is special to me.\u201d
Last year, King Promise gave the world what they had been waiting for, his latest project 5 Star via 5K Records. A highly anticipated first album since his 2019 LP As Promised (which saw him share tracks with Raye, Wizkid and claim Ghana\u2019s most streamed album of all time), 5 Star was exactly that, pure excellence and the highest standard possible across 14 tracks. His best project yet, King Promise lived up to his reputation as Ghana\u2019s cultural connector throughout the diaspora globally with tracks from Headie One and WSTRN (UK), Frenna (Amsterdam), Chance The Rapper and Vic Mensa (USA), Omah Lay and Patoranking (Nigeria) and Bisa Kdei (Ghana). King Promise\u2019s mellow yet danceable blend of afrobeats, highlife, indie, R&B and more on \u201cSlow Down\u201d, \u201cBad \u2018N\u2019 Rude ft. WSTRN\u201d, \u201cChoplife ft. Patronaking\u201d, \u201cRing My Line ft Headie One\u201d and \u201cGinger\u201d caught the attention of key tastemakers including The Face, i-D, The Independent, Highsnobiety, Loud & Quiet, DJ Target and more. Since the albums release 5 Star has garnered over 36M streams across Spotify and Apple Music alone and saw King Promise embark on his world tour in the US with some incredible guest appearances by Chance The Rapper and Vic Mensa to perform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRun To You\u201d live in Chicago, as well as Mayorkun to perform \u201cSugarcane\u201d at the Atlanta show friend\u2019s studio session where his curiosity and raw talent was sparked in the booth \u2013 soon to be discovered by Killbeatz (Fuse ODG, Burna Boy, Wizkid and more). At home though he still had a lush and diverse sonic upbringing. Enveloped in music from a young age where his \u201cmusichead\u201d father inadvertently helped shape his genre and culture-spanning tastes: immersing him in everything from reggae to R&B to boybands to Ghanaian highlife, nowadays Promise finds himself pulling from and enjoying an incredibly wide range of sounds, both in his own sonics and also during his creative process. At the moment, he\u2019s particularly feeling Ghanaian drill, the South African Amapiano scene and collaborating with UK artists like NSG and Headie One.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fast establishing himself as one of the most exciting African artists breaking out of the continent, on Christmas Eve 2021, his sold out annual Promiseland Festival featuring performances from Africa and the UKs most exciting artists including Wizkid, Kwesi Arthur, Headie One, NSG and more A huge success and a testament to his impact and pivotal role in Accra\u2019s cultural scene.
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Young Jonn Bio
John Saviours Udomboso, fondly known as Young Jonn \u201cThe Wicked Producer\u201d is an award winning Afro-pop producer, singer\/songwriter. Born on February 16, 1995, Young Jonn spent his early childhood in Ibadan and began producing music in 2009 before moving finally to Lagos in 2012.
After moving to Lagos, he signed with Hit Factory Studios, where he honed his skill as a producer working with and building the sound of several legendary Artists on the Nigerian music scene today. He popped into the mainstream with timeless hits like \u201cMafo\u201d by Naira Marley, \u201cShakitiBobo\u201d, and \u201cStory for the Gods\u201d by Olamide (Baddo), \u201cBiggest Badside\u201d by Davido to more recent hits like \u201cDon\u2019t Call Me\u201d by Lil Kesh; currently the #1 song in Nigeria. Other memorable Artists he has worked with include \u2013 Tiwa Savage, Kizz Daniels, and Flavour to name a few. His accolades include 3 Awards in the Producer Category the Nigerian Entertainment Awards, several nominations. Young Jonn\u2019s credits have established him as one of the most iconic singer, songwriter and producers in the last 10 years.
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Young Jonn signed an Artist Recording Agreement with Nigeria\u2019s foremost record label, Chocolate City Music, known for their track record of making Producers into Superstars (CKay, Love Nwantiti). His first project Love Is Not Enough Vol 1. was released in April to critical acclaim scoring him a remix to his first single \u201cDada\u201d with Davido. The project features singer, songwriter and recording Artist VEDO in a cross over Pop track, \u201cNext To You\u201d alongside production collaborations with some of the best in the industry \u2013 Niphkeys, and Dozer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His hit single Xtra Cool was an industry sensation entering #1 on Apple Music (Nigeria, Ghana), Deezer, Shazam and Radio in Nigeria within two weeks of release. With a total of 150m streams till date, and counting, the record charted in over 89 countries and still stays on over 20 country charts till date \u2013 with high places in key international Afrobeats regions \u2013 France, Poland etc. His first single of the year, Aquafina has done 20m streams since its release, hit 1m views within 7 days of release on YouTube and peaked at #1 on the Apple Music charts in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n