Cindy Sanyu

Cinderella Sanyu (professionally known as Cindy or Cindy Sanyu) is a Ugandan musician.[1] She was one of the original members of Blu*3 which also consisted of Lilian Mbabazi and Jackie Chandiru.[2] She has performed with P-Square, Wahu, Beenie Man, Ne-Yo, Tiwa savage , Bobi Wine, Shaggy, Chameleon, Bebe Cool, Davido, Mr. G and Radio & Weasel.[3]

Cinderella Sanyu
Born (1985-08-28) 28 August 1985
Uganda
NationalityUgandan
OccupationMusician | Actor
Partner(s)Okuyo Joel Atiku Prynce (Engaged-02.02.2020)
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentsVocals, Dance
Years active2003–present
LabelsStar maker ltd
Associated acts
Websitewww.cindysanyu.com

Early life and education

Cindy was born on 28 August 1985 in Kampala, Uganda[4] but hails from Mbale district.[5]

Music

Cindy started singing when she was 6 in her local church at a small town called Ntinda. She took part in "Capital Radio All Stars talent search" when she was 16 years old.[6] She took third place. She worked with producer Steve Jean who made sure she participated in the "Coca-Cola Pop Stars" contest, which led to the formation of Blu*3 in 2003.[4] With Blu*3, Cindy found music success winning the Best Artist/Group from Uganda & Best Music Video from Uganda in the 2005 Kisima Music Awards, Video of the Year ("Hitaji") in the 2005 Pearl of Africa Music Awards[7] - and Video of the Year ("Burrn") in the 2007 Pearl of Africa Music Awards[8] and getting nominated for best East African Group in the 2005 Kora Awards,[9] Best East African Album (Hitaji) in the 2005 Tanzania Music Awards[10]- Best East African video ("Frisky") in the 2006 Channel O Music Video Awards,[11] Best Group & Best Performer in the 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards[12] and Best East African Song ('Where you are' with Radio & Weasel) in the 2010 Tanzania music awards.

Cindy was dropped from the group and, in 2008,[13] she embarked on a solo career. Her debu solo album 'Ayokyayokya'(2009) topped charts all over East Africa with hits like "Mbikooye" and "Nawewe", "Ayokyayokya", and "One and Only".[14] She has had more successful songs like "Selekta".

Acting

Cindy got her debut film acting role in a Ugandan musical drama film Bella in which she played Bella in a lead role. Her performance earned her nominations at the Africa Movie Academy Awards for Best Young Actor, Africa Lead Role In Film (Non Nigerian) at the Nigeria Entertainment Awards and Best Actress at Uganda Film Festival Awards, all in 2018.[15][16][17] She later worked on another film November Tear that was released in 2019.[18]

Personal life

Cinderella Sanyu was in a relationship with Mario Brunetti and the relationship produced a daughter, Amani.[19] She got engaged to actor, producer and film director Joel Okuyo Prynce in March 2020 in Kampala.[20]

Controversy

Cinderella Sanyu was involved in a relationship with Ken Muyisa. On leaving Blu*3, her fellow band members, Jackie Chandiru and Lillian Mbabazi claimed that "she was not candid"[21] about her reasons for leaving. It was not long till Cindy embarked on a solo career with her hit single Mbikooye and wrote more hits like Ayokyayokya, Amateeka, Party, Selecta, Ndi mukodo, Run this city etc.

Discography

Songs
  • Mbikoye
  • Amateeka
  • One and only
  • Party
  • Total satisfaction
  • Nawewe
  • Selekta
  • Tempo remix
  • Ndi mukodo
  • Samodat
  • Dat dat
  • Run this city
  • One by one ft Skales
  • Dancehall ft Eddy Kenzo
  • Onnina
  • Faded
  • Copicat
  • Boom party

Albums
  • The King Herself, 2019
  • Ayokyayokya, 2009

Awards and recognition
  • Female artiste of the year in the DIVA awards, 2009[22]
  • Teenies' dancehall artiste in Buzz teenies awards, 2010
  • Best female artiste of the year in Buzz teenies awards, 2010
  • Afrima awards best female artiste (East Africa) 2016
  • Bingwa awards best artiste from Uganda 2016

References
  1. "Cindy speaks out". Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  2. "BLU*3 - AFRICAN MUSICIAN". Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  3. "Cindy, Davido fire up Kigali". Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  4. "I almost committed suicide – Cindy". Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  5. Editorial, BigEye ug (2013-07-31). "Ugandan Music Artistes and Their Districts of Origin:". BigEye.UG. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  6. "Rated Next back for second season". Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  7. PAM Awards: 2005 Winners & Nominees
  8. Museke: Pearl of Africa Music (PAM) awards 2007 winners - Uganda Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  9. Kora Awards: Kora Awards 2005 nominees
  10. Tanzania Music Awards - Nominees 2005
  11. africa.bizcommunity.com: Channel O Award nominees released
  12. Museke: MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs) 2009 nominees Archived 2009-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
  13. "Cinderella Sanyu: How Cindy Left Blu 3". ourmusiq.com. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  14. "2010 Review; Cindy Consolidated Her Achievements". Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  15. "Uganda film 'Bella' gets two major continental nods". Edge. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  16. Kabuye, Kalungi. "Uganda gets record number of nominations in 'Africa's Oscars'". New Vision. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  17. "ENTERTAINMENTUganda Film Festival 2018: See Official List of Nominees". Satisfashion. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  18. Yasmin, Nila. "Cindy Sanyu lands On Lead Role In 'November Tear' Movie". Chimpreports. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  19. "Mario didn't want marriage, so I left". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  20. Nabanja, Rashim. "Singer Cindy gets engaged to movie star Joel Atiku". My Wedding. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  21. joomlasupport. "'Cindy was not candid'". The Observer - Uganda. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  22. "And the Diva of 2009 is... Cindy". newvision.co.ug. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.

https://twitter.com/blizzug/status/795372478373785600 Cindy sanyu Afrima award winner best Female artiste East Africa 2019 https://twitter.com/Mdundomusic/status/694593397022146562 Artiste of the year Uganda.

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