Muni Long

Muni Long
Muni Long
	Muni Long in 2022
Background information
Birth name	Priscilla Renea Hamilton
Born	September 14, 1988 (age 35)
Origin	Gifford, Florida, U.S.
Genres	Pop; R&B; soul;
Occupation(s)	Singer; songwriter;
Years active	2008–present
Labels	Def Jam; White Rose Garden; Thirty Tigers; Supergiant; Capitol; Virgin;
Website	munilong.com

Priscilla Renea Hamilton (born September 14, 1988), known professionally as Muni Long (pronounced "money long"^[2]), is an American singer and songwriter from Gifford, Florida. Under her birth name, she signed with Capitol Records to release her debut studio album Jukebox (2009), which was met with positive critical reception despite failing to chart. She then spent the following decade co-writing songs for other artists, including the hit singles "Promise This" for Cheryl, "California King Bed" for Rihanna, "Worth It" for Fifth Harmony, "Love So Soft" for Kelly Clarkson, "Imagine" for Ariana Grande, "Who Says" for Selena Gomez & the Scene, and the global hit "Timber" for Pitbull.^[3]

Returning to her recording career in 2018; she released her second studio album, Coloured independently in June of that year, which saw Hamilton exploring Americana and country soul genres. After adopting the stage name Muni Long,^[4] she saw her commercial breakthrough with her 2022 single "Hrs and Hrs", which peaked in the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 and led her to sign with Def Jam Recordings. The song won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance and served as the lead single for her third album, Public Displays of Affection: The Album (2022). Her 2023 single, "Made for Me" was met with similar success and peaked within the chart's top 30.

She has received three other Grammy Award nominations throughout her career, including for Best New Artist, Best R&B Song ("Hrs & Hrs"), and a nomination for Album of the Year through her work on Back of My Mind (2021) by H.E.R.^[5]

^ Cite error: The named reference MTV_bio was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ MTV (June 22, 2022). "Muni Long Reacts To Halle Berry Tweeting "Hrs & Hrs" Lyrics | Behind the Gram | MTV". YouTube. Archived from the original on March 29, 2024. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
^ BMI Songview Search for Priscilla Renea.
^ Leight, Elias (January 6, 2022). "'Don't Sell Your Sh-t Away': Why a New Crop of Viral Acts Is Shunning Major Labels". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
^ "All GRAMMY Awards and Nominations for Priscilla Renea". www.grammy.com. Retrieved February 4, 2023.

[MTV_bio-1] Cite error: The named reference MTV_bio was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[2] MTV (June 22, 2022). "Muni Long Reacts To Halle Berry Tweeting "Hrs & Hrs" Lyrics | Behind the Gram | MTV". YouTube. Archived from the original on March 29, 2024. Retrieved March 29, 2024.

[3] BMI Songview Search for Priscilla Renea.

[4] Leight, Elias (January 6, 2022). "'Don't Sell Your Sh-t Away': Why a New Crop of Viral Acts Is Shunning Major Labels". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 8, 2022.

[5] "All GRAMMY Awards and Nominations for Priscilla Renea". www.grammy.com. Retrieved February 4, 2023.

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