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Frank Elinam Cobbinah (born 24 December 1983), commonly known by his stage name Atumpan, is a Ghanaian afrobeats and dancehall singer. Cobbinah founded his own record label, Hard Boy Music, which mainly signs other Afro beats artists.
Atumpan | |
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| Also known as | Atumpan |
| Born | Frank Elinam Cobbinah December 24, 1983 |
| Origin | Avenor, Ghana |
| Genres | Dancehall, hiplife, Afropop |
| Occupations | Rapper, singer, teacher, entrepreneur |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Label | Hard Boy Music |
Recognition and musical style
editCobbinah began performing as Atumpan (meaning Talking Drum in the Akan language) in 2011, when he released "The Thing", which won Best Afro pop Song of the Year, and Best Collaboration of the year in the 2012 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.[1]
In 2013, he was nominated for Best African Act in the 2013 MOBO Awards.[2] He also won the Best International Afrobeats Act in the 2013 BEFFTA Awards.[3] In 2014, Cobbinah was nominated in the Urban Music Awards for the Best African/Afrobeat Act along with Sarkodie and Fuse ODG.[4]
Atumpan's singles with Hardboy Music include "Regina" and "Gimme some more", which feature Samini and Sarkodie respectively.
Awards and nominations
editReferences
edit- ↑ Nii Atakora Mensah (29 February 2012). "2012 Ghana Music Awards: Complete list of nominees". Ghanamusic.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- 1 2 "MOBO Awards 2013 - Nominations List Revealed! | MOBO Awards". Mobo.com. 6 August 2012. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- 1 2 "BEFFTA UK 2013 Nominees Revealed at a Glitzy Press and Nomination Launch in Mayfair". BEFFTA Awards. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ↑ "Atumpan, Fuse ODG, Sarkodie nominated for Urban Music Awards", GhanaWeb, 21 October 2014.
- 1 2 3 "Channel O TV Online | Ghana Music Awards 2012". Channelo.dstv.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ↑ "Nominations for the 12th Annual Urban Music Awards 2014 Announced", Urban Music Awards, 14 October 2014.
- ↑ "Ghana Music Awards UK 2019: All the winners". 7 October 2019.