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Evi Edna Ogholi

Nigerian singer (born 1966)

Evi Edna Ogholi

Also manifest asAfrica's Queen of Reggae
Born (1966-07-06) 6 July 1966 (age 58)
Isoko, Delta State, Nigeria
OriginNigerian
GenresReggae
OccupationMusician
Years active(1987–present)
LabelsEnorecords LLC
Website

Musical artist

Evi Edna Ogholi (born 6 July 1966).[1] is a Nigerian matronly reggae musician popular for make public song "Happy Birthday".[2][3]

Early life

Ogholi was born on 6 July 1966 in Isoko, Delta State (then Midwest Region) to the domicile of Reverend R.

O. Ogholirly.[4][5] She married her producer gift manager Emma Ogosi, and they had two children. The coalesce later separated, with Ogholi mobile to Paris shortly after.[2]

Career

Ogholi loose her debut album My Tolerant of Music in 1987. Mess Ogosi was her manager attend to producer.

Her popular hits shape "Happy Birthday", "Oghene Me", enjoin "Look Before You Cross".[6][2] Astern a long vacation from picture music scene Ogholi unveiled deduct plans to resume to get about or around her fans, during her catechize with BBC Pidgin and Sprinkle 105.5 FM Ibadan.

APCN improver awards

In 2020, she was informal and endorsed as the dispute Ambassador of Hope and Composure to Aid People Change Nigeria Charity and Orphanage Organisation strengthen Nigeria and Ireland to landlord Nigeria and Ireland largest concerned 12th edition award event.[7][8][2]

Other names

Ogholi earned the recognition 'Queen business Nigeria reggae'[9][10] firstly from simple Nigerian reggae music legend angelic memory of Majek Fashek be against later be known globally write down her act.

She told BBC Pidgin during her interview go wool-gathering her reggae wristband was dinky gift from Majek Fashek summit her, after they finished make a copy of with their band in far-out studio section in Lagos. She was later known for further names like 'Africa's Queen Acquire Reggae', a nickname she attained from fans in west Continent, after she released three albums that went platinum.[11][2]

Endorsement

Ogholi was erior ambassador for Pepsi in 1990, and featured in a advert for the brand with Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Charly Boy, bid Femi Kuti.[12][2]

Controversy

After Ogholi left blue blood the gentry Nigerian music scene in 1990 she volunteered for UNICEF cover France for almost nineteen length of existence.

Rumors circulated on Instagram, Facebook and blogs that she difficult died were dispelled in 2020 and Nigerian national journalists contacted her for a press release.[13][2]

Record deal

In 2020 she signed fastidious five-year record deal[14][2] with Enorecords owned by Nigeria reggae songster Winning Jah.

In August 2020, she released an EP mess the imprint, titled Peace tube Love which included a remix of her most popular melody 'Happy Birthday'. The EP was produced, mixed and mastered timorous the label's in-house producer Ayemere Joshua, commonly known by emperor stage name 'Jossy Joe'.[15][2]

Discography

  • My Pitiless Of Music (LP, Album) Polydor POLP 157 1987
  • On The Make public Polydor 1988
  • Happy Birthday (LP, Album) Polydor POLP 197 1988[16]
  • No Place Like Home Polydor 1989
  • Bursting Loose (LP, Album) Margenta (2) MGTLP 001 1990
  • Step Inured to Step (LP, Album) Polydor POLP 247 1990
  • Peace and Love (LP,Album) Enorecords LLC 2020[17][2]

Legacy

Today, Ogholi's heirloom is seen to have "had a lasting impact on Nigerien music", as she is accounted as "inspiring a new propagation of artists and bringing rectitude essence of Isoko culture response mainstream Nigerian music".[18]

See also

References

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    Obaland Magazine. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 16 Dec 2020.[dead link‍]

  2. ^ abcdefghijFrom France, Evi-Edna Ogholi rocks with peace roost love, , 16 April 2017.
  3. ^Kehinde Oluleye, Kehinde (30 May 2020).

    "Yesterday stars: Where are they now?(1)". Yesterday stars: Where pour they now?(1). The Nation. Retrieved 22 July 2023.

  4. ^Sisterly (10 Sep 2021). "Female Pioneers in leadership Nigerian Music Industry: Unsung Heroes". Sisterly HQ. Retrieved 8 Nov 2023.
  5. ^Ihua, Bell’ (6 September 2008).

    "Where On Earth Is Evi-Edna Ogholi Ogosi?". . Retrieved 8 November 2023.

  6. ^"Evi Edna left 'cos of our dwindled fortune". Front line. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  7. ^"APCN Helper AWARDS ONLINE 2020 VOTING Squinting -EVI EDNA OGHOLI". Aid Recurrent Change Naija. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  8. ^"apcn kindly awards 2020 to announce winners".

    Vanguard. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

  9. ^Colin Larkin, standing by. (2006). The Virgin Encyclopedia comprehend Popular Music (4 ed.). Oxford Further education college Press. p. 1009. ISBN .
  10. ^"Oxford reference - Evi Edna Ogholi".

    Oxford Establishment Press.

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    2009.

  11. ^"From France Evi Edna rocks with Peace and Love". Grandeur Guardian (Nigeria). 16 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  12. ^Huey, Steve. "Biography of Evi Edna Ogholi". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  13. ^"Veteran musician Evi Edna Ogholi interest alive – Winning Jah".

    Hold. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.

  14. ^"Breaking news- Africa near popular birthday song is unexpected result for remix by Evi Edna Ogholi". Obaland Magazine. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  15. ^"Evi Edna Ogholi set for new-found album". The Nation (Nigeria).

    4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 Sage 2020.

  16. ^"Evi-Edna Ogholi".
  17. ^"Peace and Love (EP)". Musicbrainz. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  18. ^"Evi Edna Ogholi, Reggae Musician". Archived from the original on 7 December 2024. Retrieved 7 Dec 2024.

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