Fire, passion and magic.
Cool, strong beats. Hot melodies. Inspired, well-versed rap rhymes keep your pulse racing.
A female voice that clearly knows where to go. That can be impulsive and violent and yet can give a ballad all the fervor, passion and all her soul. That voice belongs to CHIOMAA. And from the
very first moment their sounds carry this fascinating attraction and this pinch of the finest exotic.
CHIOMAA, a native of Chioma Akuezue, comes from Nigeria, from the Ibo ethnic group. She was born in Sokoto in the Islamic-dominated north of the country. The Catholic family fled to Abuja,
the capital of Nigeria, when CHIOMAA was still a child. Abuja is also a city full of music. On the streets and on the radio. CHIOMAA is in the church choir. “I sang in the mass every Sunday,”
recalls CHIOMAA, “everyone who heard me at the time came to me and said that I will probably become a singer later. That naturally spurred me on. "
Maybe she already felt that an artist, a rapper, an entertainer was slumbering in her.
In any case, she is there early with recordings. “Yes, that's right,” laughs CHIOMAA, “I sang an EP for the mission sisters of the monastery, in which my parents often went to mass, in 2005.”
That is also the time when the international music ears are lining up again towards Nigeria , Femi Kuti continues the musical legacy of his father Fela Kuti's African skirt. But for CHIOMAA`s
mother, this music is something from the street and something useless. It is therefore not allowed to sing at home. And school friends were not often visiting Akuezue's house. For CHIOMAA, it's
about staying at home, reading books and doing homework every day. Then off to bed. "There was nobody I could talk to about my feelings. There was only one booklet, the pages of which I filled
with poetic lines that would later become texts for my songs. ”CHIOMAA is even supposed to become a nun, but then she leaves home and family and heads for Lagos. The booklet must, of
course.
Lagos is the wildly beating Nigerian (maybe even African) heart of music, fashion, dance, acting, the entertainment industry and art. Due to her appearance, she can get her first model jobs.
It was a big struggle to survive in the big city. But externally I communicated that I am strong and definitely not a girl who needs help in any way. ”CHIOMAA`s life is a constant ups and downs and material for a new story, for a new entry in the text booklet. Each entry is proof of CHIOMAA`s courage to face the change of life and to express this change in a creative way. The next change is already in the house.
CHIOMAA made the leap into African TV in 2009 and became the protagonist of a reality show. Day in, day out she sings her songs. The artist doesn't win the show, but wins a cash prize. In the end everyone talks about the beautiful singer from Nigeria. "When should I release my pieces, if not now when everyone was talking about me and I had a little money," CHIOMAA looks back. She goes to the studio and records three songs and has a video produced. During her ever-increasing career as a musician, she continued to prove her down-to-earthness, so she worked for a while for the German-Nigerian Chamber of Commerce or Lufthansa.
Through her professional connections to Germany, CHIOMAA came to Berlin a few years ago, getting to know and love the country and the city. From then on she decides to navigate her career from Germany.
In Berlin, CHIOMAA attends the language school, takes courses and finds more and more pleasure in German culture but also in local fashion. In addition to music, she begins to design women's fashion that she would wear herself.
During a visit to the Berlin Fashion Week, the idea of own fashion collection solidifies in CHIOMAA. Fashion for women with that special something. A cooperation partner is brought on board and the first designs are brought to physical life. Today CHIOMAA Fashion is available worldwide on various trading platforms as well as in its own online shop.
However, her main focus remains on music. Over the years, your little book has been home to a huge song archive consisting of texts that were created from the scars that struck life. They have not lost any of their topicality. There are also more than enough new experiences.
2016 is the year in which their first album with ten self-written songs appears. "I made a decision that was very important to me before I went to the studio," CHIOMAA pointedly, "with the exception of a little technical help in the studio, I will do everything on my own without compromise." Musically, CHIOMAA is broadly positioned. She effortlessly tailors her lyrics to a reggae dancehall dress.
Or to dress completely in rap. Even with a ballad, she knows exactly what she likes. “I quickly realized that I can explore every sound cosmos and there is always a strong connection between all of my notes - my voice,” she says, “and whether an idea becomes a rap piece or a ballad certainly has one conscious share. But the unconscious is bigger. And then there's the magic in every song. Something that shouldn't be questioned. If you try, this magic disappears. Immediately."
The ten pieces now available show how easy it is for CHIOMAA to combine independent romanticism with the coolness of club music. On the album, CHIOMAA creates small, pointed pictures as well as effective big stories full of real life - it clearly shows what she stands for, who she is and that she has something to say. With her own voice color, she brings an emotional force into play that makes you sit up and no one can escape.
The success proves CHIOMAA right. With her music and her album "Chioma Akuezue" she tours various events and clubs in Europe.
In 2019, she carefully tries another genre. CHIOMAA builds a new team of producers and PR experts. Chioma becomes CHIOMAA, the second A stands for her surname Akuezue, she records a new single in Berlin with the bold and danceable name "Boogie Boogie", which was produced in Afro-Pop style and released in mid-2019.
Between the performances and during the periods of rest, her song book grows steadily and wins more and more filled melancholic, pop & beat-heavy lyrics.
Another single is planned for early 2020, as well as various studio recordings for the new album, which is also due for release in 2020.
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The ten currently present songs show how easily Chioma combines Independent Romance with chilled Clubmusic. With each album Chioma creates little, trenchant pictures just like big, powerful narratives filled with real life – she explicitly shows what she stands for, who she is and that she has something to say. Her unique timbre adds an emotional force to the game, capturing everyone’s attention with no room for escape.
