Yola

Person · Open Library

Works

6

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Film & TV

Bristol, England, UK

Yolanda Claire Quartey, known professionally as Yola or Yola Carter, is an English musician, singer and songwriter. Yola received four nominations at the 62nd Grammy Awards in 2020, including the all-genre Best New Artist category.

Known for

• Elvis — Sister Rosetta Tharpe2022
• Bigger Than Life - The Making of Elvis — Self2022
• Rock 'N Roll Royalty - The Music & Artists Behind Elvis — Self2022
• Women Who Rock — Self2022
• Live from My Den — Self2020
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self2015
• The Graham Norton Show — Self2007
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Musical Guest2003
• Jools' Annual Hootenanny1994
• Austin City Limits — Self1975

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Female

Origin

United Kingdom

Active from

1984

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

150,395

Total plays

1,881,135

Yola (born Yolanda Quartey in Bristol in 1983) is a Grammy nominated English musician, singer and songwriter (she has also gone by the name Yola Carter). She became the lead singer of the band Phantom Limb, who self-released their first album in 2008 and has sung backing vocals for numerous artists (including Massive Attack, The Chemical Brothers and Iggy Azalea). For the 62nd Grammy Award in 2020, her 2019 album "Walk Through Fire" generated three <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Yola">Read

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

female

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

Bristol

Occupation

singer

Languages spoken

English language

Genre

folk music

Instrument

voice

Official website

www.iamyola.com

Image

Yola at Codfish Hollow, Maquoketa, September 20th 2019.jpg

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