While in Multicyde, she performed in musical theater shows like Cabaret, Chicago, and West Side Story.

Silya has worked with the likes of Cee Lo Green (Gnarls Barkley), Printz Board (Black Eyed Peas, Macy Gray, Nikka Costa), Lester Mendez (Shakira, Nelly Furtado), J.R. Rotem (Rihanna), and Mark Hill (Craig David, Artful Dodger).

[3] They wrote songs that later appeared on the album Unanchored (2014) and Life Resolution Heart (2017) re-recorded with her current band Silya & The Sailors.

She is a featuring artist on Crown City Rockers "Kiss" (2009) and on Raashan Ahmad "These foolish things" feat Count Bass D (2010).

In 2013 she won the TV singing competition called Stjernekamp in Norway and moved back after 8 years in New York City.