# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nikki-laoye
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:41:20.424Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nikki-laoye"
name: "Nikki Laoye"
slug: "nikki-laoye"
description: "Oyenike Laoye, known professionally as Nikki Laoye, is a Nigerian recording artist, singer, humanitarian, songwriter, dancer and occasional actress, renowned for her musical expressions and stage performances. As a recording artist, Laoye's music has earned her several awards including The Headies Award in 2013 for Best Female Vocal Performance and the All African Music Awards (AFRIMA) in 2014 for Best Female Artiste in African Inspirational Music. She is also well known for the 2006 hit song Never felt this Way before, the 2013 dance single \"1-2-3\", the soulful ballad \"Only You\", which she remixed in 2016 featuring Seyi Shay and the love song Onyeuwaoma featuring Banky W."
tagline: "Recording artist, singer, songwriter and dancer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nikki_Laoye_and_Kirk_Franklin_on_stage_in_2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1980-12-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.18
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.605148
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "نيكي لاوي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nikki Laoye"
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    title: "Nikki Laoye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nikki Laoye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_Laoye"
    title: "Nikki Laoye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_Laoye"
    title: "Nikki Laoye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A4%D8%A6%DB%92"
    title: "نکی لاؤئے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_Laoye"
    title: "Nikki Laoye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_Laoye"
    title: "Nikki Laoye"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16204256"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump