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Tynisha Keli Soares (born July 28, 1985), known by her stage name Tynisha Keli, is an American R&B and pop 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 Corna Boyz. The singer's debut album, The Chronicles of Tk, was released in Japan on April 22, 2009. The Chronicles of TK peaked at #12 on the Japanese album charts, and sold 600,000 copies in Japan. The album's second single Shatter'd, reached #4 on Billboard's Japan Hot 100 Charts. Her second album The 5th Element was released August 17, 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.
Tynisha was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the daughter of Timothy Soares and Elisa Soares. She is of Portuguese descent. Keli came from a poverty stricken home and struggled financially for most of her life. She has two brothers, Timothy Soares and Tazmyn Soares, and one sister, Tay'le Rudolph. Her father was killed when she was barely a year old. She had big responsibilities as a kid. At age of 8 years old, she accepted music into her life in such a major way because it was her only outlet, her way of letting out the frustrations she had. She started singing professionally around the age of 14. She then moved to Los Angeles, where she lived for seven years, before moving to Atlanta. Her younger brother, Tazmyn Soares was killed in Boston in 2007.