J'Nay

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J'Nay

Background information
Birth name	John Adeleye
Born	1980 (aged 27)
Origin	West London, England
Genre(s)	Soul music
Years active	2003 – present
Website	[1]

J'Nay, (born John Adeleye), is a British singer, who became known to the music industry in 2003 when he won the MOBO award for MOBO Unsung artist of the year. The singer who was born in West London was discovered in 2003 when he won the UK MOBO competition in the London venue Sound. As a result he was signed by record company Universal Island and arist management company Shalit Global (owned by Charlotte Church's former manager Johnathan Shalit). He began writing with many industry names such as Brian Rawlins, Lamont Dozier, Guy Chambers and Lisa Stansfeild.

During this time he began doing public appearances on televisions shows such as ITV's GMTV and BBC's CBBC. In 2004, he began touring with UK artist Jamelia. He later split wih both his record company and his management company for reasons that are unknown. He currently continues to do live performance and collaborations.