Mercy Nnenda Chinwo is a Nigerian gospel musician, singer, actress, comedian and songwriter. She started singing at age 8 in her church children's choir, she won the ''

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'' Season 2 in 2012.

Life and career

Mercy Nnenda Chinwo was born on September 5, 1990, in Portharcourt,

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. She is the fourth of five children in her family(First daughter). She lost her father at a very young age. She is married to Pastor Blessed Uzochikwa who is from Delta State, Nigeria. Chinwo released her first single, "Testimony" in 2015, and "Igwe" a year later in 2017. Mercy Chinwo is a Gospel music Minister

Personal life

She got married in Port Harcourt to Pastor Blessed Uzochikwa of Water Brooks Church Lekki on the 13th of August 2022.

Acting

A year after winning ''Nigerian Idol'', she landed her first film role in

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, and

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among others. The film House of Gold won Best Picture at the

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and Best Ghanaian Movie at the 2013 City People.

Achievements

*In 2012, Mercy Chinwo won

. *In 2018, Mercy Chinwo was awarded the Best Gospel Artiste at the CLIMAX Awards 2018. *In 2019, at the maiden edition of the Africa Gospel Awards Festival (AGAFEST 2019) Mercy Chinwo was named winner in the categories Africa Gospel New Artiste of the Year, Africa Gospel Female Artiste of the Year, and Africa Gospel Song of the Year (Excess Love). *In 2020, Mercy Chinwo emerges as the Gospel Artiste of the year at the AFRIMMA Awards.

Discography

Albums

* ''The Cross My Gaze'' (2018) * ''Satisfied'' (2020)

Singles

*''Testimony'' (2015) *''Igwe'' (2016) *''Excess Love'' (2018) *''Omekanaya'' (2018) *''No More Pain'' (2018) * Chinedum (2018) *''Power Belongs to Jesus'' (2019) *''Äkamdinelu'' (2019) *''Oh Jesus!'' (2019) *''Obinasom'' (2020) *''Kosi'' (2020) *''Tasted Of Your Power'' (2020) *''Na You Dey Reign''(2020) *Yahweh (2021) *Yahweh (2022) * Onememma (2020)

Filmography

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chinwo, Mercy Singers from Port Harcourt Nigerian gospel singers Nigerian women singer-songwriters Living people 21st-century Nigerian women singers Ikwerre people Actresses from Port Harcourt 1990 births