Samini

Samini

Emmanuel Andrews Samini was born 22 December 1981 in Accra, Ghana.Emma is known in showbiz as Samini (formerly Batman Samini)
Samini hails from the northern part of Ghana precisely,WA. His genre of music is a melodious mixture of highlife,dancehall,reggae and hiphop. He terms his brand of music as  “African dancehall”.
As he usually says "S3 African Dancehall di3 no size ooo"

 

 

 He started singing in a church choir at the age of 14 and became a professional musician after a musical collaboration with another musician in 1999. His debut album, Dankwasere released in 2004, topped the local music charts for weeks and won two awards at the Ghana Music Awards. The track Linda from the album was a popular hit. He has shared the stage alongside Akon, Sean Paul, Kevin Little, Wayne Wonder, Shaggy, Damien Marley, Beenie Man, Jay-Z,Chaka Demus and Pliers, Late Joseph Hill(Culture) and Steel Pulse. He collaborated with Steel Pulse and Etana from Jamaica. He has received international recognition and toured the United Kingdom,[ Germany], Italy, Canada, and the Netherlands.
He received international recognition when he was nominated and won the best African musical act at the MOBO Awards in the United Kingdom in September 2006.His second album was Samini for which he won three awards at the 2007 Ghana Music Awards,and in February 2008, won the Best African Artist Award at the Hip-Hop World Awards in Nigeria.His third album, Dagaati, was released in 2008.

Discography

• Dankwansere, Zongo Junction, 2004
• Samini, Zongo Junction, 2007
• Dagaati, Samini Music, 2008
• CEO, Samini Music, 2010

Awards

• 2006 MOBO Awards - Best African Act
• 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards- Best Performer

Nominations

• 2006 Europe Music Awards - Best African Act
• 2008 MTV Africa Music Awards- Best Performer

The African dancehall artiste Samini  is currently preparing to shoot his next video – ‘Girls Everywhere’  admitted that being a public figure is too much pressure.
The dancehall super Star explained his reason as  "sometimes fans don’t understand that as celebrities we have our serious moods, thinking moods and business moods. For a fan, every day is a business mood hence he / she always want to see you in the mood that they know".
Samini gave an example as, the fact that I am always on stage or TV smiling and making you happy (because that is what I do) does not mean that is the way I leave my life every day, he said: "fans always want you to respond to them even at the times whereby you not aware they are churning your name".
He used funny face as an illustration "because funny face is always shooting chorkor trotro and passing comic words, if a fan should see him in traffic, trying to either beat that traffic or get to his destination on time, a fan might think he is shooting chorkor trotro hence will scream his popular saying so loud. If funny face assuming did not hear hence could not respond, that fan will take it so personal and might either spread that news."
These are some of the things that make celebrity status very difficult because as celebrities, we have no excuse in the face of our fans not to show love whenever they need it. He said this to the Miss Malaika final 10 delegates at the la Palm royal hotel when he shared some advises with them as they walk into stardom.

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