BIGSONG: Patricia Lynn Yearwood (born September 19, 1964) is an American singer, actress, author and television personality. She rose to fame with her 1991 debut single “She’s in Love with the Boy,” which became a number one hit on the Billboard country singles chart. Its corresponding self-titled debut album would sell over two million copies. … Read more
Toumani Diabaté ( born 10 August 1965) is a Malian kora player. In addition to performing the traditional music of Mali, he has also been involved in cross-cultural collaborations with flamenco, blues, jazz, and other international styles. In 2006, the London-based newspaper The Independent named Diabaté one of the fifty best African artists. Biography Diabaté … Read more
Tanya Denise Tucker (born October 10, 1958) is an American country music singer and songwriter who had her first hit, “Delta Dawn”, in 1972 at the age of 13. Over the succeeding decades, Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature into adulthood without losing her audience, and during the course of her … Read more
Henry St. Claire Fredericks Jr. (born May 17, 1942), better known by his stage name Taj Mahal, is an American blues musician. He plays the guitar, piano, banjo, harmonica, and many other instruments, often incorporating elements of world music into his work. Mahal has done much to reshape the definition and scope of blues music … Read more
Michael Adebayo Olayinka (born 23 September 1999), popularly known as Ruger, is a Nigerian Afrobeat singer and songwriter. Ruger signed a record deal in 2021 with D’Prince “Jonzing World record” for a publishing and distribution deal with Columbia Records, and Sony Music Entertainment, U.K division. On 4 March 2021, he released his debut EP Pandemic. … Read more
From her humble beginnings in the township of KwaMashu, Swazi Dlamini started her music career as a vocalist for the gospel group, Joyous Celebration. In 2003 her debut album, My First Love,led to swaher being awarded, Sama 2004 Best Female artist, and Kora 2004 most promising African Female artist for that year. Her second album, … Read more
Steffany Dawn Gretzinger (née Frizzell) is a Christian music singer-songwriter and former ensemble vocalist with Bethel Music, based in Redding, California. She released her first solo album, The Undoing, with Bethel Music in 2014. The album was a Billboard magazine breakthrough release, reaching number twenty on the Billboard 200, and also gained top five status … Read more
Stacie Joy Orrico (born March 3, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter and occasional actress. After signing to ForeFront Records, Orrico recorded her first album, Genuine (2000), which sold 13,000 units in its first week of release. After her first album, she signed to a new record label, Virgin Records, and started to record her … Read more
Sipho Makhabane (born 3rd November 1965) is a South African Gospel singer, songwriter and producer. He rose to fame following the release of his single “Ngitinikela Kuwe” in 1996.
Sfiso Ncwane (April 21, 1979 – December 5, 2016) was a South African singer and composer. In 1997, Ncwane joined the Mlazi based band called New Edition, joining lead vocalist Ntombifuthi Mntambo and drummer Skhumbuzo Gumede. Ncwane also joined a band called ‘One Touch’, lead vocalist Mr Joe Gcabashe and the Keyboard players: Sikhona Gumede … Read more