Nosa Omoregie |
Birth name |
Nosa Omoregie |
Born |
26 February 1981 (age 35)
Edo State, Nigeria |
Origin |
Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria |
Genres |
CCM, Contemporary worship music, Gospel |
Occupation(s) |
Singer-songwriter, performer,worship leader, musician, producer |
Instruments |
Vocals, piano |
Years active |
(2009–present) |
Labels |
Chocolate City |
Associated acts |
MI, Ice Prince, Zee, Masterkraft, Frank Edwards,Dammy Krane, Sasha P, Seyi Shay |
Nosa Omoregie, professionally known as
Nosa, is a Nigerian recording artist, singer, songwriter and performer. He is currently signed to
Chocolate City.
[1][2] His debut studio album,
Open Doors, was released on 14 March 2014 and supported by the singles “Always Pray for You”, “Why You Love Me” and “Always on My Mind”.
[3]
Life and career
Early life
Nosa Omoregie, hails from Benin City, Edo State and studied Engineering in
UNIBEN.
[4]
Nosa started out in the children’s choir in church and is majorly influenced by gospel singers like Fred Hammond and Kim Burrell and the noted R n B group Boyz II men. He later got to love jazz and soul music and then rock, for the simplicity of it. He is also greatly influenced by Afro-Highlife.
[4]
Nosa’s aim with his music is to create a bridge between music genres while making sure the gospel aspect of it is on a fore-front platform just as the other genres i.e a unique merger of sorts: creatively superimposing a soul tune on a high-life beat, a high-life verse with a rock-y chorus or singing ‘Pidgin’ English with an R n B flavor while proclaiming an inspirational and uplifting message to his listeners.
[4]
In May 2014, he partnered with Nokia for the release of his song “Love is Calling”.
[5]On 16 May 2014,
The Punch Newspaper reported that Nosa signed an endorsement deal with Unilever.
[6]
Music career and breakthrough single
Discography
Albums
Singles
As lead artist
|
Year |
Title |
Album |
2009 / 2013 |
“Always Pray for You” |
Open Doors |
2013 |
“Why You Love Me” |
2014 |
“Always on My Mind” |
UnOfficial Singles
|
2014 |
“Always on My Mind (Remix)”
(Nosa featuring MI) |
Non Album Singles |
As featured artist
|
2011 |
“Standing”
(Zee featuring Nosa) |
Non-album single |
2013 |
“New Day”
(Masterkraft featuring Frank Edwards, Nosa) |
2014 |
“Fly Like The Eagles”
(Ice Prince featuring Dammy Krane, Sasha P, Seyi Shay) |
Awards and nominations
Year |
Awards ceremony |
Award description(s) |
Award Recipient(s) |
Results |
Ref |
2013 |
African Gospel Awards |
Song of the Year |
Always Pray for You |
Nominated |
[10] |
2014 |
African Gospel Awards |
Song of the Year |
Why You Love Me |
Nominated |
[11] |
Crystal Gospel Awards |
Song of the Year |
Why You Love Me |
Nominated |
[12] |
Mega Awards |
Song of the Year |
Always Pray For You |
Won |
[13] |
2014 |
YadaMag Readers’ Choice Awards |
Artiste of the Year |
Nosa |
Won |
[14] |
2014 |
Gospel Touch Music Awards |
African Artiste of the year |
Nosa |
Won |
[15] |