Yinka Davies Biography, Age, Parents, Music Career, Awards, Popular Songs and More

24 November 2020

By Khisa CJ

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How Old and Where is Yinka Davies from?

Artist as Singer Songwriter: Yinka Davies

Name: Yinka Davies

Date of Birth: July 16, 1970 (50 Years Old)

Genres: Afrobeat, Jazz

Networth: Unknown (Estimated to be worth millions)

Yinka Davies is a Nigerian vocalist, dancer, lyricist and judge of reality show, Nigerian Idol - reputed for a slogan ‘time has come to speak up for ourselves’.

She is the first born in the family of five children.

How did Yinka Davies start her music career?

Yinka Davies has been in the Nigerian entertainment industry for 28 years. Her music is highly influenced by her background and her upbringing knowing that her father had a guitar.

She grew up to the sounds of Sam Cooke, Johnny Cash, Elvis and Jimmy Dean when she was growing up as this was the music that her father liked to listen to.

As she grew older in the 1970s and 1980s, the radio at her grandmother’s house was always tuned to Radio Lagos which played a variety of African music from Manu Dibango (Cameroun - Makossa), Mmaman Shatta (traditional Northern Nigerian musician), Dan Maria Jos (Northern Nigeria), Orlando Julius (southern Nigeria - highlife), Hadjia Funtua (northern Nigeria), Victor Uwaifo (southern Nigeria - Joromi), Fela (southern Nigeria - Afrobeat ) to mention a few.

Painting and sculpting was Yinka Davies’ first love – being a musician was not a priority for her initially. In 1992, the organizers of the Fame music award spotted her as an all-around artist from her work in theatre.

The management of a club in Lagos, Bread and Butter Jazz club involved her in the last presentation as a club in an effort to introduce a new renaissance artist called Lagbaja and she was heavily involved in the production of this artiste’s first album called ‘Side by Side’ which was released in 1993.

She subsequently concentrated more on music because this demanded more of her time. It was during this period that she also collaborated with Nigerian recording artists such as Mike Okri (RnB), Shina Peters (Afro juju), Blackky (Reggae) and many others not only as a backup vocalist but also a choreographer for their music videos. Another great musician she worked with was the late Geraldo Pino (originally from Sierra Leone) and Etienne T Boy (Cameroonian) who worked with Pino .

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Yinka Davies Awards and Nominations

1 FAME music—Upcoming artiste of the year, 1992

1 Nigeria Music Award (NMA)—Voice of the Decade, 2007

Who are Yinka Davies’ Parents?

Yinka Davies father is from Benin Republic/Sierra Leone Lisabi clan who moved to Lagos because he was originally from Nigeria. Her mother is from Ikorodu , Lagos State while her p aternal grandmother was from the Shagamu royal family.