made in the U.S.A. - Yuna made her official U.S. debut with the 2012 release of her self-titled LP. The breakthrough single off the album, "Live Your Life," was produced by Pharrell.   (Photo: J. Dennis Thomas/Corbis)

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Made in the U.S.A. - Yuna made her official U.S. debut with the 2012 release of her self-titled LP. The breakthrough single off the album, "Live Your Life," was produced by Pharrell.  (Photo: J. Dennis Thomas/Corbis)

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Ethereal Sound - Yuna's airy, ethereal singing style has gained her comparisons to pop superstars like Adele and Norah Jones. She credits Bob Dylan, Fiona Apple and the folksy rock group Coldplay as influences.  (Photo: Mohamad Syaheir Azizan/Demotix/Corbis)

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Making the Cut - Yuna got her Hollywood break when she recorded a remake of the Beatles classic "Here Comes the Sun" for the Oliver Stone crime thriller Savages.   (Photo: Jim Bennett/Corbis)

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Making the Cut - Yuna got her Hollywood break when she recorded a remake of the Beatles classic "Here Comes the Sun" for the Oliver Stone crime thriller Savages.  (Photo: Jim Bennett/Corbis)

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Love in the Homeland - For her musical achievements, Yuna was presented with the Youth Icon Award by the Prime Minister of Malaysia in 2012.   (Photo: Max Herman/Retna Ltd./Corbis)

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Love in the Homeland - For her musical achievements, Yuna was presented with the Youth Icon Award by the Prime Minister of Malaysia in 2012.  (Photo: Max Herman/Retna Ltd./Corbis)

Yuna the Fashionista - Yuna's second love, fashion, inspired her to launch November Culture, an online store which emphasizes colorful, modest clothing that defines her personal style.   (Photo: Rick Davis / Splash News)

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Yuna the Fashionista - Yuna's second love, fashion, inspired her to launch November Culture, an online store which emphasizes colorful, modest clothing that defines her personal style.  (Photo: Rick Davis / Splash News)

Night Stalker - Her latest LP, Nocturnal, dropped in 2013 and features singles like the Chad Hugo-produced "Someone Who Can." She said of her album, “I don’t really like the idea of putting myself in any category now... I think that people are looking for music that’s real and honest and that they can relate to emotionally."  (Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

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Night Stalker - Her latest LP, Nocturnal, dropped in 2013 and features singles like the Chad Hugo-produced "Someone Who Can." She said of her album, “I don’t really like the idea of putting myself in any category now... I think that people are looking for music that’s real and honest and that they can relate to emotionally." (Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)