Bola Abimbola

Bola Abimbola

Bola Abimbola is a vocalist, recording artist, and record producer from Lagos, Nigeria.^[1][2]

Musical career

Bola Abimbola's career in music began at the age of nineteen with his first recording, Silifa Bamijo, which featured a Yoruba-language version of Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough".

Abimbola has toured and recorded as a solo artist, as well as with King Sunny Adé,^[3] Sikiru Adepoju,^[4] and Giovanni Hidalgo.

Discography

• Silifa Bamijo (1987) - Bola Abimbola
• Computer (1992) - Wasiu Alabi Pasuma
• Orobokibo (1993) - Wasiu Alabi Pasuma
• Merit (1993) - Shina Akanni
• Master Blaster (1993) - Sayeed Osupa
• The Man (1994) - Wasiu Alabi Pasuma
• Fuji Scorpio (1995) - Shina Akanni
• Stainless (1995) - Sayeed Osupa
• The Way Forward (1996) - King Sunny Adé
• Lift Me Up (1997) - Kingsley Ogunde
• Tukasa (1997) - Alhaji Ayinla Kolington
• Buyanga (1998) - Bola Abimbola
• Seven Degrees North (2000) - King Sunny Adé
• Trick Deck (2000) - Trick Deck
• Crisis (2001) - Bola Abimbola
• Ijinle Ilu (2005) - Sikiru Adepoju
• Ara Kenge (2006) - Bola Abimbola

Filmography

• Bore Po (1997)

Awards

Two Nigerian "Fame" awards received in 1998 - "Best Video" and "Artist of the Year"

References

1. ↑ http://worldmusiccentral.org/artists/artist_page.php?id=4001 World Music Central
2. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p485978 All Music Guide
3. ↑ All Music Guide
4. ↑ Sikiru Adepoju - Official Website

• Review: Ara Kenge by Stewart Mason - All Music Guide
• Biography: Bola Abimbola - World Music Central
• Bola Abimbola: Ara Kenge by Scott Allan Stevens - Earball Media

External links

• Bola Abimbola Artist Page
• Bola Abimbola Ara Kenge YouTube Channel
• Bola Abimbola Ara Kenge Facebook Page
• Bola Abimbola on MySpace Music