Nathaniel Bassey is a Nigerian singer, pastor, trumpeter and gospel songwriter popularly known for his songs "Imela", "Onise Iyanu" and "Olowogbogboro."
He attends
The Redeemed Christian Church Of God and pastors The Oasis Lagos, The Youth Church of the RCCG Kings Court in VI, Lagos.
Early life and education
Bassey was born in
Lagos
Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national capital of Nigeria until December 1991 fo ...
, Nigeria in 1981. He is from Ikot Ofon Ikono, Uyo local government area in Akwa-Ibom state, South-South Nigeria. His father, Mr E Joshua Bassey, was a minister in The Apostolic Church Bashua Assembly. He studied international relations and politics at the
University of Lagos
The University of Lagos, popularly known as UNILAG, is a public research university located in Lagos, Nigeria and was founded in 1962. UNILAG is one of the first generation universities in Nigeria and is ranked among the top universities in th ...
before moving to London to study politics thereafter. Conversely, he studied music at
Middlesex University Summer School.
Music career
Nathaniel started his musical career in the church where he then joined the Rhodes Orchestra and played the trumpet for two years. He was just an ordinary trumpeter until he composed a song at the visit to
Stella Obasanjo, the late wife of former president
Olusegun Obasanjo
Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo, , ( ; yo, Olúṣẹ́gun Ọbásanjọ́ ; born 5 March 1937) is a Nigerian political and military leader who served as Nigeria's head of state from 1976 to 1979 and later as its presid ...
.
In 2018, Bassey was one of the leading
artistes in the Nigerian Christian gathering - The Experience. His debut album Elohim was recorded and mixed in Cape Town, South Africa in the year 2008. It has been described as a spiritual and artistic masterpiece with the hit track, "someone's knocking at the door," a soft-rock tune currently generating so much interest locally and internationally.
Nathaniel started the #HallelujahChallenge in June 2017, where he and other believers worship God for an hour, from 12:00 am to 1:00 am. He streams this event on his
Instagram page and invites others to join him. In less than a month, the event had over 600,000 views. The #HallelujahChallenge for 2020 was held from 4 to 24 February. In 2021, the challenge held from 1 to 21 February.
Studio albums
* Someone's at the Door (2010)
*The Son of God (& Imela) (2014)
*This God is too Good (2016)
*Revival Flames (2017)
*Jesus: The Resurrection & the Life (2018)
*The King is Coming (2019)
*Hallelujah Again (Revelation 19:3) (2021)
*Names of God (2022)
*See what the Lord has done (2022)
*Yeshua Hamashiach (2019)
*You are God (2016)
*Wonderful wonder (2016)
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Performances
References
Living people
Nigerian gospel singers
University of Lagos alumni
Singers from Lagos
21st-century Nigerian male singers
Nigerian trumpeters
Year of birth missing (living people)
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