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MNEK
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Uzoechi Osisioma "Uzo" Emenike (; born 9 November 1994), professionally known by his stage name MNEK ( ; a gramogram of Emenike), is a British singer, songwriter and record producer. He has been nominated for two Grammy Awards and a Brit Award, and has received the ASCAP Vanguard Award. His writing and production credits include H.E.R., Jax Jones, Zara Larsson, Little Mix, Dua Lipa, Flo, Sugababes, Clean Bandit, Julia Michaels, Måneskin, Craig David, Christina Aguilera, Becky Hill, Joel Corry, Selena Gomez, Years & Years, Kid Cudi, Kylie Minogue, Beyoncé, Hailee Steinfeld, Madonna, KSI, Mabel
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MNEK, born Uzoechi Osisioma Emenike on November 9, 1994, is a male singer-songwriter and record producer from the United Kingdom. He was born in Lewisham, London, England. His work spans pop music, R&B, electronic, and soul genres. He is associated with the record label Universal Music Group and began his professional career in 2011.
MNEK speaks English and identifies as homosexual. In addition to his musical roles, he has been involved in acting. His music is categorized under tags including R&B, pop, electronic, and soul, reflecting his British background. He is recognized for his contributions to songwriting and music production within the industry.
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Film & TV
Lewisham, London, England, UK
Uzoechi Osisioma "Uzo" Emenike, professionally known as MNEK, is a British singer and Brit and Grammy-award-winning songwriter and record producer. He has been nominated for a Grammy and he received the ASCAP Vanguard Award.
Known for
- Girlbands Forever — Self2025
- Zara Larsson - Up Close — Self2025
- Girlbands Forever — Self2025
- Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud2024
- Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution — Self2023
- The Outsiders? — Self2021
- RuPaul's Drag Race UK — Self - Special Guest2019
- RuPaul's Drag Race UK — Self - Guest Judge2019
- The Jonathan Ross Show — Self2011
- BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge2010
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1994
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 221,778
- Total plays
- 2,017,745
Tags
Uzoechi Osisioma Emenike professionally known as MNEK is a British singer, songwriter, remixer and producer of Nigerian descent. His recent writing and production credits include Duke Dumont, Rudimental, Gorgon City, DEVolution, Misha B, Little Mix, A*M*E and remixes for Duran Duran, Olly Murs, Tinie Tempah, Mutya Keisha Siobhan and more. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/MNEK">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- MNEK
- Musical artist.image
- MNEK Glatsonbury Festival 2014 by neal whitehouse piper cropped.jpg
- Musical artist.caption
- MNEK performing at Glastonbury in 2014
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Uzoechi Osisioma Emenike
- Musical artist.alias
- Uzo Emenike
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Lewisham, London, England
- Musical artist.origin
- Bellingham, London, England
- Musical artist.years_active
- 2011–present
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
MNEK Magazine | British Songwriting & Music Production News
Dive deep into the art of sound. MNEK Magazine offers expert insights into British songwriting, the latest music production tech, and exclusive interviews with the UK’s top hitmakers.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Lewisham
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- pop music
- Record label
- Universal Music Group
- Official website
- mnekofficial.com
- Image
- MNEK Glatsonbury Festival 2014 by neal whitehouse piper cropped.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1994-11-09
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
- start of work period
- 2011-00-00
- Commons category
- MNEK
- social media followers
- 191000
- name in native language
- Uzoechi Osisioma Emenike
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Career
- 2011–2013: Breakthrough
- 2014–2015: ''Small Talk''
- 2016–present: Songwriting breakthrough and ''Language''
- Personal life
- Discography
- Awards and nominations
- Notes
- References
- External links
Uzoechi Osisioma "Uzo" Emenike (; born 9 November 1994), professionally known by his stage name MNEK ( ; a gramogram of Emenike), is a British singer, songwriter and record producer. He has been nominated for two Grammy Awards and a Brit Award, and has received the ASCAP Vanguard Award. His writing and production credits include H.E.R., Jax Jones, Zara Larsson, Little Mix, Dua Lipa, Flo, Sugababes, Clean Bandit, Julia Michaels, Måneskin, Craig David, Christina Aguilera, Becky Hill, Joel Corry, Selena Gomez, Years & Years, Kid Cudi, Kylie Minogue, Beyoncé, Hailee Steinfeld, Madonna, KSI, Mabel and Twice.
==Career== ===2011–2013: Breakthrough=== In an interview with Build LDN, MNEK talked about his introduction into the music industry and how, at first, he did not even know what a publisher was. He stated, "I started writing poems and writing songs around the age of 8 or 7 and I started playing around with production software from really young as well. I then put some stuff up on Myspace finally when I was 14. There were two songs I had. I sent them out to all my favourite artists on Myspace and it just landed on this artist at the time called CocknBullKid, but she's now Anita Blay and she's an amazing songwriter. She was like "Okay, cool. I'm just gonna send this to my publisher" and at the time I had no idea what a publisher was. So she sent it and that was that and it became this flurry of people wanting to be my publisher and then that was me in the industry, but then I've had to grow in the industry at the same time – I've been learning on the job – because I was still in school and all that stuff. I was managing how to work that around it because my parents weren't gonna let me leave school."
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