Yemi Alade

Yemi Eberechi Alade (born 13 March 1989), known professionally as Yemi Alade, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, actress and activist, from Akoko, in Ondo State. Her music is a blend of Afropop, highlife, dancehall, pop and R&B, and has had an influence in several African countries. She sings in English, Igbo, Pidgin, Yoruba, French, Swahili and Portuguese.

Alade won the Peak Talent Show in 2009, after which she signed with Effyzzie Music Group, and achieved success with her single "Johnny" in 2014. Following the release of her albums King of Queens and Mama Africa, Alade embarked on consecutive world tours. In 2016, she debuted at number 4 on Billboard's Next Big Sound Chart. She won the MTV African Music Award for Best Female in 2015 and 2016 consecutively, and was nominated for Artist of the Year in 2015. In 2015, Alade became the first African woman to be nominated for the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs), and she was nominated for the BET Awards in the Best International Act: Africa category in 2015 and 2016. She has won the Headies Award for Best Performer twice, in 2018 and 2019.

Alade is the second Nigerian and Afrobeats artist, and the first woman, to reach 100 million views for a single video on YouTube. Alade's song "Tomorrow", the lead single from her sixth studio album Rebel Queen, earned her her first Grammy Award nomination, receiving a nod at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards for Best African Music Performance.