Sinach
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Osinachi Kalu Okoro Egbu , known professionally as Sinach, (born 30 March 1972) is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and senior worship leader, serving in this capacity for over 30 years. She is the first singer-songwriter to top the Billboard Christian Songwriter chart for 12 weeks in a row. Her song "Way Maker" received three nominations and won the Song of the Year at the 51st GMA Dove Awards, making her the first Nigerian to win the Award. She also won the BMI song of the year, and in 2021 was recognized by the US Congress while on tour in the United States of America.
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Nigeria
- Active from
- 1973-06-30
Discography
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- 13,271
- Total plays
- 205,165
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Sinach is a key member of the LoveWorld music team of Christ Embassy who started singing at a very young age. However, it was not until she met the man of God, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, that she knew that she was called and then began her training towards using her talent for ministry. For over fifteen years Sinach has been privileged to witness, first hand, amazing miracles take place in the lives of people while ministering in music, as her mentor Pastor Chris ministered in the Healing School
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Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Sinach
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- Sinach.jpg
- Musical artist.alt
- Sinach in Johannesburg, 2016
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- Sinach performing at Mosaiek Theatre in Johannesburg 2016
- Musical artist.native_name_lang
- Igbo
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Osinachi Kalu
- Musical artist.origin
- Afikpo South, Ebonyi State, Nigeria
- Musical artist.instrument
- Vocals
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1994–present
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Nigeria
- Occupation
- philanthropist
- Educated at
- University of Port Harcourt
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Hair colour
- black hair
- Genre
- gospel music
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Sinach.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1972-03-30
- start of work period
- 1994-00-00
- name in native language
- Osinachi Kalu Okoro Egbu
- birth name
- Osinachi Kalu Okoro Egbu
- social media followers
- 2340000
- Commons category
- Sinach
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Early life
- Personal life
- Musical career
- Performance
- Philanthropy
- Albums
- Awards and nominations
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Osinachi Kalu Okoro Egbu , known professionally as Sinach, (born 30 March 1972) is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and senior worship leader, serving in this capacity for over 30 years. She is the first singer-songwriter to top the Billboard Christian Songwriter chart for 12 weeks in a row. Her song "Way Maker" received three nominations and won the Song of the Year at the 51st GMA Dove Awards, making her the first Nigerian to win the Award. She also won the BMI song of the year, and in 2021 was recognized by the US Congress while on tour in the United States of America.
She has released 9 studio albums with several other hit songs, including "I Know Who I Am", "Great Are You Lord", "Rejoice", "He Did It Again", "Precious Jesus", "The Name of Jesus", "This Is My Season", "Awesome God", "For This", "I Stand Amazed", "Simply Devoted" and "Jesus is Alive".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sinach” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.