Gyakie wows the world with her MTV Base Youtube African Day concert performance
- Gyakie has impressed the world with a recent high-profile performance
- She was the only Ghanaian act to perform at the MTV Base Youtube African Day concert
- The Forever singer has been praised for her performance
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Gyakie's set at MTV Base Youtube African Day concert has earned the seal of approval from viewers around the world with her performance of her hit song, Forever.
Gyakie was the only Ghanaian artiste to perform at the Idris Elba-hosted virtual event which was streamed to a global audience on YouTube and broadcasted across MTV channels.
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She was introduced to the virtual audience by African music legend and Grammy winner, Angelique Kidjo.
The video of the performance has attracted comments from around the world with compliments on an impressive show.
Glamour South Africa listed her performance as one of their favourites.
"Love from Kenya beautiful voice.... Sweet song," commented Hellen Opiyo.
Eke Kelvin Obumneme also added: "Keep soaring Gyakie love from Nigeria"
Yao wrote: "This song will soon be the next despacito/Jerusalema etc"
Abigail Antwi said: "Africa is really blessed to have a goddess like you. You are a pure GEM."
Elvira Malando complimented Gyakie's voice: The voice, the lyrics. Much love girl child. Africa is really blessed.
"I like the creativity in the video from ," said Prince 001 Mwenyewe.
Watch Gyakie's performance below.
On May 20, 2021, YEN.com.gh reported that Gyakie had made Ghana proud with another highlight on an international platform.
Youtube, the American video-sharing company made her the face of Africa's Next Wave, a playlist as part of activities to celebrate Africa Month.
On April 30, 2021, YEN.com.gh reported that Gyakie made history with a feature on a new initiative by the world's biggest streaming service, Spotify.
She is the only African artiste who is a part of the inaugural class of EQUAL, an initiative by the international music company. The program seeks to push the music of female artistes around the world.
In a press release acknowledging the recognition, the singer expressed how honoured she was to be featured on the platform.
“I am deeply honoured to be the first African woman to partner with Spotify for EQUAL. This is huge for so many women across the continent and the entire globe. I don’t take this lightly at all," she said.
Earlier in the same month, she made an impressive showing on Billboard's Top Triller global Chart. The remix of her song Forever which features Nigerian artiste, Omah Lay, dominated the airwaves and charted at number three ahead of a song by Jennifer Lopez and just behind a song by Cardi B.
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