Anhayla Rene Stanley, known professionally as Anhayla, and born on May 24, 1988,
in Norfolk, Virginia, is a singer-songwriter and guitarist. She began singing at
age five and started writing music on the piano during middle school. In 2010,
Anhayla participated in the charity song "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" and
released her debut album, If I Was, on January 1, 2013. Anhayla gained national
recognition with her appearance in a 2015 AT&T commercial, where she performed
"Spaceship".