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Sinach becomes first African to rank No 1 on billboard USA

chuks oti

May 06, 2020

Gospel singer and songwriter Osinachi Joseph (A.K.A Sinach) is excited as she ranks No 1 on USA billboard for Christian songwriter for almost 2 months.

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"So apparently We have been No 1 on billboard USA for Christian song writer for 7 weeks !! Look at God!! First Black person
First from Africa ... So grateful to God!! Thank you @billboard #loveworld @joe_egbu @integritymusic #speedoftheHiolyGhost
#sponsoredbygrace #sinach #waymaker" she wrote on social media.

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Sinach as she's fondly called, started off singing while working as a staff and choir member in pastor Chris Oyakhilome's Church Christ Embassy.

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CAREER:

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The 47 year old had written many songs before dropping her first album, Chapter One in 2008.

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In the same year her song 'This Is Your Season' won the Song of the Year award.

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In 2016, the singer was the first to receive the Love world International Music and Arts (LIMA Songwriter of the Decade Award) in recognition of her contribution to gospel music.

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The 'I Know Who I Am' crooner has written over 200 songs and won several awards.

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The worship leader also received the African Achievers' Award for Global Excellence.

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And the Western Africa Artist Of The Year by Groove Awards in Kenya.

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She was also listed by YNaija alongside Chris Oyakhilome, Enoch Adeboye as one of the Top 100 Influential Christians in Nigeria in same year.

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PERSONAL LIFE

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The mum of one is however from Ebonyi State in Nigeria, and is the second daughter of seven children.

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Sinach married Joseph Egbu in Christ Embassy In 2014.

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The couple welcomed their first child, five years after marriage in 2019.

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Sinach has performed and headlined concerts in countries like Kenya, Dominica, South Africa, United States, Canada, Antigua & Barbuda.

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Also Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Grenada, Uganda, Barbados, The British Virgin Islands, Zambia, Saint Maarten, the United Kingdom, India and many more.

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