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Sekou (singer)
Sekou Sylla is a British-Ivorian singer from Leicestershire. He was nominated for the Brit Award for Rising Star in 2024.
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| Sekou Sylla (2004-09-18) September 18, 2004Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England |
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Sekou Sylla is a British-Ivorian singer from Leicestershire. He was nominated for the Brit Award for Rising Star in 2024.
From Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, he attended Ashby School and Ivanhoe College.
Described as having a rich and bottom-heavy baritone voice, Sekou was signed to Good Soldier Records at 16 years old after posting songs of himself singing on platforms such as Tik Tok and SoundCloud.
In 2022, he played in the BBC Music Introducing tent at the 2022 Glastonbury Festival after being handpicked to play by Arlo Parks. Prior to that he performed at the wedding of Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz. He also supported John Legend on tour that year.
His debut EP Out of Mind was released in June 2023, was released when he was 18 years old. He co-wrote songs on the EP with Dixson as well as working with Sounwave and Al Shux His single Better Man and follow-up Time Will Tell, co-written with Theron Thomas, were released in 2023. In 2023, he performed on the BBC Two television show Later… with Jools Holland and had his music featured on the television dating show Love Island.
Sekou was nominated for the Brit Award for Rising Star at the 2024 BRIT Awards.
In 2024, Sekou performed the theme tune for the BBC One musical drama This Town, created by Steven Knight and set in the West Midlands.
| Title | Details |
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| Released: 14 November 2025 | |
| Label: EMI | |
| Formats: Digital download, streaming | |
| Released: 2026 | |
| Label: EMI | |
| Formats: Digital download, streaming |
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| Released: 30 June 2023 | |
| Label: Island | |
| Formats: Digital download, streaming |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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| 2023 | — | — | Out of Mind |
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| 2024 | — | — | Non-album singles |
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| 2025 | — | 40 | In a World We Don't Belong (Pt. 1) |
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| 2026 | 11 | — | In a World We Don't Belong (Pt. 2) |
| Title | Year | Other artists | Album | Notes |
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| 2024 | Skrapz, Potter Payper | Reflection | Featured artist | |
| Nines, Skrapz | Quit While You're Ahead | Background vocals | ||
| 2025 | Central Cee | Can't Rush Greatness | Background vocals (uncredited) | |
| Kevin Abstract, Ameer Vann, Love Spells | Blush Demo Tape | Featured artist | ||
| Kevin Abstract | Blush | |||
| Justin Bieber | Swag | Background vocals | ||
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) / work(s) | Result |
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| 2026 | MOBO Awards | Best Newcomer | Sekou | Nominated |
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