Douyé
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Douyé (pronounced Doe-Yay, born 04 January 1969) is a Lagos, Nigerian born jazz vocalist who now lives in Los Angeles, California. She has released five albums; the first two recordings were R&B, but she made the change to jazz for her third album to honor her dying father's request to her when she was a child, which was to sing jazz. The fourth album is jazz interpretation of bossa nova and samba music.
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- Sorceline Book 3
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- Sorceline
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- Sorceline Book 2
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Nigeria
- Place of birth
- Lagos
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- Yoruba
- Hair colour
- black hair
- Genre
- rhythm and blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- douyemusic.com
- Image
- Douye Sings Live (cropped).jpeg
- Residence
- Los Angeles
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- date of birth
- 1969-01-04
- start of work period
- 1983-00-00
- name in native language
- Douye Diri
- birth name
- Douye Diri
- Commons category
- Douyé
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Career
- Early career
- ''Daddy Said So'' and ''Quatro''
- 2023 to present
- Discography
- References
- External links
Douyé (pronounced Doe-Yay, born 04 January 1969) is a Lagos, Nigerian born jazz vocalist who now lives in Los Angeles, California. She has released five albums; the first two recordings were R&B, but she made the change to jazz for her third album to honor her dying father's request to her when she was a child, which was to sing jazz. The fourth album is jazz interpretation of bossa nova and samba music.
== Early life == Douyé was born on January 4, 1969 at Island Maternity Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria. Her father was Landy Youduba and her mother was Diepreye (née Isenah) Youduba.
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