Timaya

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His solo career began in 2005 with the release of his debut single, "Dem Mama," which was an account of the massacre that happened in his community, Odi. The song appeared on his debut album, ‘True Story’ released the following year to great critical acclaim. His sophomore album ‘Gift and Grace’ was released in 2008. He gained further visibility and international prominence through his third studio album, "De Rebirth" released in partnership with Black Body Entertainment—with its lead single, "Plantain Boy." Both were commercially successful as they took over airwaves within and outside Nigeria.

In 2010, he featured on the song "Kokoroko" by female gospel artist Kefee, which went on to win in the "Best Collaboration" category at the 2010 Headies Awards. He went on to be featured by Kcee in a song titled ‘Erima’. On 25 June 2012, Timaya released another album, ‘Upgrade’ which spawned hits like ‘Bum Bum’, ‘Sexy Ladies, and ‘Malonogede. The album featured collaborations with Attitude, Terry G and Vector. Duncan Mighty and Timaya dueted on ‘I Know I Know Dat’, which was leaked onto the internet a few hours after the former's album footprints was released into stores. Both artists were among the honorees at the fourth annual Odudu Music Awards alongside M-Trill, Sodi Cookey, Becky Enyioma and Timi Dakolo.

In 2014, he released his fifth studio album, titled ‘Epiphany’. The album was a 20-tracker, with global hits, such as "Bum Bum Remix" featuring Dancehall A-Lister, Sean Paul, ‘Sanko’, and ‘Ukwu’. It also featured 2Baba Idibia, Patoranking, Olamide, Sir Shina Peters, Deethi, Phyno and Terry G. In 2017, Timaya performed in Nassau, Bahamas where he headlined the first-ever Afro-Soca Concert. In 2018, he bagged his first Grammy nomination in the "Best Reggae Album" category. The Afro-Soca star featured on "Avrakedabra", an album by Morgan Heritage on a track titled "Reggae Night" (global remix). Timaya set up his record label, DM Records Limited, which became home to artistes like Patoranking and Runtown. In 2017, he signed young Dancehall/Afro-Fusion artiste, King Perryy, KillerTunes to the DM Records imprint.

After 5 years of releasing singles and touring, Timaya released an EP titled Chulo Vibes (2019). This project featured collaborations from East African artist Alikiba, Trinidadian Soca legend, Machel Montano, and Nigeria's Grammy-winning artiste Burna Boy. His sixth solo studio album, "Gratitude", a 15-track body of work, was released in 2020. The projects had hit singles like Balance, I Can't Kill Myself & Gra Gra, Don Dada, and Born To Win, respectively.

In 2021, Timaya teamed up with Nigerian wonderkid, BNXN and hit record producer, Yung Willis for his latest single titled “Cold Outside". After its release, the song became an instant hit and has stayed on the Official Naija Top 10 charts since it was released on October 14. “Cold Outside" raced to over 75 million streams in barely three months of release and has been played over 500 million times around the world. Cold Outside has continued its amazing run in 2022 with over one million streams across all platforms per day. On March 16, 2022, Timaya released the third single “Charger” off his next studio album titled Chuloverse, following Cold Outside and No Pressure. “Charger” Produced by Nigerian Amapiano powerhouse duo, Smeez & D3an, is a modish Amapiano rhythm (a hybrid of deep house, jazz and lounge music characterized by synths, airy pads and wide percussive bass lines which originated from South Africa) caressed by his unique, rhythmic vocals to score deserved points.

Source

• Afrotainment-Museke Online African Music Awards
  • 2011:Best Afro-Dancehall song, " Plantain Boy" (Won)
• Nigeria Music Awards
  • 2008: Album of the Year, True Story (Won)
• The Headies
  • 2008: Best Reggae/Dancehall Album, True Story (Won)
  • 2009: Best Reggae/Dancehall Album, Gift and Grace (Won)
  • 2009: Best Collaboration, "Good or Bad" (with J. Martins and P-Square) (Won)
  • 2009: Artiste of the Year (Nominated)
  • 2010: Best Collaboration, "Kokoroko" (with Kefee) (Won)
• Nigeria Entertainment Awards
  • 2014: Indigenous Artist of the Year (Nominated)
• AFRIMMA
  • Afrimma 2015 Best Dancehall Artist (Nominated)
  • Afrimma 2016 Best Dancehall Act of the Year (Nominated)
  • Afrimma 2017 Dancehall Act of the Year (Won)
  • Afrimma 2018 Best African Reggae/Dancehall Act (Nominated)
• Grammy 2018
  • Morgan Heritage's Reggae Night (Global Remix) off the album Avrakedabra