User:Paul Umeora

Artist Name: Paul Umeora

Occupation: singer, songwriter, music director and record producer.

Instruments: Piano, Acoustic Guitar and Vocals. Genres: Afropop, Alternative Rock, and Inspirational.

Background: Paul Umeora was born into a family of five which he is the third born. He hails from Aguata, Anambra State in Nigeria, but born and bred in Lagos, Nigeria. He started singing and playing the piano from his local church as teenager. He later found his calling from what he loves doing and what he does best which is 'Music'. He is currently an undergraduate of computer engineering in the Yaba College of Technology.

Discography: Paul Umeora dropped his first single in 2016 'You Are God' which drew the attention of so many gospel/inspirational music lovers to his craft, and then he dropped a follow up single in 2017 called 'Okaka'.

In 2018, he started to embark on a project called 'THE WONDERFUL UNEXPECTED EP' from which he dropped the gospel hit single 'Dance For The Baba' which came as a surprise to every gospel music lover due to the contemporary Afro Pop sound which is uncommon in the gospel music scene in Africa, coupled with the smashing vocal delivery and strong lyrical content the song came #1 on the KGospel Chart as the most streamed gospel song on their platform, and it has been played in major gospel radio stations all around the world.

His latest single 'Do Well' was released on February 7th, 2019. The song was described as 'massive game changer' by critics. He has several collaborations and many songwriting credits coupled and has produced couple of singles for some artists.

Awards and Nominations: Paul Umeora won the Antigua and Barbuda Gospel Music Awards(ABGMA) in the International Psalmist of The Year Category 2019 and was the only African to be nominated in that category.

He was also nominated in three categories namely; Contemporary Gospel Song, African Gospel Song and Afro Pop at the International Gospel Awards which will hold in October 2019