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Early life and education

Efe Grace hails from Agogo in the Ashanti Region, Ghana. Grace is the daughter of Ghanaian gospel minister, Rev. Mensah Bonsu. She is the eldest of three children. She attended Yaa Asantewaa Girls School and completed in 2006. She furthered her education at

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graduating in 2011 with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Banking and Finance.

Music career

Grace started singing whilst she was teenager, joining serving as a backing vocalist for her father. She eventually became a worship leader in her church whilst also serving as a jazz musician at hotels, restaurants, and pubs in Kumasi. She also served as a backing vocalist for

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. Grace started out as a backing vocalist for Sonnie Badu and Ohemaa Mercy. She released her debut single in October 2018 titled "''Yehowa ne M'abankese''" which was a refix of her father's song with the same title. She released another single King of Glory. In 2020, she earned her first Vodafone Ghana Music Award nomination for the female Vocalist award category. Efe Grace was also nominated for the Emerging Woman of the Year and Best Female Vocal Performance for the 2021

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. She gained two nominations for the Gospel Artist of the Year and Best Female Vocal Performance of the Year for her song ''Lord Have your way'' at the 2021 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards. The Female Vocal Performance award was subsequently won by

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. In September 2021, she released her fourth and firth singles titled Overflow and Sounds of Heaven. In 2022, Efe Grace again earned three nominations for Gospel Act of the Year, Best Female Vocal Performance for her song Overflow and Performer of the Year for her performance at 2021 3Music Women's Brunch Performance.

Notable performances

Since starting her solo career, she has performed at the Ghana Music Awards where she performed with Ohemaa Mercy and Joe Mettle. Hope Concert and Ignite Virtual Concert. She also performed at the 2021 3Music Women's Brunch.

Discography

Singles

* ''Yehowa ne M'abankese'' (2019) * ''King of Glory (2019)'' * ''Lord Have your way'' (2020) * ''Overflow (2021)'' * ''Sound of Heaven (2021)''

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Official website
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