Seyi Shay Net Worth And Biography, Facts

Deborah Oluwaseyi Joshua better known by the stage name Seyi Shay is a Nigerian-based singer-songwriter, recording artist, performer and actress. She released Seyi or Shay, her debut studio album in 2015.

Prior to this, Seyi has written and produced soundtracks and songs for Konami games, Melanin C and Chipmunk. Internationally, Seyi is regarded as one of the biggest African Artist.

Seyi Shay Wiki, Profile

Seyi Shay Biography

Deborah Oluwaseyi Joshua was born on December 21, 1985 in Tottenham, London England as the last of four children. She was born to Nigerian parents. Her mother is from Northern Nigeria and her father, the western part of the country, Osun State. Seyi and her siblings were raised by their mother.

Seyi started visiting Nigeria at age 2. Then, for her secondary school education, she attended Command High School, Maryland, Lagos. Thereafter, she returned to London for her undergraduate studies. Firstly, she attended a local UK college where she studied music and then moved on to the University of East London, and earned a degree in Business Management.

Seyi Shay age

How old is Seyi Shay? The singer was born on 21st December, 1985. This means that she is 35 years old as of 2020.

Seyi Shay Real Name

What is Seyi Shay real name? Her real name is Deborah Oluwaseyi Joshua (born Oluwaseyi Odedere)

Seyi Shay Parents

Seyi Shay Father and Mother: The Afropop singer was born to Nigerian parents who named her Oluwaseyi Odedere after her birth in Tottenham, London, England. Seyi’s father is an indigene of Ife (a town in Nigeria) while her mother hails from one of the Northern states in Nigeria.

Seyi spent her early childhood in England until the age of two when she started visiting Nigeria.

Seyi Shay Career

Seyi started her music career early enough. Her motivation came from her late mother and siblings who were also involved in music in different ways. At age 6, she was already performing in her school choir. Later, at 14, she performed for the London Community Gospel Choir (LCGC) in their world-wide tour which included 13 cities in Japan.

Shay signed her first record deal with No Apology, a record company in affiliation with George Martin (Fifth Beatle). In 2006, she formed a girl Band, Boadicea. The band was managed by Ron Tom, founder and manager of All Saints and Sugarbabes. However, it was disbanded in 2008.

Also, Seyi wrote and produce sound track for the Konami Game Crime Life, wrote You Will See for Mel C and White Lies for Rapper ChipMunk. While collaborating and performing, she partook in the British Pop/RnB Girl Band From Above, and emerged as the lead vocalist for the group.

From Above signed a record deals with Sony/Columbia and Mathew Knowles’ Management company. Before disbanding, the group achieved some goals. For instance, it made an online release of Breaking From Above, an MTV Reality Show that aired in over 166 countries.

Apparently, Seyi has worked with numerous bigwigs in the music industry both locally and international.

Sound Sultan motivated Seyi’s return to Nigeria during one of his visits to London in 2011. Thereafter, she heeded his advice and came to Nigeria to promote her career in the industry. On her arrival, she was introduced to Cecil Hammond who signed her under the Flytime Music label. In 2012, she released a single, Irawo. Irawo became a hit and garnered massive airplay in Nigeria.

Later on, she left Flytime Music. Thus, in July 2015, Seyi signed an international record deal with Universal Island Records UK which distributes her music worldwide.

Seyi Shay Albums And Songs

Seyi has released many hit singles. She released her debut studio album in 2015, and one EP titled Electric Package in 2018.

Seyi Or Shay

Seyi or Shay is the debut studio album of this talented singer. She started working on it in 2011, and in 2015, it was released under Island and Stargurl Limited. Seyi or Shay is preceded by five singles which include; Murda (2014), Crazy, (2014), Jangilova (2015), Right Now (2015) and Right Now ‘Remix’ (2015).

It incorporates a genre of RnB, afropop, dancehall and soul and it expresses the two sides of the singer as a person and musician. It featured vocals from Sound Sultan, Wizkid, Iyanya, Banky W, Femi Kuti, Flavour, Shaydee, D’Banj, Timaya, Cynthia Morgan, and Patoranking. The producers include Legendury Beatz, Dokta Frabz, Harmony Samuels, Del B, Pheelz and Tee-Y Mix.

Songs

• Loving Your Way, 2011
• No Le Le, 2011
• Irawo, 2012
• Irawo (Remix) ft Vector, 2012
• Chante ft Ajuju, 2013
• Kilin Me Softly ft Timaya, 2013
• Chairman ft Kcee, 2013
• Ragga Ragga, 2014
• Murda ft Patoranking and Shaydee, 2014
• Cray ft Wizkid, 2015
• Jangilova, 2015
• Right Now, 2015
• Air brush, 2016
• Pack and Go ft Olamide, 2016
• Bia, 2017
• Your Matter ft Eugy ft Efosa, 2017
• Weekend Vibes Remix ft Sarkodie, 2017
• Alele, ft DJ Consequence and Flavour N’abania 2018
• Ko Ma Roll ft Harmonize, 2018
• Surrender ft Kizz Daniel, 2018
• Yolo Yolo, 2017
• Gimme Love ft Runtown, 2019

Seyi Shay Awards And Recognition

Seyi has been nominated for several awards such as The Headies, Channel O, MTV Africa and many more. Below are few of the awards in her possession;

• New Musician of the Year, City People Entertainment Awards, 2013
• Choice Female Artist of the Year, Nigerian Teen Choice Awards, 2015
• Best Collaboration of the Year, Nigerian Entertainment Awards, 2015
• R&B Artist of the Year, Nigerian Entertainment Awards, 2016
• Exemplary Female Artist, Nigerian Ten Choice Award, 2016
• Afropop Artist of the Year, Nigeria Entertainment Awards, 2017

Seyi Shay Married, Family Life

The Afropop singer is still in the market. In other words, she is not married yet but could do so sometime in the future. For now, it is not known to the media if she is secretly dating someone or not but her fans are pretty sure she would show her man to the world someday. For what’s worth, Shay has no children of her own neither has she been in the news for getting married to a man previously.

Seyi Shay Net Worth

According to infoguidenigeria.com, Seyi’s net worth is estimated at $1 million – $5million.

Seyi is a brand ambassador to Barcardi Freezer along with Sean Tizzle and Yemi Alade. Similarly, she was endorsed as an ambassador to Samsoon Telecomunication, a service provider to Etisalat now 9jamobile.

Additionally, in 2015, she joined Wizkid and Tiwa Savage as brand ambassadors to Pepsi. In 2016, Nigeria Stock Exchange unveiled her and Burna Boy as ambassadors. And in 2017, she became the face of Gionee phone brand.

Seyi Shay Social Media Profile

Instagram @iamseyishay
Twitter @iamseyishay
Facebook @iamseyishay

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