Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe born 14 June 2002 known professionally as Ayra Starr is a Nigerian singer and songwriter In early 2021 Starr achieved mainstream recognition with her eponymous debut extended play and its hit track Away which spent two consecutive weeks at number four on Nigerias TurnTable Top 50 chart the song also peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Top Triller Global chart paving the way for the release of her first fulllength album 19 Dangerous 2021 Categorized mainly as Afropop and RB the mixtape received favorable critical reception and spawned two top forty hits in Nigeria The lead single Bloody Samaritan peaked atop the Top 50 chart becoming the first solo song by a female artist to reach the numberone position Starr debuted on Pandora Predictions chart and on 28 August 2021 was ranked number three on Billboards Next Big Sound Starr would later achieve mainstream international recognition in 2022 with the release of her song Rush The song charted in several territories including Switzerland Ireland and the United Kingdom where it peaked at number 24 It earned Starr her first nomination at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards for Best African Music Performance With the song Starr became the youngest African female artist to surpass 100 Million views on a single video on YouTube and also the first to do so within 5 months
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