A-List Artiste · Joined 10 years ago ·
Lagos,Nigeria
Aramide is a Multi-Award Winning Nigerian Afro-Soul/Jazz artiste. An indigene of Ibadan, Oyo State who discovered the talents of singing and writing as a teenager and decided to nurture them.
After secondary school, she learnt to play the saxophone and...
Aramide is a Multi-Award Winning Nigerian Afro-Soul/Jazz artiste. An indigene of Ibadan, Oyo State who discovered the talents of singing and writing as a teenager and decided to nurture them.
After secondary school, she learnt to play the saxophone and guitar, two instruments she is quite passionate about.
While studying Political Science at the University of Jos, Aramide participated in the Star Quest talent hunt show, making her part of a band that finished Third Runners up. Her ever growing solo career took off shortly after graduation.
Aramide sings about love, betrayal, friendship, trust, and the attendant joys and aches of womanhood. Her musical influences include Erykah Badu, Miriam Makeba, Sade, Angelique Kidjo and other greats.
Her approach to song-writing and her soft but deep and powerful voice are some of the things that stand her out.
Aramide winner of the Best Female Artist in West Africa at the 2016 edition of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), Alternative Artist of The Year award at the 2016 edition of the Nigerian Entertainment Award (NEA) and Best Vocal Performance (Female) Category at the 2015 edition of the Headies Award . Recently nominated Best Female Artist in West Africa at the 2017 edition of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA)
Ever the avid performer, Aramide has performed at the various events in Nigeria, United Kingdom, Dubai, United States and Canada.
Her debut album SUITCASE was released in November 2016 and features singles like 'FunMi Lowo' ft. Sir Dauda and ' Love Me ' ft. Adekunle Gold which has topped various charts for several weeks and are currently receiving massive airplay on radio stations within and outside Nigeria. This is in addition to her award winning single, ' Iwo Nikan ' which talks about unconditional love,and ' Feeling This Feeling ' that talks about Love and Friendship.
Having featured on songs with other Nigerian artists which include Good Man by eLDee, an offshoot from a campaign “Violence against women”, Aramide has worked and shared the stage with the likes of Wale, Asa, Cobhams Asuquo Casper, Wizkid Davido, TuFace, Alikiba, Tiwa Savage, Yemi Alade, Flavour.
Her acoustic rendition and female version of eLDee’s popular song “ Today Today ” and Davido’s “ Ekuro ” went viral and received much acclaim compared to the original.
Afro-Soul Queen, Aramide, has released the video for Bose, a song off her debut album, Suitcase.
The video, which was shot in the United States and directed by Megaboi, tells the tales of a young lady who is an expert at snitching on people. She spends her daily life doing nothing but ‘ofofo’.
