She went through her parents’ collection of records and cassettes and listened to anything she found interesting. From her parents collections were, her father’s favorites Nat King Cole, Kassa Tessema, Mahmud Ahmed and others; her mother's collections of artists like Tom Jones, Muluken Melesse, and Donna Summer. She also collected cassettes which introduced her to artists like Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Michael Bolton, Boyzone, Tracey Chapman and Bob Marley.[citation needed]