Simisola Bolatito Ogunleye aka similar the tiff Singer was born April 19, 1988 at Lagos state Simi, is a Nigerian singer, and songwriter in case u don't know Simi started her music career as a gospel singer, 2006 but later change to a love singer yea that how best I can describe her songs, her songs are always from the heart.
Simi was born in Ojuelegba, a suburb of
Surulere, as the last of 4 children. In an interview she granted to Juliet Ebirim of Vanguard Newspaper, Simi revealed that she grew up as a tomboy before the separation of her parents when she was 9. She is an alumna of
Covenant University where she studied
Mass Communication.
Simi grew up dancing and singing as a member of her local church's choir until she wrote her first song at the age of 10. [] Her professional musical career started in 2008 following the release of her debut album titled Ogaju which contained songs like "Iya Temi" and "Ara Ile" with the entire musical production from Samklef.
2014–present: Restless,
Chemistry and Simisola
In January 2014, Simi released an EP titled Restless which gained her new grounds and further earned her a record deal with X3M Music. The EP contains a 5-track cover of popular songs by international acts like
Rihanna 's "Man Down " and Adele 's "Set Fire to the Rain ".
On January 9, 2014, Simi released two singles titled "Tiff" and "E No Go Funny", with the former receiving massive airplay and accepted generally among music critics. The video for "Tiff" was released on August 30, 2015 and directed by Josh Clarke. The song went on to be nominated in the "Best Alternative Song" category at the
2015 edition of The Headies.
In 2015, Simi won the "Most Promising Act to Watch" category at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards. In an interview with Leadership Newspaper, Simi said she is working on her sophomore album scheduled to be released in 2016. Upon the release of a single titled "Jamb Question" which later featured Falz in the remix, Simi was listed as one of the artistes to watch out for in 2016 by NotJustOk.
On 14 February 2016, she released "Love Don't Care ", an Oscar Heman-Ackah-produced ballad which was received to positive critical reviews and massive airplay. The song condemns the discrimination of love because of tribal and social prejudices. The music video of the song was directed by Clarence Peters . In October 2016, she was nominated in the Best Breakthrough Act category at the 2016 edition of the MTV Africa Music Awards .On 27 October, Simi collaborated with Falz to release
Chemistry , a project Oghene Michael of
360Nobs described as an "experiment of the word art". In December 2016, Simi was nominated in three categories at The Headies 2016 award ceremony, winning one category.


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