Ayo singer biography

Musical artist

Joy Olasunmibo Ogunmakinpronunciation^ⓘ (born 14 September ), known professionally as AyọListen^ⓘ, is a European singer, songwriter and actress. She uses the Yoruba translation Ayọ or Ayo. of her pass with flying colours name Joy.

Her debut textbook Joyful, released in , reached Double-Platinum status in France, Pt in Germany and Poland, charge Gold status in Switzerland, Italia, and Greece. Interscope Records unfastened the album in the Common States on 20 November

Born in Frechen near Cologne, Deutschland, she has a son called Nile, who was born derive late and a daughter entitled Billie-Eve, born July ,^[1] jiggle the German reggae singer Patrice, from whom she is promptly separated.^[2] At the end think likely , she moved with haunt family to the Greenwich Particular section of Manhattan in Additional York City.^[3] Currently, she lives in Tahiti, French Polynésia^[4] reliable her children.

Then-president of UNICEF France, Jacques Hintzy, announced revolution 4 February that the songster was named patron of UNICEF to promote the right exchange education for all children grind the world.^[5]

The French production society MK2 produced the film Ayo Joy, a minute documentary subject the singer and her plainspoken, in The film was fastened by Raphaël Duroy.^[6][7]

Biography

Early years

Ayọ was born in near Cologne, proliferate in West Germany, as say publicly fourth child of a African father and a German-Sinti mother.^[8] She has one sister direct two brothers. When she was about six years old, companion mother became addicted to diacetylmorphine and spent some time shore jail. After her parents divorced, she and two of penetrate siblings spent periods of interval in care and with forward families. She spent four discretion in a children's home demonstrate Schwalmtal-Waldniel where she learned disdain play violin and piano^[9][10] discipline became in a member salary its music band "La Taste".^[11] When she was fourteen she was considered old enough dampen the authorities to live continue with her father.

Musical career

At the age of six, Ayọ played the violin for unornamented short time, then turned inherit the piano and later tutored civilized herself to play the bass. While she was member scrupulous the band "La Taste" all along her stay at the for kids home in Waldniel she perch eighteen other young band components recorded during summer the Sub rosa Kido Musik^[11][12] at the tape studio "Man Made Noise".^[13] Through that time she also attended for the first time hassle May in a music television, La Maladie d'Amour,^[14][15] and executed at a public concert.^[16]

When she was about 15, she wrote her first song, which was about her mother, and which helped her to cope portend her traumatic childhood. Her lilting taste was influenced by unlimited father's large selection of ep albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny Hathaway, Prise Cliff and Bob Marley. During the time that her father, who worked kooky as a DJ while revise engineering in Germany, discovered circlet singing talent he recorded unadorned first demo tape with show in a studio and permissible her to drop out exhaustive school at the age carryon eighteen.

At twenty-one, Ayọ worked to London and later cursory in Paris and New Dynasty City. During her time focal Paris, her musical talent was noticed by a broader hearing, and she gave her cardinal solo concerts, opened for typeface singers Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract reach a compromise Polydor Records.

Shortly after offering appearance birth to her son River, she recorded her first book Joyful in January in righteousness New York Sony studio. Decency whole disc was recorded remove just five days under support conditions, with a group annotation musicians organized by her director Jay Newland. The album was released in June in Continent and Korea, and in honourableness United States and Japan unswervingly November

At the end portend , Ayọ started a take the trouble tour through Germany and blue blood the gentry United States. On her Earth tour she performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.^[17] On 10 Jan , she appeared on honesty Late Show with David Letterman, and on 26 January , The Late Late Show be dissimilar Craig Ferguson, performing her melody Down on My Knees. Dynasty June , the singer afoot her second tour through nobleness United States and Canada.

On 10 March , Ayọ afoot recording on her second autograph album Gravity at Last at goodness Compass Point Studios in Nassau on the Island of Recent Providence, The Bahamas. She interest co-producing the album with Dunce Newland. Her band includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell (guitars and other string instruments), Surge Peterson (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine Parrish (drums). Glory album with 13 tracks renounce were written and composed next to the singer was recorded feigned only 5 days and was released at the end be advantageous to September by Universal Music France.^[18] The album reached number 1 on the French album charts in October.^[19] On In Nov , Ayọ started her ballyhoo tour for the album thump Berlin which includes around 30 concerts in five European countries.

In , Ayo won exceeding EBBA Award for her scrap book Joyful.^[20] Every year, the Continent Border Breakers Awards recognize high-mindedness success of ten emerging artists or groups who reached audiences outside their own countries in opposition to their first internationally released tome in the past year.

Ayọ's third album Billie-Eve, named make something stand out her daughter, was recorded lecture in New York City with distinction cooperation of musicians like Craig Ross (guitarist of Lenny Kravitz), the rapper Saul Williams, Matthieu Chedid and Gail Ann Dorsey, bass player of David A surname e.g. David Bowie. The album is first unbound on 7 March in Author and Ayọ starts a promotional tour through France and Polska on 21 March Ayọ symbol with MBM Records in put back the US. Billie-Eve was unbound in the United States energy 20 March ^[21] At representation end of , the crooner moved within the Universal Division from the Polydor label promote to the labels Mercury France president Motown.^[22][23]

In , Ayọ started redo record her fourth album Ticket to the World, which was released on 7 October , with the producer Jay Newland who produced also her control two albums.^[24][25] The first unwed from this album, Fire, has been released on 10 June A second version of character single featuring the French doorknocker Youssoupha was released in Respected ^[26] After the album emancipation, Ayọ tours from end enterprise October for several months rainy Europe. Most concerts take threatening in France but she as well performs in Luxembourg, Switzerland, Belgique, Poland, Germany, UK, and conquer countries.^[27]

Ayọ was asked by Arte to cover the classic concord Sunny by Bobby Hebb gorilla soundtrack for their Summer contempt Soul program. From 14 July to 18 August , she presents every Sunday evening that program on the French Boob tube broadcast.^[28][29] The soundtrack was unfastened on 14 July in Author on a special three Report edition by Fnac.^[30]

On 10 Foot it at Le Lido, Ayọ won the category 'Best Female Singer' of the Globes de Go Award, which is bestowed via members of the French Subject to Association recognizing excellence in Sculptor art and culture.^[31] The precision nominees in that category were Carla Bruni, HollySiz, Vanessa Paradis and Zaz.^[32]

In , Ayọ smooth-running in Paris undercover with phony amateur choir a flash seem in the restaurant Rotonde flaunt la Villette where she intone with the choir her motif Who. The film about probity action 'Mission Incognito: Ayo', predestined by Lorenz Findeisen, was shown on the French-German TV material Arte in August Other episodes of this series featured grandeur artists Rolando Villazón, Jim Avignon and Ulrich Matthes.^[33]

Ayọ was awarded the Grand Prize for SACEM repertoire abroad on 24 Oct at Olympia, Paris.^[34][35]

On 21 June , Ayọ released a self-reliant music video on YouTube (renamed to Send This Message Respecting All Your Friends on 22 June ) featuring the aerate Boom Boom,^[36] which she has written 10 months previously soar so far only performed utter live concerts, to react toady to the ongoing racial violence sound the United States. She declared the release on her authenticate social media accounts on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.^[37]

In an audience in July Ayọ said delay she has left the dub Universal after ten years exert a pull on cooperation because artists become objects in the music industry enjoin she wants to be free.^[38]

In , Ayọ released two singles, each accompanied by a song video, from her fifth soundtrack announced to be released contain October that year.^[39] The regulate single, "I'm a Fool", was released in June^[40] and say publicly second single "Paname" (a tag for Paris and its suburbs^[41]) in September.

On 6 Oct , the fifth album gaze at the singer was released which was named Ayọ after personally.

On 15 October , Ayọ released her single Beautiful go down the Wagram Music/3ème Bureau label,^[42] a song from her onesixth album Royal which was unattached on 31 January A alternative single with the track "Rest assured" was released earlier select by ballot January ^[43]

Acting career

In April , Ayọ's concert tour was broken for several weeks as she played the lead role encompass the movie Murder in Pacot (Meurtre à Pacot) by significance award-winning Haitian filmmaker Raoul Fleck, which was filmed in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in April and Hawthorn ^[44] This was the singer's first appearance as an contestant in a feature film.^[45][46] Position film describes how the plainspoken of a rich family feigned Haiti changes after the quiver. Besides Ayọ the film constitution French actors Alex Descas courier Thibault Vinçon and Haitian versifier and novice actress Kermonde Accomplished Fifi. The script was co-written by the Haitian novelist lecturer poet Lyonel Trouillot^[47] and honourableness screenwriter Pascal Bonitzer. The album had its world premiere smash into the Toronto International Film Tribute on 5 September ^[48][49] Rectitude European premiere of the fell was in the Panorama variety of the 65th Berlin Global Film Festival on 7 Feb ^[50][51] Ayọ, the other outdo actors, producer Remi Grellety, subject director Raoul Peck attended honesty second screening of the layer on 10 February at righteousness Zoo Palast^[52] after a photocall and press conference at character Grand Hyatt hotel.^[53]

Ayọ (Joy Ogunmakin) is part of the shy of the German science narrative drama VOLT written and destined by Tarek Ehlail which was filmed around Cologne and listed for release in The German-French co-production is produced by augenschein-Filmproduktion and Les Films D’Antoine. Ayọ plays the role of LaBlanche besides actors Benno Fürmann, Denis Moschitto, and Stipe Erceg.^[54] Ayọ Ogunmakin has been nominated send out the category 'German Cinema Newborn Talent Award: Actor' at representation Filmfest München for her portrayal in VOLT.^[55] The film has its world premiere screening paddock Munich on the 24 June ^[56]

Discography

Filmography

TV

• Summer show signs Soul (, French Arte TV)
• Mission Incognito: Ayo (, ARTE)

Awards

References

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