Simi (singer)

Simisola Bolatito Kosoko  (née Ogunleye; bɛ dɔɣi o la silimin' gɔli April biɛɣ' pishi yini ka dali yuuni 1988), niriba pam mi o la o akpaaku zuɣu yuli Simi, o nyɛla  Nigerian yili yiinda, yili sabira ni kpɛrikpɛrita. O daa piligi la o yila tuma ni gospel yila, o daa bahi la o tuuli studio album yuuni 2008, ka di yuli daa booni Ogaju. O daa lahi nyɛla alikaali nira zaŋti season 7 of the Nigerian idol TV show yuuni 2022. Niriba pam baŋ o mi yuuni 2014 din daa niŋ ka o bahi "Tiff", yili shɛli bɛ ni daa piigi zaŋti Best Alternative Song at The Headies 2015. Simi daa dihi o nuu gbana zuɣu n-ti X3M Music yuuni 2014, amaa ka daa yi din ni silimin gɔli May yuuni 2019 din daa niŋ ka bɛ alikawuli maa saha daa paai. O daa bahi o studio album din pahiri ayi Simisola silimin gɔli September dabaa anii dali yuuni 2017. O daa bahi la o studio album din pahiri ata Omo Charlie Champagne, Vol. 1 o yuun pihita ni yini dɔɣim dabisili dali silimin gɔli April biɛɣ' pishi yini ka dali yuuni 2019. O daa piligi o record label Studio Brat silimin' gɔli June yuuni  2019.
Piligu biɛhigu 
Bɛ dɔɣi la Simi silimin gɔli April biɛɣ' pishi yini ka dali yuuni 1988 tiŋ yuli booni  Ojuelegba, a suburb of Surulere, Lagos State, ŋun nyɛ bia so ŋun bahindi nyaaŋa o ba bihi anahi puuni. Juliet Ebirim , Vanguard ni daa niŋdi Simi vihigu, o daa yɛli ya ni o lamba nyɛla ban daa luhi ka wurim din daa niŋ ka o na nyɛ yuma awɔi. O daa lahi yɛli ni o daa zooi ka nyɛ tomboy.

 Shikuru baŋsim 
Simi nyɛla ŋun chaŋ Stars International College, secondary shikuru din be  Ikorodu, Lagos State.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine:  O nyɛla shikuru bila kuro zaŋti Covenant University, din ni ka o bɔhim mass communication.
Tuma
2006–13: Career beginnings and Ogaju
Simi zoomi na ka nyɛ wa' wara ni yili yiinda din daa niŋ ka o be local church's choir. O daa sabila o tuuli yili din daa niŋ ka o nyɛ yuun pia. O yila baŋdi tali tuma piligi la yuuni 2008 din daa niŋ ka o bahi o tuuli studio album Ogaju, din daa mali yila balibu pam kamani "Iya Temi" mini "Ara Ile". Ŋun daa ŋmɛ lala album ŋɔ nyɛ Samklef.

2014–2018: Restless, Chemistry and Simisola
Silimin gɔli January yuuni 2014, Simi daa bahi la 5 track EP Restless, din daa chɛ ka o nyɛ yila ŋmɛbu alikawuli ni X3M Music. EP ŋɔ nyɛla yil' shɛŋa din yɛri binshɛŋa niriba pam ni mi kamani Rihanna's "Man Down" n-ti pahi  Adele's "Set Fire to the Rain".

Silimin' gɔli January dabaawɔi dali yuuni 2014, Simi daa bahi la yila ayi "Tiff" mini "E No Go Funny". Lala yila ayi ŋɔ zaa daa nyɛla niriba ni kuli ŋmɛri shɛli ka daa labisiri sɔŋ yila baŋdiba sani. "Tiff" cinii,  ŋun daa wuhiyi di ŋmaabu nyɛ Josh Clarke ka bɛ daa bahili silimin gɔli August biɛɣ' pihita dali yuuni 2015. Bɛ daa piigi yili ŋɔ zaŋti Best Alternative Song yuuni 2015 edition of The Headies.

Yuuni  2015 naabu ni, Simi daa di Most Promising Act to Watch category yuuni  2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards. Leadership ni daa niŋdi o vihigu, Simi daa yɛli ya ni o piligi o studio album din pahiri dibaayi tuma tumbu, ka daa yɛli ni din tooi niŋ ka o bahi li yuuni 2016. O daa bahi  "Jamb Question", bɛ daa piigi Simi pahi yili yiinda shɛba ban yɛn lihiri yuuni 2016 by NotJustOk. "Jamb Question" ŋɔ daa nyɛla yil' shɛli o mini Nigerian yɛliparim lana Falz ni laɣim yili.

Silimin' gɔli February biɛɣ' pinaanahi dali yuuni 2016, Simi daa bahi la Oscar Heman Ackah-produced love ballad "Love Don't Care". Bɛ daa kuli ŋmɛri limi pɔhim zuɣu ka di daa lahi nyɛ labisiri suma. "Love Don't Care" daa nyɛla yil' shɛli din maani Nigeria zuliya  zaba mini lihiʒiɛm. Ŋun daa wuhi lala yilli ŋɔ cinii ŋmɛbu nyɛ Clarence Peters. Silimin' gɔli October yuuni 2016, bɛ daa piigi Simi zaŋti Best Breakthrough Act MTV Africa Music Awards. Silimin gɔli October biɛɣ' pishi ni ayopɔin dali, Simi mini Falz daa laɣimi bahi Chemistry. Oghene Michael of 360 Nobs daa buɣisi EP  "experiment of the word art". Silimin' gɔli December yuuni 2016, bɛ daa piigi Simi yaɣa dibaa ata n-ti The Headies 2016, ka o daa di zaɣa yini.

O 12-track studio album din daa pahiri ayi Simisola nyaaŋa,  Simi daa lahi bahi yila ayi; "Smile for Me" n-ti pahi "Joromi". Ban daa sɔŋ ka di shinii nima ŋmaai nyɛ Clarence Peters mini Aje Films. Yila shinii nim zaŋti "O Wa Nbe", "Complete Me", "Gone for Good" ni  "Aimasiko" daa nyɛla o ni bahi shɛli ni di sɔŋ duhi album ŋɔ zuɣusaa . Simisola daa nyɛla o ni bahi shɛli dabaa ayopɔin nyaaŋa ka di daa dɔni bunu zuɣu Billboard World Albums chart.

Maŋmaŋ biɛhigu 
Simi nyɛla ŋun kuli yil' yiinda ŋun yuli booni Adekunle Gold din daa nyɛ amiliya shɛli bɛ ni daa sɔɣi niŋ silimin' gɔli January dabaa awɔi dali yuuni 2019. Di nyaaŋa lahabali daa wuhiya ni bɛ nyɛla ban laɣ' taba yuma anu Simi daa lɛbi ma siliminl gɔli May biɛɣ' pihita dali yuuni 2020 din daa niŋ ka o dɔɣi o bia ŋun nyɛ paɣa ka o yuli booni Adejare.

 Filmography 
O daa niŋ la tuuli kpɛrigu  Kunle Afolayan's directorial Mokalik.

Films

 Mokalik (2019)

Discography
Studio albums
Ogaju (2008)
Chemistry (with Falz) (2016)
Simisola (2017)
Omo Charlie Champagne, Vol. 1 (2019)
To Be Honest (2022)
Lost and Found (2024)

EPs
Restless (2014)
Restless II (2020)

Selected singles
+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name Title Year Album "Ara Ile"2008Ogaju"Emi L'Onijo"2012rowspan="6" "Take a Chance""Chocolate Brown""Don't Judge Me (cover)"2013"Bibanke (cover)""Marvin's Room (cover)""Tiff"2014Simisola"E No Go Funny""Jamb Question"2015Simisola"Jamb Question" (Remix) (featuring Falz)rowspan="2" "Open and Close""Love Don't Care"2016Simisola"Smile for Me"2017"Joromi""I Dun Care"2018 Omo Charlie Champagne, Vol. 1"Lovin""Ayo"2019"Duduke" 2020rowspan="3"  "There for You" "Borrow Me Your Baby" (featuring Falz) 2024

Pina mini piibu 

YearAward ceremonyPrizeRecipient/Nominated WorkResult Ref20152015 Nigeria Entertainment AwardsMost Promising Act to WatchHerself2015 City People Entertainment AwardsMost Promising Act of The Year2015 Nigerian Music Video AwardsBest RnB Video"Tiff"Music Video of The YearBest Soft Rock/Alternative Video"Jamb Question"2016The Headies 2015Best Alternative Song"Tiff"Best Vocal Performance (Female)Herself2016 City People Entertainment AwardsFemale Artiste of the YearNigerian Teen Choice Awards 2016Choice Upcoming Female Artist2016 MTV African Music AwardsBest Breakthrough ActThe Headies 2016Best Recording of the Year"Love Don't Care"Best R&B SingleBest Collaboration"Soldier" (with Falz)Best Vocal Performance (Female)"Love Don't Care"20172017 City People Entertainment AwardsBest Collabo of the Year"No Forget" (with Adekunle Gold)2017 Nigeria Entertainment AwardsBest Afropop Female ArtistHerselfBest AlbumChemistry AFRIMA AwardsSongwriter of the YearHerselfSoundcity MVP Awards FestivalSong of the YearBest Female MVPBest Pop2018The HeadiesBest Recording of the Year"Joromi"Best R&B/Pop albumSimisolaBest R&B single"Smile For Me"Best Vocal Performance (female)"Gone For Good"Album of the YearSimisolaArtiste of the YearHerselfFuture Awards AfricaPrize for Music2021Net HonoursMost Popular MusicianMost Searched Musician (female)Most Played Pop Song"Duduke"Most Played Hip Hop song"Know you" Most Played RnB Song"Running to You" 2023The HeadiesSONGWRITER OF THE YEAR“Loyal”Best R&B Single“Loyal” – Simi ft FaveBest Vocal Performance (Female)“Loyal”Best R&B AlbumTo Be Honest (Tbh)Best Female ArtisteHerself

Academic writings about Simi
Adebayo, Abidemi Olufemi. "Culture Shift and Simisola Ogunleye's (Simi's) Conception of the Millennial African Woman in Love Don't Care and Joromi." Ibadan Journal of English Studies 7 (2018): 173–184.

 Lihimi m-pahi 
List of Nigerian musicians

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