website years_active birth_place label article_title background birth_date instrument genre origin name occupation
'' ' -lsb- http://www.timidakolo.com/ www.timidakolo.com -rsb- '' ' 2007 -- present accra , ghana unknown timi dakolo
 solo_singer 20 january 1981 vocals soul music bayelsa state , nigeria timi dakolo singer
timi dakolo

timi dakolo -lrb- born ; january 20 , 1981 -rrb- is a nigerian singer .
he emerged winner of the inaugural season of `` idols west africa '' in 2007 , at the expense of the amazingly talented omawumi megbele .
with his victory , he got a recording contract with sony bmg , in addition to other prizes .
