Yemi Alade
Yi palo
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Dɔɣim yuli | Yemi Eberechi Alade |
Nigeria, Silimin gɔli March 13, 1989 (run 36) | |
O ya Tiŋgbaŋ | Nigeria |
A ya balli | Yoruba (en) ![]() |
Education | |
Shikuru shɛli o ni chaŋ | University of Lagos Bachelor of Science (en) ![]() ![]() |
Bala yɛlibu, sabbu bee buɣisibu | Silmiinsili Nigerian Pidgin (en) ![]() Farinsi |
Tuma | |
Tuma | baaŋa, songwriter (en) ![]() ![]() |
Dubu | 1.65 m |
Pin' shɛŋa o ni dee | |
Nuu tuunbaŋsim balibu | African popular music (en) ![]() |
Binkumdili | voice (en) ![]() |
IMDb | nm11121793 |
yemialadeofficial.com |
Yemi Eberechi Alade (doɣim lula silimin gɔli March biɛɣu pia ni ata yuuni 1989), so kam daa mi ka o nyɛla baŋda kamani Yemi Alade, o nyɛla Nageria ninvuɣ so ŋun yiini yila, ka sabiri yila, ka lahi nyɛ kpɛrikpɛrita ŋun nyɛ paɣa.[1] o yila maa nyɛla yilibu nyɛla din jɛndi Afropop, highlife, dancehall, pop n-ti pahi R&B, ka lahi nyɛ nivuɣu so ŋun yuli du zaŋ chaŋ tiŋduya din yaɣi Africa zuɣu.[2] O yiini la siliminsili ni, Igbo, Pidgin, Yoruba, French, Swahili n ti pahi Portuguese.[3]

Discography
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Tɛmplet:Col 2Studio albums
- King of Queens (2015)
- Mama Africa (2016)
- Black Magic (2017)
- Woman of Steel (2019)
- Empress (2020)
- Rebel Queen (2024)
Tɛmplet:Col 2 Extended plays (EPs)
- Mama Afrique (2017)
- Queendoncom (2021)
- African Baddie (2022)
- Mamapiano (2023)
Filmography
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Film
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Year | Title | Role | Director | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Home | Nneka | Clarence Peters | [4][5] |
2020 | Black Is King | Yemi Alade | Beyoncé | [6] |
Omo Ghetto: The Saga | Mogambo | Funke Akindele-Bello | [7] |
Television
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
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2017 | The Voice Nigeria | Coach | Replaced 2baba as coach from season 1 | [8] |
2020 | Returns as coach for season 3 | [9] |
Pina mini piibu
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2025 | Tomorrow | Best African Music Performance[10] | Nominated |
African Entertainment Awards USA (AEAUSA)
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2018 | Herself | Female Artist of the Year | Won |
2019 | Herself | Best Female Artist | Nominated |
2019 | Herself | Entertainer of the year | Nominated |
2020 | Herself | Best Female Artist | Nominated |
2020 | "Shekere" featuring Angelique Kidjo | Best Collaboration of the Year | Nominated |
2020 | Herself | Entertainer of the Year | Nominated |
2020 | Herself | Best Female artist (West Africa) | Won |
2021 | Herself | Artist of the year | Nominated |
2021 | Herself | Best female artist | Nominated |
2021 | Herself | Best female artist (West Africa) | Nominated |
2021 | Empress | Best Album of the year | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2015 | "Kissing" | Best Female Artiste in Western Africa | Won |
2018 | "Herself" | Best Female Artiste | Won |
2019 | "Oh My Gosh" | Best Female Artiste in Western Africa | Nominated |
AFRIMMA Awards (African Muzik Magazine Awards)
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2020 | Herself | Best Female Western Africa | Nominated |
2020 | Herself | Best Live Act | Nominated |
2019 | Herself | Artiste of the Year | Nominated |
2019 | Herself | Best Live Act | Nominated |
2018 | "Oh My Gosh" | Best Female Western Africa | Won |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2015 | Herself | Best Female[11] | Won |
2016 | Herself | Best Female[12] | Won |
2016 | Herself | Artiste of the Year | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2015 | Herself | Best African Act | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2020 | Herself | Best Female | Nominated |
2020 | Herself | African Artiste of the Year | Nominated |
2020 | Herself | Digital Artiste of the Year | Nominated |
2019 | Herself | Best Female | Nominated |
2019 | Herself | Best Pop | Nominated |
2019 | Herself | Digital Artiste of the Year | Nominated |
2019 | Herself | African Artiste of the Year | Nominated |
2018 | Herself | Best Female | Nominated |
2018 | Herself | Best Pop | Nominated |
2018 | Herself | Digital Artiste of the Year | Nominated |
2018 | Herself | African Artiste of the Year | Nominated |
2017 | Herself | Best Female | Nominated |
2017 | Herself | Digital Artiste of the Year | Nominated |
2016 | Herself | Best Female | Won |
2016 | Herself | Best Pop | Nominated |
2016 | Herself | African Artiste of the Year | Nominated |
Independent Music Awards
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2016 | Mama Africa | Best Album-World Beat | Won |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2015 | Herself | Best International Act: Africa[13] | Nominated |
2016 | Herself | Best International Act | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2014 | Herself | Female Artist of the Year[14] | Nominated |
2015 | Herself | Female artiste of the year | Won |
2015 | Herself | Best Live Performer | Nominated |
2016 | Herself | Best Live Performer | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2014 | Herself | Female Musician of the Year[15] | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2014 | Herself | Best African Act[16] | Nominated |
YEM Awards
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2012 | Herself | Female Artiste of the Year[17] | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2013 | Herself | Most Promising Female[18] | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref |
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2016 | Want You | African Video of the Year | Nominated | [19] |
Best African Female Video | Nominated | [20] | ||
Best West African Video | Nominated | [21] | ||
Best Afro Pop Video | Nominated | [22] | ||
Best African Dance Video | Nominated | [23] | ||
Ferrari | Best African Traditional Video | Nominated | [24] |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2019 | Herself | Best Performer | Won |
2018 | Won | ||
2017 | Best Performer | Won | |
2016 | Herself | Artiste of the Year | Nominated |
2015 | Herself | Hip Hop World Revelation of the Year | Won |
2015 | "Duro Timi" | Best Vocal Performance (Female) | Nominated |
2015 | Herself | Artiste of the Year | Nominated |
2015 | King of Queens | Album of the Year | Nominated |
2015 | King of Queens | Best R&B/Pop Album | Nominated |
NET Honours
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2021 | Herself | Most Popular Musician[25] | Nominated |
Tours
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]
- King of Queens Tour.
- Mama Africa Tour.[26][27]
- Black Magic Tour.[28]
- Woman of Steel Tour.[29]
- Empress Tour.[30]
Kundivihira
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- ↑ Nigerian Afropop star Yemi Alade joins UNDP's call for urgent action to protect those hit hardest by COVID-19 surge (en).
- ↑ Yemi Alade celebrates African heritage in new video 'Shekere' (2020-02-10).
- ↑ punchng (2017-04-16). Being Yoruba and Igbo is a plus for me, says Yemi Alade (en-US).
- ↑ Watch Yemi Alade's New Short Film for Her Latest Single 'Home' (en) (2019-09-10).
- ↑ Finally! Yemi Alade Premieres Her Short Film, "Home" (en-US) (2019-09-10).
- ↑ Yemi Alade Stars in Beyonce's 'Black is King' (en-US) (2020-07-24).
- ↑ Yemi Alade to make Movie debut in Funke Akindele's "Omo Ghetto: The Saga" « tooXclusive (en-US) (2020-09-07).
- ↑ Yemi Alade replaces 2baba as 'The Voice' coach (en-US) (2017-05-09).
- ↑ Waje and Yemi Alade Return As Judges For The Third Season Of The Voice Nigeria (en) (26 August 2020).
- ↑ "The OFFICIAL 2025 GRAMMY Nominations Full List". Grammy Awards. Grammy Awards. 2024-11-08. https://www.grammy.com/news/2025-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list.
- ↑ MAMA 2015 – 2015 MTV Africa Music Awards Winners!. Mtv Africa Music Awards 2015.
- ↑ See the full list of MTV Africa Music Awards 2016 Winners!. Mtv Africa Music Awards 2016.
- ↑ Best International Act: Africa. BET.com (4 May 2015).
- ↑ Nigeria Entertainment Awards 2014 Nominees List: Davido, Yemi Alade, Others Nominated. tooxclusive.com (29 May 2014).
- ↑ Who won what at City People Entertainment Awards 2014. thenet.ng.
- ↑ MOBO Best African Act. mobo.com (2014-09-24).
- ↑ YOUNG ENTERTAINERS AND MUSIC [YEM AWARDS ANNOUNCES NOMINEES.] (July 2012).
- ↑ All The Winners At The 2013 Exquisite Lady Of The Year (ELOY 2013) Awards (2013-11-26).
- ↑ Checkout nominees for Watsup Tv Africa Music Video Awards (October 2016).
- ↑ Yemi Alade, Wizkid, Diamond Platnumz, Cassper Nyovest & others Nominated for Watsup TV Africa Music Video Awards set to hold this December (2016-10-19).
- ↑ Yemi Alade, Shatta Wale nominated for 2016 WatsUp TV Africa Music Video Awards – Today Newspaper (2016-10-05).
- ↑ Nsabimana, Eddie (2016-10-10). Rwanda: Knowles' Video Nominated At Watsup TV Africa Music Video Awards.
- ↑ Yemi Alade, Wizkid, Diamond Platnumz, Cassper Nyovest & others Nominated for Watsup TV Africa Music Video Awards set to hold this December – BellaNaija (2016-10-19).
- ↑ WAMVA 2016: Bisa Kdei, Shatta Wale, Sarkodie, Wizkid, Flavour, others nominated – Music (de) (2016-10-29).
- ↑ NET Honours. thenet.ng (9 June 2021).
- ↑ BellaNaija.com (2017-04-08). Yemi Alade Kicks Off her Mama Africa World Tour in Paris selling out the Le Trianon | See Photos (en-US).
- ↑ Eye on Africa - Nigerian afropop star Yemi Alade in Paris on 'Mama Africa' World Tour (en) (2017-04-06).
- ↑ [Video Yemi Alade - Black Magic World Tour Diary (Episode 1) « tooXclusive] (en-US) (2018-07-26).
- ↑ TODAY (2019-10-29). Yemi Alade kicks off "WOS" World Tour in Ethiopia — in pictures & video (en-US).
- ↑ How Yemi Alade shutdown 9.30 nightclub in US (en-US) (2021-10-09).
External links
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]O piligu
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Music career
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Advocacy
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Legacy
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Discography
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Filmography
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Film
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Television
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Kundivihira
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Pubu pubu:
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
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- Articles with MusicBrainz identifiers
- Nigerian women pop singers
- University of Lagos alumni
- Musicians from Abia State
- Musicians from Ondo State
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Nigerian contemporary R&B singers
- Yoruba women musicians
- Igbo musicians
- English-language singers from Nigeria
- Yoruba-language singers of Nigeria
- 21st-century Nigerian women singers
- Nigerian women singer-songwriters
- Nigerian singer-songwriters
- The Headies winners
- Universal Music Group artists
- Swahili-language singers of Nigeria
- Portuguese-language singers
- United Nations Development Programme officials
- Nigerian Afrobeats musicians