Yemi Eberechi Alade

Yemi Eberechi Alade was born on March 13, 1989 in Abia State, Nigeria. Her father, James Alade – a Police Commissioner^[4] – is of Yoruba origin while her mother Helen Uzoma is of Igbo origin resulting in her being referred as "Yoruba-Igbo girl". She’s from Ondo State,South West,Nigeria. Alade is the fifth out of the seven children in her family. She attended St Saviour British Primary School, then went on to Victory Grammar School in Lagos, before obtaining a degree in Geography at the University of Lagos.

Music career

Alade made her musical debut in an all-girl group called Noty Spices in 2005, but her music became widely popular after she won the Peak Talent Show in 2009. She later released her first single "Fimisile" under the Jus' Kiddin' label.
In 2012, she signed onto the music label, Effyzzie Music Group, and released her single "Ghen Ghen Love".^[5]
In July 2013, Alade released the video for her afro-R&B song "Bamboo", produced by Fliptyce. "Bamboo" went on to be a moderate hit and a popular wedding song.^{[citation needed]} In the last quarter of 2013, her single, "Johnny", produced by Selebobo, was leaked on the internet. The song became an international hit in Tanzania, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Liberia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, and the United Kingdom, among others. At the time it had no accompanying music video.
Alade has been featured on the covers of several magazines and performed around the world, sharing stages and songs with Mary J. Blige, Shina Peters, M.I, Wizkid, Becca, May D, Waje and Yemi Sax. She also headlined the Super Diva’s Nite at the 2013 Calabar Festival, and opened for the 2013 Headies Awards.
In 2014, Alade was featured on Yung6ix’s track "Lights", as well as on a remix of "Sebiwo" by Beninese afropop star Lace. Alade teamed up with cinematographer Clarence Peters to create a music video for "Johnny", which was released in March 2014 to critical acclaim and now has more than 100 million views on YouTube, as of June 2018.^[6][7]
Alade joined M.I, Waje, Timi Dakolo, and Burna Boy in singing the theme song for Port Harcourt, the UNESCO 2014 World Book Capital, as part of a project urging young people to read and stay in school. Shortly after that, Alade released a new single entitled "Tangerine", featuring Selebobo; the track charted across Africa. She appeared as a guest artist on Falz’s debut album.
She released her debut album, King of Queens, on 2 October 2014, and then went on tour. Alade then released her second studio album, titled Mama Africa, in March 2016.
In 2018, she released a well accepted tune entitled "Oh My Gosh", No one can take the "Mama Africa" title from her anytime soon.

    Selected singles

• "Fimisile" (2009)
• "Ghen Ghen Love" (2013)
• "Johnny" (October 2013)
• "Classic Girl Freestyle" (Jidenna's "Classic Man" cover) (2015)
• "Na Gode" (July 2015)
• "Koffi Anan" (Freestyle) (January 2016)^[9]
• "Ferrari" (March 2016)
• "Kom Kom (ft. Flavour)" (May 2016)
• "Want You" (July 2016)
• "Africa (ft. Sauti Sol)" (July 2016)
• "Tumbum" (November 2016)
• "Knack Am" (2017)
• "Get Through This (ft. Mi Casa)" (2017)
• ”Single and Searching” (November 2017)
• "Bum Bum"(March 2018)
• "How I Feel" (2018)
• "Oh My Gosh" (2018)

Awards and nominations
 WatsUp TV Africa Music Video Awards
 

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref
2016	Want You	African Video of the Year	Nominated	[10]
		Best African Female Video	Nominated	[11]
		Best West African Video	Nominated	[12]
		Best Afro Pop Video	Nominated	[13]
		Best African Dance Video	Nominated	[14]
	Ferrari	Best African Traditional Video	Nominated

       

MTV African Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2015	Herself	Best Female [16]	Won
2016	Herself	Best Female [17]	Won

BET Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2015	Herself	Best International Act: Africa [18]	Nominated

Nigeria Entertainment Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2014	Herself	Female Artist of the Year[19]

City People Entertainment Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2014	Herself	Female Musician of the Year

MOBO Awards

YEM Awards

ELOY Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2014	Herself	Best African Act[21]	Nominated
Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2012	Herself	Female Artiste of the Year[22]	Nominated
Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2013	Herself	Most Promising Female[23]	Nominated