Tope Alabi (born 27 October 1970) in Ogun, a Nigerian

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composer and actress. She is also known as Ore ti o common and as Agbo Jesu. Tope Alabi obtained a

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from the polytechnic of

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, after graduating in the year 1990, she worked as a correspondent at NTA (

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) in Ibadan. She started singing at the younger age, when she joined the choir in her local

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at the age of seven. Tope has ability to produce different traditional and modern beats. She had

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and released several songs and couple with Christian slangs that made her different.

Biography

Tope Alabi was born on 27 October 1970 in

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,She was born into the family of Pa Joseph Akinyele Obayomi and Madam Agnes Kehinde Obayomi. She is the only daughter out of the three children in the family.She is married to Soji Alabi. She hails from Yewa, Imeko of Ogun State, Nigeria. She obtained her West Africa School Certificate from Oba Akinyele Memorial High School, Ibadan, 1986. Thereafter, she proceeded to the Polytechnic Ibadan where she studied

and graduated in 1990. Alabi was formerly a member of the Jesters International comedy group. She later worked with other popular traveling and stage theater groups in both

and

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. She made films in the Yoruba film genre of

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. Tope Alabi later changed her focus to gospel music after she became a born-again Christian. On 21 May 2019, Nigerians on Twitter crowned Tope Alabi the queen of

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language as a result of a competition by

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on their 70th-anniversary celebration. On 13 June 2021, she came under criticism for her comments on a song titled Oniduro Mi, which sparked outrage amongst other gospel artists.

Discography

* ''Ore ti o Common'' (2001) * ''Iwe Eri'' (2003) * ''Agbara Re NI'' (2005) * ''Agbara Olorun'' (2006) * ''Angeli MI'' (2007) * ''Kokoro Igbala'' (2008) * ''Kabiosi'' (2010) * ''Moriyanu'' * ''Agbelebu'' (2011) * ''Alagbara'' (2012) * ''Agbelebu'' (2013) * ''Oruko Tuntun'' (2015) * ''Omo Jesu'' (2017) * ''Yes & Amen'' (2018) * ''Spirit of Light'' (TY Bello) (2019) * ''Olorun Nbe Funmi'' (Iseoluwa) * ''Eruretoba'' (TY Bello) * ''Adonai'' (TY Bello) * ''Awa Gbe Oga'' (TY Bello) * ''Angeli'' (TY Bello) * ''No One Else'' (TY Bello) * ''Oba Mi De'' (TY Bello) * ''Olowo Ina'' (TY Bello) * ''War'' (TY Bello) * ''Lowo Olorun Lowa(2020) * ''Unless You Bless Me(2022) * Igbowo Eda (2023)

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* 1970 births Living people Nigerian gospel singers Musicians from Ibadan Actresses from Ibadan Yoruba women musicians Yoruba actresses Nigerian Christians 20th-century Nigerian actresses Yoruba-language singers Actresses in Yoruba cinema 21st-century Nigerian singers Nigerian film actresses The Polytechnic, Ibadan alumni {{Nigeria-film-actor-stub