SOME FACTS ABOUT FRANK EDWARDSOME FACTS ABOUT FRANK EDWARD
Frank Ugochukwu Edwards (born July 22, 1990), simply known as
Frank Edwards, is a
Nigigerian contemporary Christian singer-songwriter and recording artist from
Enugu,
Enugu State.
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He is the founder and owner of the record label Rocktown Records, which
is home to recording artists such as Edwards himself, Gil, Divine, King
BAS, Nkay, and David among others
Early life
Frank Edwards was born into a family of seven. His birth name is
Frank Ugochukwu Edwards. He was born in Enugu state of Nigeria. He has
five siblings. He began singing at the age of ten. He learned to play
the piano from his father when he was young. In his teenage years, he
became a born-again Christian. He has six albums and many hit singles to
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Music life & Rocktown
Mr. Edwards is a producer, plays several musical instrument and is a keyboardist and a member of the Presidential band of Pastor Chis Oyakilome in Christ Embassy Church. His debut album
The Definition was released in 2008. It was a 14-track album and was distributed by Honesty Music.
[2] Angels on the Runway his second album was released in 2010 and another,
Unlimited, in 2011.
Tagjam,
was released in November 2011. He is currently known as Nigeria's
Hottest Gospel rock artiste Now in Nigeria. In 2013 he appeared in the
live performance of Sinach's "I know who I am" video. Besides being an
artiste with many songs in all musical genre, He is also a genius
producer, master mixer. As a result, Rocktown Records, which he owns,
has a generation of upcoming talents including Gil Joe, King BAS,
Divine, Nkay, Soltune, David and othe
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Title |
Director |
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Awards
In May 2011 he was nominated as the Gospel artiste of the year in the
sixth annual Nigeria Entertainment Awards (NEA). He won the award of
the best Gospel Rock artiste in the first annual awards.
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He also won west Africa best male vocalist in 2012/ best hit single at
the love world awards 2012/ and 3 awards at the Nigeria gospel music
awards (male artiste of the year,song of the year and best male vocal).
[8][9]His
latest album, Frankincense which feat Micah Stampley and Nathaniel
Bassey got everyone wowed when it topped Beyonce's and Adele's albums
within few hours of release on Itunes album chart. enjoy one of the
tracks - Agam Enye Gi Ekele. Powerful and excellent ministration!
References
"Nigeria: The Emergence of Love World Records". www.allafrica.com. Retrieved 2 August
Nkem-Eneanya, Jennifer (2013-06-24). "Frank Edwards; the Young, Gifted Gospel Artiste Taking Africa for God". Konnectafrica.net. Konnect Media. Retrieved 2014-06-0
"Frank Edwards emerges Best Male Gospel Artiste". Mydailynewswatchng.com. 2013-07-13. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
CREDIT:WIKIPEDIA
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