Terence Trent D'Arby

Sananda Francesco Maitreya, better known by his former stage name Terence Trent D'Arby, is an American singer-songwriter. His album Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby, was released in July 1987, which included the singles "Wishing Well" and "Sign Your Name". The album has sold over 14 million copies. The album also earned him a Grammy Award in March 1988 in the category Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male. In that same year, he earned a Soul Train Award nomination for Best New Artist.

His follow-up was the album Neither Fish Nor Flesh released in 1989. Symphony or Damn was released in 1993 andcontained the singles "Delicate" and "She Kissed Me". It peaked at #4 on the UK Albums Chart. In 1995, Maitreya released Vibrator which was followed by a very successful world tour.

In 1999, Maitreya collaborated with INXS to replace his friend, the late vocalist Michael Hutchence, so the band could play at the opening of facilities for the Sydney Olympics.

He adopted his new name, Sananda Maitreya, in 1995, as an attempt to free himself artistically and reinvent himself from the oppressive nature of the record business.

In 2001, he released the album Wildcard which was originally called Terence Trent D'Arby's Solar Return.

In July 2005, the fully mastered Angels & Vampires - Volume 1 album was released followed by Volume 2 a year later. In 2009, the album Nigor Mortis: A Critical Mass was released on his official website both as a CD and as Mp3. In 2011, he released The Sphinx on the ecommerce of his official website

In 2012, he started working on his new project "Return To Zooathalon".