Eugene kwadwo Boadu Baah, better known by his stage name Choirmaster (born 26 July 1982) is a
Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...
ian hip life/afropop singer-songwriter, record producer and entrepreneur. He became widely known as the leader of the defunct hiplife group Praye before going solo. He has earned numerous awards and additional nominations.
Career
After graduating from
Presbyterian Secondary School, Presec, Legon, he joined forces with two other acts, Steven Fiawoo (Praye Tietia) and Nana Kwame (Praye Tenten) to form the music trio, Praye.
Their first taste of success came when they won the maiden edition of the Nescafe African Revelation. The group went on to win some prominent awards including the Best Group in West Africa at the
Kora Awards
The KORA All Africa Music Awards are music awards given annually for musical achievement in sub-Saharan Africa. The awards were founded in 1994 by Benin born businessman, Ernest Adjovi, after a discussion in Namibia with the country's President H ...
in 2005.
But the family of Praye died when after ten years, the group split to pursue solo interests and that split birthed a new artiste, Choirmaster.
His debut song, "Ghana's Most Beautiful", became the theme song of a popular beauty pageant show, TV3 ''
Ghana's Most Beautiful'', which gave him the recognition he needed to rebrand his career as a solo artiste. Some of his known songs are "Pull Him Down" which was nominated for Best Hiplife Video of the Year during THE 2014 4Syte Music Video Awards, "Obsession", "Last Born" ft Black Rasta.
Personal life
Choirmaster is married to Ghanaian actress
Beverly Afaglo.
References
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1986 births
Living people
21st-century Ghanaian male singers
21st-century Ghanaian singers
People from Tema
Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School alumni
University of Ghana alumni
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