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Samantha Mumba

Born on 18 January 1983 in Dublin, Ireland, Samantha Tamania Anne Cecilia Mumba is an Irish singer and actress. She was born to a Zambia father Peter Mumba and Irish mother. From the ages of three to fifteen, she attended Dublin's Billie Barry Stage School.

At 15, she was discovered by Irish music executive Louis Walsh (manager of Boyzone and Westlife) on a RTÉ TV talent show called Let Me Entertain You. Walsh was impressed by her talent and she was signed to Polydor Records. She shot to fame in 2000 with the release of her debut single ‘Gotta Tell You’.

The single reached the Top 10 in Ireland, the U.K., and the U.S. She eventually dropped out of school to focus on her music career, explaining that it was becoming difficult to stay in school and work on her music.

She subsequently spent several months moving between Denmark, Sweden, the U.K. and Ireland, where she co-wrote and recorded her debut album ‘Gotta Tell You’. The album stayed on the charts for six months and was eventually certified platinum for sales of 1 million copies.

Five more Top 10 hits followed in the U.K. and she had another top 50 hit in the U.S. Another hit from the album was ‘Baby Come Over’, a remixed version of ‘Baby Come on Over’. The song featured on the U.S. edition of the album. To date, her first album has sold over 4 million copies worldwide.

After a relatively short music career, she starred in numerous films, most notably in the 2002 film ‘The Time Machine’. She has also appeared in a number of Irish independent films. She returned to public attention when she appeared in the 2008 series of ‘Dancing on Ice’.

In 1998, Mumba was cast as the lead in ‘The Hot Mikado’, a jazzy production based on Gilbert and Sullivan's opera. In 2001, Mumba contributed to the track ‘You Raise Me Up’ by the Celtic Tenors.

This was followed by the release of an EP titled ‘Samantha Sings Christmas’ (2001). After her second album ‘Woman was cancelled’, her music career was put on hold and she began auditioning for films. Before that, in 2001, following her international success with ‘Gotta Tell You’, Arnold Leibovit picked her to play Mara in The Time Machine.

Mara is a girl who is part of a human civilisation which has regressed to a hunter/gatherer lifestyle in the year AD 802,701.

In 2001, she was nominated in the Best Remixed Recording category at the Grammy Awards. She won the 2002 Meteor Music Awards’ Best Female Singer category and Smash Hits Poll Winners' Party Best New Female category.

In 2000 and 2001, her she was nominated in the following categories at the MOBO Awards’ Best Album ‘Gotta Tell You’ and ‘Best Video, ‘Gotta Tell You’.

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Eva Alordiah

Lagos, Nigeria (IFS) -- Real name Eva Alordiah, is a Nigerian rapper, singer, dancer, model, makeup artist, writer, and songwriter born to Nigerian parents from Delta State in 1988.

She moved to Lagos as a child and graduated from Bowen University with a degree in Computer science in 2009.

Her first hit was the single "I dey play" released in 2009, performed to the beat of Lil Waynes "A Milie". 

She was to release 12 other hits, including duets with Nigerian female Rap superstars- Mocheda, Sasha, Muna Zee etc amongst others.

Kearoma Rantao

Gaborone, Botswana (IFS) -- Kearoma Rantao is an Afro-jazz artist from Gaborone, Botswana. Her album 'When The Music Plays' won her an award thus heightening her fame. 

In 2014, she was nominated in the Best Female Southern Africa category at the Afrimma awards. Internationally well traveled and has toured and performed in the US, Europe, Asia, Africa ... 

Currently working on Collaborations with international artists and her Album .. Open for calls and invitations to perform anywhere around the globe.

Hellen Dikobe

Gaborone, Botswana(IFS) -- Hellen Dikobe is a female artist from Botswana best known for her soothing and soulful voice. She started singing when she was 17 years and recorded her first album when she was 23 years old.

She started off as a lead vocalist of a five member band youthful group called The Clement Jackson Crew in 1998. She took a break from recording for about two years to study music at Central Johannesburg College in South Africa.

She has done local performances at celebratory festive events, cooperate functions and private parties. From 1999 to 2002 the group gained fame in surrounding areas and became resident entertainers at the Gaborone President Hotel and at the Gaborone Sun International Hotel. 

In 2003 they launched their first album ‘Me, Myself & Real Friend’. Hellen was the lead singer for all tracks. In 2005 she began composing and releasing her music. ‘Ngwao’ is amongst the songs she has released labeling her as one of the faces to reckon within the country’s music scene.