Coely Mbueno (born in 1994), performing as Coely, is a Belgian urban artist.
Biography
editCoely Mbueno was born in Antwerp in 1994 to Congolese parents. She started singing in a church choir directed by her mother at a young age. She started rapping when she was 14 years old, at first covering Nicki Minaj in a local youth club.[1]
She has played as an opening act for Kanye West, De La Soul and Kendrick Lamar, and has performed at all major Belgian festivals, and international festivals like Glastonbury.[2]
Discography
edit- 2013: RAAH The Soulful Yeah’t (EP)
- 2016: Different Waters (full length album): reached #8 on the Flemish Ultratop album charts, #61 on the Walloon Ultratop, and #138 in the Netherlands
Singles
edit- 2012: Ain't Chasing Pavements
- 2013: Nothing On Me, All I Do
- 2014: My Tomorrow
- 2016: Don't Care, reached #1 in De Afrekening, hitlist of Studio Brussel
- 2017: Wake Up Call, Celebrate, No Way
- 2018: Hush
As a featured artist
edit- More Mess by Kungs, a top 20 hit in France
- Magic Carpet by Dvtch Norris
Awards
edit- 2017: Music Industry Awards: won Solo Woman Award, and Urban Award
- 2017: Female Belgian singer of the year at HUMO's Pop Poll[3]
- 2018: Ultima award for Music from the Flemish Ministry of Culture
- 2018: Music Industry Awards: nominated for Solo Woman and for Urban
Notes
edit- ↑ Aînouz, Abigaïl (17 February 2017). "Coely prouve que le rap belge peut aussi s'écrire au féminin" (in French). Les Inrockuptibles. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ↑ Van Assche, Gunter (27 February 2018). "Coely: "Ik zie foute mensen van ver aankomen"". De Morgen (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ↑ "Beste zangeres (nationaal)". Humo. Retrieved 12 December 2018.