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Shola Ama (born 8 March 1979) is an English singer from London, who scored her biggest hits with a cover of Turley Richards' 'You Might Need Somebody' (1997) and 'Still Believe' (1999) which was one of the first productions by the Norwegian producing team Stargate.

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Shola Ama (born 8 March 1979) is an English singer from London, who scored her biggest hits with a cover of Turley Richards' 'You Might Need Somebody' (1997) and 'Still Believe' (1999) which was one of the first productions by the Norwegian producing team Stargate.

Career[edit]

At 15, Ama was singing to herself on a platform at Hammersmith tube station, and was overheard by Kwame Kwaten, a producer at the FreakStreet record label.^[1] 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; it barely made an impact on the charts, only managing to reach No. 85. Her second WEA single, 'You Might Need Somebody', remains her biggest hit. This Turley Richards cover reached No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart^[2] in April 1997. 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 in August 1997 and reached #3.^[2] Her third single 'Who's Loving My Baby' was released in November 1997 and reached #13.^[2] At the age of 18, Shola Ama released her debut album Much Love (1997).

In May 1997, Shola performed her single 'You Might Need Somebody' at Wembley Stadium as part of the build-up to the rugby league Challenge Cup Final.

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.^[3]

In Return[edit]

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.^[4][5]

2000s[edit]

In 2002, 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' by The Pirates, a response in song to Mario Winans' 'I Don't Wanna Know' which reached #8 on the UK chart.

She also mentored her sister Sadie Ama, who signed her own recording contract and released 'So Sure' (2004) and 'Fallin' (2007).

Shola Ama featured as vocalist on the Perempay & Dee single 'DJ Play'. The song was released in October 2009 and received heavy rotation on the radio.^[6] She also featured on one of rapper Giggs' songs, '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'.

A-List[edit]

In February 2010, Shola Ama joined a new collective group formed by Wiley called A-List, alongside her sister Sadie Ama and grime musiciansRoll Deep, Mz. Bratt, Wrigley, Margs, Young Kye and Kivanc.^[7]

Recent work[edit]

In April 2010, Shola Ama was a guest judge for a girl group on the Sky 1 television docusoapPineapple Dance Studios alongside reality TV star Dean Rowland.^{[citation needed]}

In 2013, during Black History Month in the UK, Shola Ama narrated on the show My Crazy Jamaican Life. The show featured two white girls who are associated with Jamaican men living in England. It received mixed reviews by UK viewers of all ethnicities.^{[citation needed]}

In October 2015, she released a new 8 track EP featuring new reggae influenced tracks titled Surreal on Necessary Mayhem Records, 13 years after her last album Supersonic in 2002.

In April 2016, she featured on album System Killer by Frisco on the song 'Rocket'.

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

• Much Love (1997) 4x Platinum, No. 6 UK,^[2] No. 21 FR
• In Return (1999) Silver, No. 92 UK, No. 57 FR
• Supersonic (2002) Gold (Japan only), No. 126 FR
• Surreal (2015)

Singles (as main artist)[edit]

Singles (as featured artist)[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Callan, Jessica (12 December 1998). 'Dream comes true for Shola'. The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 4 September 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
2. ^ ^abcdBrown, Tony; Neil Warwick; Jon Kutner (2004). The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles and Albums. London: Omnibus Press. p. 63. ISBN1-84449-058-0.
3. ^http://www.mobo.com/1997. Retrieved 6 February 2011.Missing or empty title= (help)^{[dead link]}
4. ^'Ama ruined by cocaine'. 21 July 2004. Archived from the original on 1 July 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
5. ^'R&B singer tells of cocaine fight'. BBC News. 20 July 2004. Archived from the original on 1 July 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
6. ^'Perempay & Dee feat. Shola Ama – DJ Play'. Buzzin Electronic Music. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
7. ^'Westwood – Wiley introducing the A-List (Radio 1)'. YouTube. 4 March 2010. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
8. ^ ^ab'Shola Ama Top 75 Releases'. The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
9. ^'Offizielle Deutsche Charts'. Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2017.