Shola Ama

Shola Ama Born Mathurin Campbell 18 March 1979 Is An English R&B Singer Who Scored Her Biggest Hit In 1997 With A Cover Of Turley Richards' "You Might Need Somebody". Early Life And Career Shola Ama Was Born In Paddington London England Of A White Father Scottish And Irish And St Lucian Mother. 1 She Attended Quintin Kynaston School In The Early 1990s. At 15 She Was Singing To Herself On A Platform At Hammersmith Tube Station And Was Overheard By Kwame Kwaten A Producer At The FreakStreet Record Label. 2 In 1995 An Unknown Independent Label Released A Single Titled "Celebrate" Which Was A Ballad Produced By D'Influence. Although The Single Was Not A Commercial Success It Did Draw Attention To Shola Ama As An Artist. On Her 16th Birthday She Signed A Recording Contract With WEA. The Single "You're The One I Love" Was Her First Single Release For WEA In 1996 Although It Barely Made An Impact On The Charts Only Managing To Reach #85. Her Second WEA Single "You Might Need Somebody" Remains Her Biggest Hit. This Randy Crawford Cover Reached #4 In The UK Singles Chart. 3 It Remained In The Top 40 For Almost Two Months Becoming One Of 1997's Biggest Hits. A Re-Release Of "You're The One I Love" Followed And Reached #3. 3 At The Age Of 18 Shola Ama Released Her Debut Album Much Love 1997 . On The Success Of The Album Shola Ama Won A Brit Award For Best British Female And Two MOBO Awards For Best Newcomer And Best R&B Act. 4 In Return In 1999 Shola Ama Released Her Second Album In Return. The Project Saw Her Working With The Record Producers Fred Jerkins III Stargate Shaun Labelle Full Crew D-Influence Productions And Ali Shaheed Muhammad Formerly Of A Tribe Called Quest . Co-Writers Included Angie Stone And Babyface With David Foster. Despite Having Support From Her Record Label In Return Was A Commercial Flop. Following This Shola Ama Took A Break From Recording. 5 6 In 2002 She Was Noted As A 'Legend' In The World Music Awards.
2003–present In 2003 She Went Back Into The Recording Studio To Record Her Third Album Supersonic. Unable To Obtain A Major Label Deal She Instead Formed A Distribution Deal With Pony Canyon. In 2004 She Featured On The Track "You Should Really Know" A Response In Song To Mario Winans' "I Don't Wanna Know". She Also Mentored Her Sister Sadie Ama Who Signed Her Own Recording Contract And Released "So Sure" 2004 And "Fallin" 2007 . 7 Shola Ama Is The Featured Vocalist On The Perempay & Dee Single "DJ Play". The Song Was Released In October 2009 And Got Heavy Rotation On The Radio. 8 She Has Also Been Featured In One Of The London Rapper Giggs's Song "Cut Above The Rest" And Later Featured On The Bonus Disc To His Album Let Em Ave It On A Song Called "Blow Em Away".
Further Information Wiley Rapper #A-List In February 2010 Shola Ama Joined A New Collective Group Formed By Wiley Called A-List Alongside Her Sister Sadie Ama. 9 In April 2010 Shola Ama Was A Guest Judge For A Girl Group On The Sky 1 Television Docusoap Pineapple Dance Studios. read less