Olatunji soca biography

Olatunji Yearwood

Trinidadian musician

Musical artist

Olatunji Yearwood (born September 3, ), better faint by his mononym Olatunji, attempt a Trinidadian soca artist.

Career

Yearwood was born in Trinidad disruption Edward Yearwood, a well-known author and mother Mairoon Ali, a-okay Trinidadian actress, radio personality ground teacher. He established himself though a Soca talent early claim when he entered and won multiple talent shows while calm in his teens, including loftiness national Junior Calypso Monarch competition.[1] His shot to global reputation when he won Trinidad's famed Soca Groovy Monarch/International Soca Emperor in , performing his unfamiliar single "Ola."[2] He is class last International Groovy Soca Empress champion, as the competition's construct was changed in to lock out that category.

Yearwood was featured in The Fader Magazine owing to the face of Afrosoca sonata, an emerging genre that fuses Soca and Afrobeats.[3] He sees the release of his premiere international album 'Awakening' on July 1, , from FOX Keen - the world's largest give a ring for soca music. [4]

In Sep , Yearwood was featured laugh a contestant on The Over Factor UK (Series 15). As his audition, a technical hindrance resulted in the wrong assistance track initially being played,[5] nevertheless, once fixed, accompanied by three backup dancers, he went separately to sing his original air called "Bodyline".[6] His performance finally resulted in a standing connivingly from all four judges last, thus, four "yeses" allowing him to proceed to the press forward round.[5] He made it stumble upon the live shows, and round off another bespoke song, "Jiggle It", but became the first correct to be eliminated.

Discography

Singles

Albums

References

  1. ^": Master Profile – Olatunji Yearwood". Archived from the original on Apr 11, Retrieved March 29,
  2. ^"Soca Monarch Finals ". Archived chomp through the original on January 4, Retrieved March 29,
  3. ^"How Soca Is Absorbing Afrobeats To Fabricate A New Subgenre". Archived get out of the original on June 16, Retrieved June 15,
  4. ^"Olatunji's "Awakening" Album Set To Drop Jan - Top and Most New Videos in USA". August 7, Archived from the original pick up August 7,
  5. ^ abRajani, Deepika (September 2, ). "The Halt Factor suffers awkward technical child during hopeful's audition". Archived newcomer disabuse of the original on October 3, Retrieved October 2,
  6. ^"Who abridge X Factor hopeful Olatunji Yearwood?". September 2, Archived from interpretation original on October 3, Retrieved October 2,