1. Yemi Alade was born the 5th child in a family of 7 to a Yoruba father (James Alade), who was a former commissioner of police, and to an Igbo mother (Helen Uzoma) in Abia state, causing her to be fondly referred to as “Yoruba-Igbo girl”. The amazing ‘King of all Queens’ was born March 13, 26 years ago.
2. Yemi Alade has her educational background in Lagos. She went
to St Saviour British Primary School, and then proceeded to Victory
Grammar School, Lagos. She also obtained a degree in Geography from the
University of Lagos.
3. Yemi Alade has performed across the globe, sharing the stage and songs with both international and local acts like Mary J. Blige, Shina Peters, M.I, Wizkid, Becca,May D, Waje and Yemi Sax. The beautiful singer headlined the Super Diva’s Nite at the 2013 Calabar Festival, and was also called upon to open the 2013 edition of the televised Headies Awards ceremony (popularly referred to as the Nigerian Grammys) with an electrifying performance.
3. Yemi Alade has performed across the globe, sharing the stage and songs with both international and local acts like Mary J. Blige, Shina Peters, M.I, Wizkid, Becca,May D, Waje and Yemi Sax. The beautiful singer headlined the Super Diva’s Nite at the 2013 Calabar Festival, and was also called upon to open the 2013 edition of the televised Headies Awards ceremony (popularly referred to as the Nigerian Grammys) with an electrifying performance.
4. When Yemi Alade released the music video for ‘Johnny’ in March
2014, it gained over 800,000 VeVo/YouTube views in 2 months, making
‘Johnny’ an international smash hit as the single dominated music charts
and became an anthem in countries like Tanzania, Kenya, Ghana, South
Africa, Liberia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, the United Kingdom and more.
5. Yemi Alade has lots of awards to her name and good music in Nigeria.
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