BLAIZE TV (fr): THE PROFILE: SEYI SHAY


Seyi Shay

Deborah Oluwaseyi Joshua popularly know as "seyi shay" was born 21st of December 1985 in London England. Shay was born and raised in London, Her mother was from Northern nigeria and her father is a native of ife. She has two elder brothers and an older sister. She and her siblings were raised by their single mother.

This beautiful lady is a Nigerian-based English singer-songwriter, recording artist, performer, and record producer. Shay started performing at the age of 6, and was part of her secondary school choir. She performed for the London Community gospel choir during their world tour, which included 13 cities in Japan. Shay was applauded for her performances in Japan. She studied music at a local UK college, and went on to study Business Management at the University of east london.

Her music career took an upswing when she signed her first ever record deal with No Apology, a record company affiliated with George Martin (commonly referred to as the "Fifth beatle").
Shay was introduced to Sound sultan during his visit to London in 2011. After listening to some of her demos, Sultan convinced her to relocate to Nigeria and pursue her musical career there. During a project with Sound sultan in the UK, Shay was introduced to Cecil Hammond of Flytime Promotions. Hammond signed Shay to his record label (Flytime Music) and decided to launch her solo career in Nigeria. In 2013, Shay departed the record label.

Although her musical style is primarily a combination of Afropop and R&B, Shay doesn't conform to a particular genre of music. She believes that her musical prowess spans different genres. She also said that her music draws from things that inspire her. Shay has cited her mother, Mathew Knowles, 2face idibia, Beyonce, TinaTurner, Sound sultan, Wizkid, and Omawunmi as mentors.

The afropop and R&B singer has performed a lot of songs like right now, jangilover, irawo, crazy,ragaraga, murder, loving your way, killing me softly, no vacany, chairman, loud, Mary, Tina, pack and go amongst others.
Sheyi shay adds to her credit with awards and nominations like the headies *best vocal performance*, World music awards *world's best female artist* and *world best entertainer of the year*, City people entertainment award in the category of *best musician of the year (female)* which she won in 2013. She was also nominated for *best female and video of the year* at the 2015 MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) and so on....

Here are notable performances by her;
Shay performed at the 2013 COSON song awards.In July 2013, she performed at one of Big Brother Africa's live eviction shows. On 20 July 2013, she performed in Asaba for the 2013 edition of Star Music Trek. On 27 September 2013, Shay graced the stage at the Sisters with Soul concert, which was headlined by Mary J. Blige. On 20 November 2013, she performed "Bad" with Wale at the Johnnie Walker Step Up to VIP Lifestyle Launch event (held at the Oriental Hot Victoria island, Lagos). Shay was a supporting act on the 2013 Hennessy Artistry 2013 Club. In December 2013, she performed at the Harp Rhythm Unplugged concert. On 15 February 2014, Shay performed at Darey's Love Like A Movie Concert alongside Kelly Rowland, D'banj, Tiwa Savage, Mo' Eazy, Zaina, Timi dakolo, Waje , Muna, JJC and Eva Alordiah, among others.

Towards the tail end of 2015, Seyi Shay released her debut studio album 'SEYI OR SHAY' which had hit tracks such as Higher, Jangilova, Right Now Remix ft Banky W and Iyanya, Pack and Go ft Olamide, among others. This year 2016, Seyi Shay earned 3 NEA Nominations for Best R & B Artist, Best Music Video, Best Album, this is wishing her the best of luck with her nominations and her career.

Enjoy Pack and Go ft Olamide Baddo