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Yola
performance name of UK vocalist Yolanda Quartey
Since 1984
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Yolanda Claire Quartey (born 31 July 1983), known professionally as Yola or Yola Carter, is a British singer. Her debut studio album Walk Through Fire (2019) received critical acclaim and earned her four Grammy Award nominations, including Best New Artist. Her follow-up, Stand for Myself (2021), received similar acclaim and earned her two more Grammy nominations. Yola made her acting debut in 2022, portraying "the Godmother of rock and roll" Sister Rosetta Tharpe in Baz Luhrman's biopic Elvis, and later made her Broadway debut in 2024 when she began playing Persephone in Anaïs Mitchell's musical Hadestown.
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Yolanda Quartey, dite Yola ou Yola Carter, est une musicienne, chanteuse et compositrice britannique, née en 1983.
Originaire de Bristol en Angleterre, elle devient la chanteuse principale du groupe Phantom Limb (en), qui sort son premier album, en 2010. Elle fait partie des chants d'accompagnement de nombreux artistes, dont Massive Attack, The Chemical Brothers et Iggy Azalea. Yola a reçu quatre nominations à la 62e cérémonie des Grammy Awards, dont celle en tant que meilleur nouvel artiste, tous genres confondus.
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Discography
Albums
- 2019 Walk Through Fire
- 2021 Stand for Myself
EPs
- 2016 Orphan Offering
- 2025 My Way
Singles
- 2020 OWT
- 2020 Hold On
- 2020 Stop Crying Your Heart Out (BBC Radio 2 Allstars)
- 2022 Diamond Studded Shoes (reimagined)
- 2024 Future Enemies
- 2025 Amazing
