Adekunle Gold

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Adekunle Gold is a Nigerian born and bred singer-songwriter based between Lagos, Nigeria, and the US. He gained recognition from his very first release, "Sade" a love song which sampled instrumentals from One Direction's "Story of My Life" which led to him signing a recording contract just two weeks after its release. An all-round creative with a background in graphic design, Adekunle Gold also gained early popularity through his clever series of photoshopped pictures.

Since then, Adekunle has released 4 albums: Gold (debuting at #7 on the Billboard World Albums Chart), About 30 (shortlisted for the GRAMMY® Best World Album), Afro Pop Vol 1 — which has amassed a staggering 680 million plus streams and spawned the global hit records "Okay" and "Something Different" — and Catch Me If You Can.

Released earlier this year, Adekunle Gold's fourth studio album Catch Me If You Can, has garnered almost 300 million streams and features collaborations with an array of top-tier talent including Ty Dolla $ign, Stefflon Don, Fatoumata Diawara and Fousheé and the hit singles "It Is What It Is," "Sinner" ft Lucky Daye, "High" ft Davido and "Mercy."

He has amassed 8.8M followers on Instagram, 3M followers on Twitter, and 662K followers on Youtube.

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Adekunle Gold is a Nigerian born and bred singer-songwriter based between Lagos, Nigeria, and the US. He gained recognition from his very first release, 'Sade' a love song which sampled instrumentals from One Direction's 'Story of My Life' which led to him signing a recording contract just two weeks after its release. An all-round creative with a background in graphic design, Adekunle Gold also gained early popularity through his clever series of photoshopped pictures.

Since then, Adekunle has released 4 albums: Gold (debuting at #7 on the Billboard World Albums Chart), About 30 (shortlisted for the GRAMMY® Best World Album), Afro Pop Vol 1 — which has amassed a staggering 680 million plus streams and spawned the global hit records 'Okay' and 'Something Different' – and 'Catch Me If You Can'.

Released earlier this year, Adekunle Gold's fourth studio album Catch Me If You Can, has garnered almost 300 million streams and features collaborations with an array of top-tier talent including Ty Dolla $ign, Stefflon Don, Fatoumata Diawara and Fousheé and the hit singles 'It Is What It Is', 'Sinner' ft Lucky Daye, 'High' ft Davido and 'Mercy'.

Attracting praise from international press outlets such as Billboard, The FACE, The Guardian, W Mag and Notion, the success of the album has seen Adekunle Gold take on a sold-out, 19-city US and Canada tour which Variety described as 'like a party' with 'top form vocals.' This has been followed by the release of '5 Star', the new Kel-P-produced single which had already proved to be a hit after being debuted live during the 'Catch Me If You Can' tour and with a short clip online with Adekunle Gold himself leading the #SoftLivingOnly trend across social media and now the '5 Star' Open Verse challenge which is currently sweeping across social media.

Recently unveiling his stunning NPR Music Tiny Desk performance with breathtaking live versions of some of his best loved hit records from Catch Me If You Can and 2020's Afropop Vol. 1 and his spellbinding GRAMMYs Press Play and Reimagined performances, Adekunle Gold is set to take his 'Catch Me If You Can' tour and one-of-a-kind stage presence to Australia in August, Afropunk Festival in New York in September and then London's O2 Academy Brixton on October 9th. Salle Pleyel in Paris on October 12th and Manchester's Albert Hall on October 14th.

One of the most recognisable and exciting pioneers of the vibrant Afropop genre, currently dominating airwaves across the globe — mixing Afrobeat with Pop, Hip-Hop and R&B influences, Adekunle Gold is one of the most elegant and innovative artists to come out of Africa. In addition to his world-class sonics, he has also been a staple on the fashion scene, attending exclusive events — including the Burberry AW22 Runway show and British Vogue x BAFTA — and collaborating with high-end fashion brands such as Amiri.