SHAY (professionally known as Shay Harris) is a powerful recording artist, speaker, and storyteller whose voice—both spoken and sung—carries a message of healing, faith, and resilience. Rooted in gospel and R&B, her sound bridges contemporary gospel and inspirational soul, creating music that meets people where they are and lifts them toward hope, purpose, and renewal.
Her latest single, We Need You, follows her breakout debut hit Dear Jesus, which garnered 2.6 million media-based hits across 18 markets in less than four weeks and earned her team a BMI award. We Need You is a timely call for faith, connection, and compassion in a divided world—further establishing Shay as a voice that resonates far beyond genre boundaries.
Before her decision to focus fully on music, Shay spent over a decade as a respected news anchor and reporter with major broadcast companies, including ABC and Fox affiliates. Her journalism career took her across the country—from Orlando and Memphis to Chattanooga, Texas, and Cleveland—where she reported from communities impacted by violence, loss, and resilience. Those lived experiences now inform the depth, honesty, and emotional clarity found in her music.
Recognized for both her professional excellence and community impact, Shay was honored as a Woman of the Year by the National Association of Black Female Executives in Music & Entertainment, a distinction reflecting her leadership, service, and commitment to empowering voices across media and music.
In addition to her music career, Shay is a seasoned public speaker, engaging audiences at corporations, civic organizations, schools, faith-based institutions, and community initiatives nationwide. She is also the author of I’m Saved. So, Now What?, a practical and faith-centered guide shaped by years of witnessing human struggle both on and off the news desk.
With We Need You, Shay Harris isn’t simply releasing music—she is extending an invitation: to heal, to believe again, and to remember that hope still sings.