page_title: Iyanya
hierarchical_section_title: Iyanya
caption_attribution_description: English: A studio portrait of Iyanya, belonging to TCD Photography
context_page_description: Iyanya Onoyom Mbuk, known by his stage name Iyanya, is a Nigerian Afropop recording artist and performer. He rose to fame after winning the first season of Project Fame West Africa and is best known for his hit single "Kukere". He co-founded the record label Made Men Music Group with Ubi Franklin in 2011. He released his debut studio album My Story in 2011. It was supported by the singles "No Time" and "Love Truly". Desire, his second studio album, contained five singles: "Kukere", "Ur Waist", "Flavour", "Sexy Mama", and "Jombolo". He won the Artist of the Year award at The Headies 2013. In October 2016, Iyanya announced on Instagram that he signed a record deal with Mavin Records. Few months prior, he signed a management deal with Temple Management Company. He first announced his intentions to leave Made Men Music Group in July 2016.
context_section_description: Iyanya Onoyom Mbuk (born 31 October 1986), known by his stage name Iyanya, is a Nigerian Afropop recording artist and performer. He rose to fame after winning the first season of Project Fame West Africa and is best known for his hit single "Kukere". He co-founded the record label Made Men Music Group with Ubi Franklin in 2011. He released his debut studio album My Story in 2011. It was supported by the singles "No Time" and "Love Truly". Desire, his second studio album, contained five singles: "Kukere", "Ur Waist", "Flavour", "Sexy Mama", and "Jombolo". He won the Artist of the Year award at The Headies 2013. In October 2016, Iyanya announced on Instagram that he signed a record deal with Mavin Records. Few months prior, he signed a management deal with Temple Management Company. He first announced his intentions to leave Made Men Music Group in July 2016.
caption: Iyanya in 2013
exif: {"Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.3 (Macintosh)", "Image DateTime": "2014:03:22 23:20:25", "Image Artist": "Imole \"Tobbie maguire\" Balogun", "Image Copyright": "2012", "Image ExifOffset": "2310", "Image Padding": "[]", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "4572", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "7762", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0230", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2013:01:10 03:05:33", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2013:01:10 03:05:33", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "65", "EXIF ImageUniqueID": "3AFD474EF854490E9001C69FEA4DD4F2", "EXIF Padding": "[]"}