Simi named as trendy Spotify EQUAL Africa artist

 Simi named as trendy Spotify EQUAL Africa artist

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Global streaming large, Spotify, introduced today that Nigerian singer-songwriter Simi has been decided on as Spotify EQUAL Africa track programme ambassador for July. This assertion follows the release of her modern day album, ‘TBH (To Be Honest)’ which got here out in June.

Simi joins different Nigerian artists,Tiwa Savage, Ayra Starr, Asa, and FAVE to be a part of EQUAL Africa, which aims to  spotlight and make bigger the voices of gifted African female artists making waves in the music scene. She additionally becomes simplest the second African artist after Tiwa Savage to be named as an EQUAL Global and EQUAL Africa artist. 

Simi named as modern day Spotify EQUAL Africa artist

The Nigerian musician, sound engineer and actress, Simi Bolatito Ogunleye, began her musical journey as a chorister in church. Starting her musical career as a gospel singer, Simi launched her debut studio album ‘Ogaju’ in 2008 before switching genres to Afro-pop.

She got here onto the public’s radar in 2014  after the discharge of the unmarried, ‘TIFF’, which became nominated for Best Alternative Song at The Headies in 2015. 

Her 2016 unmarried, ‘Jamb Question’, become a huge hit, topping music charts for weeks. In 2020, Simi garnered even extra buzz within the enterprise after she released her famous music, ‘Duduke’, which celebrated the beginning of her daughter. ‘Duduke’ turned into one of the most performed songs of the 12 months in Nigeria, a further testament to Simi’s musical prowess.

“Striving and thriving as a female in a male dominated industry has taken years of exercise to master,” says Simi. “You go from being frightened of it, to being intimidated by using it, to being courageous enough for it and then eventually, to conquering it. I’ve nearly continually needed to do way more than my male friends to show myself. But, due to my love for track, I were relentless and proud to try this paintings. I definitely hope, with all my heart, that the girls who hold to return after me locate it less difficult to polish within the manner they deserve.”

Spotify welcomes Simi to the EQUAL programme which targets to foster gender equality and offer a platform to have fun influential lady artists. She joins a  listing of gifted African ladies who are riding the subculture and breaking through boundaries within the music enterprise.

“We are proud to welcome Simi to the EQUAL programme, and we’re so excited to peer where her expertise continues to take her from strength to electricity,” says Spotify’s head of tune for sub-Saharan Africa, Phiona Okumu.

The EQUAL programme spans seven categories, which encompass the EQUAL Artists of the Month and the EQUAL neighborhood playlists. As the cutting-edge artist to enroll in the EQUAL Africa and Global Music Programs, Simi could be featured on the EQUAL Africa and the EQUAL Global playlists.

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