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Yolanda
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
Singles
- 2006 Mash Up
- 2006 Tell Me How You Feel
- 2008 Feelin’ the Luv
- 2008 Angels (Remixes)
- 2009 Get Up