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Adewale Mayowa Emmanue (MAYORKUN)

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Biography

Adewale Mayowa Emmanuel (born 23 March 1994), known professionally as Mayorkun, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and pianist.[1] He released a cover of Davido’s “The Money” single and was discovered by the singer on Twitter.[2] Mayorkun was signed to Davido’s record label DMW from 2016 to 2021; his debut single “Eleko” was released under the label.[3] Mayorkun released his debut studio album The Mayor of Lagos in November 2018. After his exit from DMW in 2021; he released “Let Me Know” [4] and his second studio album Back In Office in October 2021, under Sony Music West Africa division. Mayorkun was born on 23 March, 1994 in Osun State, Nigeria.[6] He is the first child of three, born into a family of entertainers. His mother is a Nollywood actress and his father, an artist and movie producer. Mayorkun was part of the choir at a very young age where he, according to him “learnt the rudiments of music”.[7] He has a degree in accounting from the University of Lagos, and was in a banking job before he was discovered in 2016. Mayorkun decided to leave his bank job to search for another due to bad pay, when his cover video was spotted by Davido in February 2016.[9] Davido followed him on Twitter and Instagram, after which Davido asked him if he can do more than play the keyboard. He got a call from Davido the same day he wrote his resignation letter[10] and sent Davido some of the songs he already recorded. Davido decided to sign him to Davido Music Worldwide.[11] Mayorkun released his first single under the label called “Eleko” in 2016. The song debuted on number 9 on the Nigeria Playdata charts, on 1 May 2016, and reached number 5, on 28 May 2016.[12] The video of the song gathered a million views in the first 10 days.[13][14] To his name, Mayorkun has several singles including Yawa, Sade, Che Che, and Mama. In October 2018, he released singles “Posh” and “Fantasy” featuring Olu Maintain[15] in anticipation of his first studio album titled “The Mayor of Lagos”.[16] The Mayor of Lagos was released on the 16th of November, 2018.[17] On December 1, 2018, it appeared on the Billboard World Albums chart, peaking at number 15.

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The Headies Award for Next Rated, City People Music Award for Best Collabo of the Year, Nigeria Entertainment Award for Best New Act of the Year, R&B/Pop Album in headies award

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