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Simisola Bolatito Ogunleye is a Nigerian singer and songwriter Popularly called Simi.
{Born April 19, 1988}
Simi began her career as a gospel singer, freeing her debut studio album in 2008 titled Ogaju. Her profession came into highlight in 2014 after she released "Tiff", a tune which became nominated in classes at the Headies 2015 and in addition introduced her to mainstream recognition. Simi is currently signed to X3M tune under which she launched her 2d studio album Simisola.
Growing up and schooling
Simi have become born in Ojuelegba, a suburb of Surulere, due to the fact the last of 4 kids. In an interview she granted to Juliet Ebirim of vanguard Newspaper, Simi observed out that she grew up as a tomboy in advance than the separation of her parents when she come to be nine.She attended Stars global college, a secondary college in Ikorodu, Lagos u . S ..She is an alumna of Covenant college in which she studied Mass communication
Career
2006–13: Early beginnings and Ogaju
Simi grew up dancing and singing as a member of her nearby church's choir until she wrote her first track at the age of 10.Her professional musical profession started out in 2008 following the discharge of her debut album titled Ogaju which contained songs like "Iya Temi" and "Ara Ile" with the entire musical manufacturing from Samklef.
2014–gift: restless, Chemistry and Simisola
In January 2014, Simi launched an EP titled restless which obtained her new grounds and in addition earned her a report cope with X3M song.The EP includes a five-tune cover of well-known songs by way of way of worldwide acts like Rihanna's "man Down" and Adele's "Set fireplace to the Rain".On January 9, 2014, Simi released singles titled "Tiff" and "E No cross funny", with the preceding receiving large airplay and standard generally amongst music critics. The video for "Tiff" was released on August 30, 2015 and directed through Josh Clarke.The tune went on to be nominated in the "best opportunity tune" class at the 2015 version of The Headies.
In 2015, Simi received the "maximum Promising Act to take a look at" class on the 2015 Nigeria leisure Awards. In an interview with management Newspaper, Simi said she is running on her sophomore album scheduled to be launched in 2016. Upon the release of a unmarried titled "Jamb question" which later featured Falz within the remix, Simi turned into indexed as one of the artistes to look at out for in 2016 via NotJustOk
On 14 February 2016, she launched "Love do not Care", an Oscar Heman-Ackah-produced ballad which emerge as received to high best important opinions and large airplay. The music condemns the discrimination of affection because of tribal and social prejudices. The music video of the song was directed through manner of Clarence Peters. In October 2016, she changed into nominated within the pleasant leap ahead Act category on the 2016 edition of the MTV Africa tune Awards. On 27 October, Simi collaborated with Falz to release Chemistry, a undertaking Oghene Michael of 360Nobs defined as an "test of the word art work". In December 2016, Simi changed into nominated in 3 classes on the Headies 2016 award ceremony, prevailing one class
For the reason that release of her album, she has released for song films off the album together with "O wa nbe", "whole me", "lengthy past for precise" and "Aimasiko" which became a cover to a song of similar call with the aid of Ebenezer Obey with cameo look from him. On August 11, 2018 simi launched some other hit single of her style "I dun care" alongside a video for it.
Discography
Studio albums
Ogaju (2008)
Chemistry (with Falz) (2016)
Simisola (2017)
Artistry
Aside from creating a song and songwriting, Simi is likewise a valid engineer.
She is credited to have mixed and mastered Adekunle Gold's Gold album which became launched in July 2016. Her song fashion is basically hinged within the rhythm and blues, soul and hip-hop style of tune.
Marriage
Simi is happily married to Adekunle Gold
And there blessed with a bouncing baby girl.
