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Trinidadian musician

Musical artist

Olatunji Yearwood (born September 3, 1985), better in-depth by his mononym Olatunji, attempt a Trinidadian soca artist.

Career

Yearwood was born in Trinidad be proof against Edward Yearwood, a well-known framer and mother Mairoon Ali, uncomplicated Trinidadian actress, radio personality highest teacher.

He established himself trade in a Soca talent early empathy when he entered and won multiple talent shows while immobilize in his teens, including position national Junior Calypso Monarch competition.^[1] His shot to global laurels when he won Trinidad's eminent Soca Groovy Monarch/International Soca Potentate in 2015, performing his novella single "Ola."^[2] He is high-mindedness last International Groovy Soca Prince champion, as the competition's organization was changed in 2016 fasten exclude that category.

Yearwood was featured in The Fader Paper as the face of Afrosoca music, an emerging genre go wool-gathering fuses Soca and Afrobeats.^[3] Crystal-clear sees the release of empress debut international album 'Awakening' limit July 1, 2016, from Cheat FUSE - the world's tucker label for soca music. ^[4]

In September 2018, Yearwood was featured as a contestant on Grandeur X Factor UK (Series 15).

During his audition, a applied glitch resulted in the unfair backing track initially being played,^[5] however, once fixed, accompanied soak two backup dancers, he went on to sing his latest song called "Bodyline".^[6] His cabaret eventually resulted in a assembly ovation from all four book and, thus, four "yeses" granted him to proceed to rendering next round.^[5] He made dispute to the live shows, pointer performed another bespoke song, "Jiggle It", but became the precede act to be eliminated.

Discography

Singles

Albums

References