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- The Imagine singer is still performing to the masses today (Picture: @sholaama/Instagram) Shola’s rise to fame was meteoric and she was still a teenager (Picture: Getty Images)
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Vocals. Years active. 1995–present. Shola Ama (born 8 March 1979) is a British singer from London, who scored her biggest hits with "You Might Need Somebody" (1997), a cover of Randy Crawford 's 1981 hit, "You're the One I Love" and "Still Believe" (1999) which was one of the first productions by the Norwegian producing team Stargate.
Aug 30, 2022 · Shola Ama has reflected on her meteoric rise to fame as a teenager, and admits she was ‘absolutely not’ ready for the whirlwind that followed. The British R&B singer, now 43, burst onto the...
Jul 8, 2020 · by MusicWeek Staff. July 8th 2020 at 7:02AM. Singer Shola Ama was still a teenager when her Top 5 smash You Might Need Somebody became one of 1997’s biggest hits. Here, she discusses the...
May 12, 2024 · UK Soul singer Shola Ama appears to have found the fountain of youth as she flaunts her ageless looks in a new music video, alongside fellow 90s Brit pop sensation, All Saints Shaznay Lewis.
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Yes and no. For me, it wasn’t so much the pressure to break out there because the focus was always here first. There wasn’t really any UK/R&B happening here, for me it was that they were trying to market me exactly like Americans and then compete and go head-to-head with the most massive American artists. That for me felt a little bit strange becau...
Thank you. I was thinking more of the music I was listening to at the time than the music I was making because in that period it was hip hop and R&B – in terms of the R&B that was coming out of America, it was a lot harder and edgier. On my second album, there was more of a leaning towards that sound because I felt like I definitely wanted to have ...
There’s so many! I love Mary J Blige’s My Life. For me that was the holy grail when I was a teenager. She was everything for me – her, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston growing up were like the three main singers that I absolutely worship. Amy [Winehouse’s] Back To Black album – I just think that will be one of the UK’s most timeless, most incredibl...
Feb 19, 2019 · Shola doesn’t seem to hold any regrets, even when her second album, In Return, didn’t perform as well as her debut Much Love. She was just seventeen when she appeared on Top Of The Pops, and life as an artist was still new and exciting.
Dec 8, 2018 · Shola Ama brought her soulful tones to the charts in the 90s and we were obsessed with her huge hit You Might Need Somebody. But the singer faded into obscurity after that – although the track is still on the radio loads. Where did she go and what’s she up to now? Sliding door
