Letoya (2006) (Enhanced Cd)

Long before she started making club music, LeToya was singing in her local church. After her father, also a singer, spread the word that his daughter had skills, LeToya was surprised to have an opportunity to sing her first solo in her own church. She was only 5, after all. "The lady just gave me the mic one Sunday and I sang," she recalls. "Right after that, I joined the children's choir and started doing all the school plays. That's where I met Beyonce, in elementary school. I saw that I had a love for music."

LeToya and Beyonce went on to become integral members of Destiny's Child. LeToya remained with the group for seven years. During her stint, the group released the gold-certified singles "Bills Bills Bills" and "Say My Name," both of which LeToya co-wrote and appeared on the breakthrough The Writing's On The Wall album, which has been certified 8-times platinum in the United States.

"I was happy to have that experience and to be a part of a movement like that," LeToya says. "Being in that group taught me so much at a young age. I learned to have the mindset of focusing on making a successful album and to do whatever you had to do in order to get there, whether that was waking up at 6 o'clock in the morning to sing or going to vocal lessons when you really wanted to hang out with your friends."

After leaving the group before the release of its third album, LeToya opened up her successful clothing and accessory store Lady Elle in Houston. Now, with LeToya ready, LeToya will again have the world saying her name.