Olasunkanmi Rehanat Alonge (born 2 June 1987), better known by her stage name Sunkanmi, is a Nigerian songwriter and singer; Sunkanmi rose to recognition in 2015 when she released "For Body", a song which had her enlisting the collaborative effort of a popular Nigerian musician by name

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. She is currently signed to Hit The Ground Records under which she has released numerous singles.

Early life and education

Sunkanmi is an alumna of Olabisi Onabanjo University, where she studied Geophysics.

Musical career

While in her second year in school, Sunkanmi had her first recording. In mid-2015, through the help of her producer, she got to meet

. The meeting led to the creation of a song titled ''For Body''. Sunkanmi signed on with Hit The Ground Running Entertainment. In 2015, Sunkanmi was nominated for the "Most Promising Act to Watch" at the 2015 edition of the Nigeria Entertainment Awards, and in 2016, she received 3 nominations from Scream All-Youth Awards in the "Best New Act" category, The Lagos Fashion Award in the "Fashionable Revelation Artist of the Year" category and Eloy Awards in the "Upcoming female Music Artiste" category, alongside the likes of Niniola, Falana and

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Discography

Singles

List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name

Music videos

List of music videos as lead artist, showing date released and directors

Awards and nominations

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sunkanmi Living people Yoruba women musicians 21st-century Nigerian women singers Olabisi Onabanjo University alumni Musicians from Lagos State People from Ogun State Yoruba-language singers English-language singers from Nigeria Nigerian women singer-songwriters Nigerian singer-songwriters 1987 births Nigerian People's Party politicians