Tunde Baiyewu

Emmanuel Babatunde Baiyewu (ku ma bi ọjọ kochu ẹgwaka nolu ọjọ ogwu nyọwọ mẹlu efu ọdọ 1968), mà nwọ dọ kì Tunde Baiyewu, che akeli British kpàì ak'ọtakada eli Nigerian iche, ma mọ nyọnyọ ru akeli efu Lighthouse Family. Ẹgba ki abo ujọ lẹ lo ti hiatus efu ọdọ 2003, Baiyewu chanẹ eli eko oji k'ọla nwu, ta ki du album Tunde dufu (efu ọdọ 2004) manyi Diamond in a Rock (ọdọ 2013).

Olàyi nwù kpàì ukolo nwù

Tunde Baiyewu chì London mà bì efu akwọra unyi ẹnẹ  Nigerian. Attah nwù chì engineer ìmùdà lekwù todù cancer ègbà kì Baiyewu ch'ọdọ mẹlù, tákì mù ñọ lo tì Nigeria kpàì iye nwù mànyì ọmáyè nwù onobùlẹ kẹkẹ, todù kì ámá kpái abo akwọra unyi ma neke mẹru ọlà mà. Baiyewu chanẹ kọchẹ àlù kù mà kì ìchì Yoruba àlù kù mà ñọ lo tì Nigeria kì chànẹ boarding school kì mẹru ugwẹta Lagos ẹgba lẹ. Ọdọ mẹgwa che là le, ì mù dàbì tì Britain, ki lo tì University of Northumbria efì  Newcastle upon Tyne ì là ñọ fì degree nẹ efu accounting. anubi lẹ i li Paul Tucker, ki chẹnẹ ka efu university in Newcastle manyi ki ya chukọlọ ọmọ. Ma chanẹ ache ẹnwu dama, ma la chanẹ Lighthouse Family.

Lighthouse Family du eli Ocean Drive dufu, kpai  eli ẹyọ ka ku ma dọ "Lifted", ki lulẹ lo ti atẹ efu ami eli mẹlu ki dẹ atẹ efu UK Singles Chart. 

Efì Ọdọ 2004, Baiyewu du eli nwu Tunde dufu. 

Efì Ọdọ 2013, Baiyewu ka ki ya du eli nwu ekeji ku ma dọ Diamond in a Rock dufu, i la mu du dufu kpai eli ẹyọ ka ku ma dọ kọ "Move", ọjọ  kochu ochù ẹkẹta nolù ọjọ mẹlẹ efu ọdọ 2013.

Efì ochù èkègwà òdò 2013, Baiyewu joined M People as a support act during their "20th Anniversary Greatest Hits Tour".

Ọlayi nwu
Anubi ki Attah Baiyewu kwu, Iye nwu lo na n'ọkọ omunẹ ọkọ nwu chi agboji Nigeria igbele Olusegun Obasanjo. Iye nwu lekwu ọdọ 2000.

Efu ochu ẹta efu ọdọ 2007, Baiyewu nẹ Tope Adeshina, ki chi Nigerian model, efu  Lagos, Nigeria. Ma dodo efewo UK.

Discography
with Lighthouse Family

+ List of studio albums, with selected details, chart positions and certifications Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications UK AUS AUT BEL(FL) FRA GER NL NZ SWE SWI Ocean Drive Released: 11 November 1995
 Label: Wildcard 
 Formats: CD, cassette 3 — — — — 26 — — — — BPI: 6× Platinum Postcards from Heaven Released: 24 October 1997
 Label: Wildcard 
 Formats: CD, cassette 2 2 18 19 44 5 16 6 32 12 BPI: 4× Platinum
 ARIA: Platinum 
 BVMI: Platinum Whatever Gets You Through the Day Released: 26 November 2001
 Label: Wildcard 
 Formats: CD, cassette 7 — 21 — — 3 88 — — 29 BPI: Platinum
 BVMI: Platinum Blue Sky in Your Head Released: 5 July 2019
 Label: Polydor
 Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 3 — — — — — — — — — BPI: Silver "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Solo
+ List of albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions UK Tunde Released: 18 October 2004
 Label: RCA, BMG 32 Diamond in a Rock Released: 4 March 2013
 Label: Waking Dreams, Neapolitan — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

External links

 Tunde Baiyewu at BnMusic
 "Spotlight on Tunde Bayiewu", by Bisola Atinmo
 "From the lighthouse – Tunde". Interview by Will Hodgkinson, The Guardian, 8 October 2004

Category:1968 births
Category:Living people
Category:20th-century Black British male singers
Category:20th-century British male singers
Category:21st-century Black British male singers
Category:21st-century British male singers
Category:English people of Nigerian descent
Category:English people of Yoruba descent
Category:Yoruba musicians
Category:Obasanjo family
Category:Alumni of Northumbria University
Category:Musicians from London