Bola Abimbola
Bola Abimbola
Bola Abimbola (born c. 1968) is a vocalist, recording artist, and record producer from Lagos, Nigeria.[1][2]
Musical career[]
Bola Abimbola's career in music began at the age of nineteen(19) with his first recording, Silifa Bamijo, which featured a Yoruba-language version of Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough".
Abimbola has toured and recorded as a solo artist, as well as with King Sunny Adé,[3] Sikiru Adepoju,[4] and Giovanni Hidalgo.
Discography[]
- Silifa Bamijo (1987) - Bola Abimbola
- Computer (1992) - Wasiu Alabi Pasuma
- Orobokibo (1993) - Wasiu Alabi Pasuma
- Merit (1993) - Shina Akanni
- Master Blaster (1993) - Sayeed Osupa
- The Man (1994) - Wasiu Alabi Pasuma
- Fuji Scorpio (1995) - Shina Akanni
- Stainless (1995) - Sayeed Osupa
- The Way Forward (1996) - King Sunny Adé
- Lift Me Up (1997) - Kingsley Ogunde
- Tukasa (1997) - Alhaji
- Buyanga (1998) - Bola Abimbola
- Seven Degrees North (2000) - King Sunny Adé
- Trick Deck (2000) -
- Crisis (2001) - Bola Abimbola
- Ijinle Ilu (2005) - Sikiru Adepoju
- Ara Kenge (2006) - Bola Abimbola
Filmography[]
- (1997)
Awards[]
Two Nigerian "Fame" awards received in 1998 - "Best Video" and "Artist of the Year"
References[]
- ^ http://worldmusiccentral.org/artists/artist_page.php?id=4001 World Music Central
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p485978 All Music Guide
- ^ All Music Guide
- ^ Sikiru Adepoju - Official Website
- Review: Ara Kenge by Stewart Mason - All Music Guide
- Biography: Bola Abimbola - World Music Central
- Bola Abimbola: Ara Kenge by Scott Allan Stevens - Earball Media
External links[]
Categories:
- Living people
- Nigerian pop musicians
- Yoruba musicians
- World music musicians
- Musicians from Lagos
- Yoruba-language singers