Last
year, our very own Seyi Shay was signed to Island Universal Records,
a label which also houses famous American superstars like
Nicki Minaj, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, to mention a few.
Seyi, who
recently granted an interview to an online news site revealed the
reason why she emerged the only act in Africa to be signed by the
Record label.
According to Seyi
who was formerly part of a girl group called Boadicea and managed by
Mathew Knowle’s company:
I think a lot
of record companies around the world at one point last year were
looking for acts within Africa. So they were focusing on South
Africa, Ghana, and Nigeria.
I know they signed some other acts, from
different parts of Africa.
I was signed
mainly off the strength of Murda. Murda was released independently,
completely independently with no engine, no marketing, no nothing, no
money. And it grew its own wings, it crossed over, and it charted in
the UK on its own.
I think they
found that to be quite a big deal, and so they decided to
invest in wherever that success came from, and that was me and my
team. They felt that they had found something good out of Africa, so
they decided to sign me.
She recently
released her debut album titled ‘Seyi or Shay’, which has gone on
to receive positive reviews.
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