Cecilia Marfo: 7 facts you need to know about the gospel musician
Religion notoriety in Africa is an excellent testament that it permeates all life departments and is hard to isolate. And the gospel craze makes it even more fascinating. These songs express one's devotion to religion, making worship a global phenomenon and celebrated by many. Numerous artists like Cecilia Marfo have fascinated Ghanaians. She is renowned for her melodious voice, which gives her songs the ideal oomph. How much do you know about her?
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It is highly likely that you have heard some of Cecilia Marfo songs. The energetic vocalist’s religious background created a great foundation that has allowed her to release several albums over time. Even better, she has won numerous awards, including the Gospel Song of the Year award. What is her story, and what don't you know about the gospel artist?
Cecilia Marfo biography
The talented gospel artiste was born on November 10, 1978, in Kumasi in a region called Bompata in the Asafo Nfante Newtown area. If you were wondering about Cecilia Marfo age, you would be glad to know that she is 42 years old as of 2020.
Although not much is known about her background, Cecilia is believed to have been a staunch Christian from a tender age, taking part in church activities mostly singing. So far, she has released great tunes in her long musical journey that started while she was singing in church.
Cecilia has also won numerous awards for her songs and is probably going to win even more considering her hard work and sheer determination.
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Fascinating facts about Cecilia Marfo
What would you like to know about this talented gospel artist and prophetess? She doesn’t shy away from expressing her love for God and even sharing it with other people in her sermons. Cecilia Marfo worship songs are among the best, invoking spiritual upliftment.
1. Esther Smith discovered her
Cecilia has always had a passion for singing, and she was and is very active in church. Esther Smith discovered the talented vocalist as she was innocently singing in church and was recommended to a music producer. This revelation was the beginning of a great career in the music industry, an ideal stepping stone for future success.
Cybex Music Production took great interest in her talent and decided to invest. Considering her massive success many years later, it seems that the production studio made a great decision to nurture Cecilia's talent.
Once she signed with the studio, Cecilia Marfo released her ninth album that included songs like Faithfulness and even the major hit Afunumu.
2. Cecilia has won various awards
Her stature in the Ghanaian gospel industry is quite impressive. Cecilia is among the most listened gospel musicians and a leader to her peers or competitors. Therefore, her excellent singing talent, which is incredibly outstanding, has managed to win her various awards.
In the prestigious Ghana Music Awards that is organized by Chatter house, Cecilia managed to bag various awards. The organizers awarded her the Gospel Song of the Year, Gospel Album of the Year and Song Writer of the Year.
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3. She manages a worship centre
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Cecilia’s strong Christian beliefs and faith have transformed her into a Prophetess of God and Evangelist. She has a worshipping centre that is located off Tema Akosombo, Afienya Mataheko first bus stop. The centre’s called Osoriefie Worship Centre.
Here, Cecilia Marfo holds church services to thank God for His protection and guidance. It is a trendy place for interested congregants looking to end the year without blemish and welcome a new beginning.
4. Cecilia gets help in writing her songs
During an interview with Godfred Darkwah Jr on Heavens Train on Power 97.9FM, Cecilia Marfo reiterated that she doesn’t write her songs. Even when she manages to write, she massively changes them once she gets to studio.
Cecilia has admitted that she was not good at school and doesn't have great talent in composing songs. However, she thanks God for blessing her with great flow that comes once she is in the studio to record.
Whenever instruments start to play, a song comes to mind, and she goes with the flow. Although numerous gospel artists apply a different style, hers has managed to deliver great songs that have won awards. And with over twenty years of experience in the gospel music industry, Cecilia Marfo sure knows what she is doing.
5. She lives by God’s guidance
If you have noticed, Kennedy Agyapong and Cecilia Marfo have been at loggerheads lately. The former accusing Cecilia of various evils and threatening to expose her. The controversial MP has even gone ahead to criticize Cecilia's healing powers and the methods she utilizes on her congregants.
However, according to Cecilia's response, she is only abiding by God's guidance and following His directions and commandments. Cecilia had suffered a similar fate when she slapped brother Sammy at the TsooBoi Praise Concert in 2017.
She has categorically stated that the incident was wrongly interpreted and she was only giving God’s prophecy to the gospel artist.
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6. Cecilia’s first album bagged her many awards
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Only talented individuals manage to wow the masses with their first-ever releases. Cecilia is an excellent testament to this turn of events as her first album (Mere Hwihwe Wo) was a great hit. It gave her a perfect foundation in the music industry as well as many awards.
And she has never looked back ever since, releasing great hits of nothing but pure gospel and praise-worthy worship songs.
7. Her songs are meant to transform lives
If you listen carefully to the lyrics of Cecilia Marfo’s songs, you will get the song’s intent, which is to elevate people. As she continues to raise Christ's flag high, she influences numerous people to follow the Christianity path and abide by the true gospel of the Lord.
Whether it is her family or decorated career, Cecilia Marfo has a lot of things going on. She is incredibly popular and has been receiving significant criticism from various people. Are they real or false? Hard to tell. However, she nurtured her talent from a tender age to make herself a great gospel artist and evangelist.
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