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Something wrong?He brought jùjú music out of Lagos and onto turntables worldwide - the first Nigerian pop star to crack the international market, and one of the few African musicians to score a Grammy nomination in the 1980s when the industry barely looked past its own borders.
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, I enjoy traditional music, but it’s difficult for me to be a part of it.
People travel all over the world with their kind of music to feel other parts of the world and to come back home.
I would say that music is like an injection, straight to the blood. The moment you hear the music, the music can heal you.
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Sunday Adéníyì Adégẹyè was born 22 September 1946 and formed his backing band, eventually called the African Beats, in 1967. Through the 1970s he built a following across Nigeria and launched his own independent label. Island Records signed him in 1982, and the albums that followed - Juju Music (1982) and Synchro System (1983) - delivered the crossover: Synchro System earned him a Grammy nomination, the first for any Nigerian artist. His 1998 album Odu brought a second nomination. He later served as board chairman of the Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria and was appointed its honorary president in recognition of the role he played shaping the organization.
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