The original artist of Waymaker!
African born International Gospel Singer, SINACH was live at BBC Africa's Studio
Osinachi Kalu Okoro Egbu, known professionally as Sinach, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and senior worship leader at Loveworld. She is the first singer-songwriter to top the Billboard Christian Songwriter chart for 12 weeks in a row. Her song "Way Maker", bagged three nominations and won the Song of the Year at the 51st GMA Dove Awards, making her the first Nigerian to win the Award. She also won the BMI song of the year, and in 2021 was recognized by the US Congress while on tour in the United States of America.
She has released 9 studio albums with several other hit songs, including "I Know Who I Am", "Great Are You Lord", "Rejoice", "He Did It Again", "Precious Jesus", "The Name of Jesus", "This Is My Season", "Awesome God", "For This", "I Stand Amazed", "Simply Devoted" and "Jesus is Alive".
"Way Maker" has also piled up many recognition and awards since it was released in 2015. The visuals for Way Maker is currently the second most-watched Nigerian music video on YouTube.[9] In March 2019, it became the third Nigerian video to garner 100 million views on YouTube behind Davido's "Fall" and Yemi Alade's Johnny".[10] "Way Maker" has been covered by over 60 Christian artists such as Michael W. Smith, Darlene Zschech, Leeland, Bethel Music, and Mandisa and in many languages.[11][12][13] In the first few weeks of the Coronavirus pandemic and lockdown in 2020, Way Maker was the go-to song, as several viral videos in hospitals, parks were made with large numbers of people singing the song. After being on the Christian Copyright Licensing International top 100 charts for several months in 2020, it claimed the No. 1 position in June and has remained till December 2020, making it the most played song in Churches across the United States for 2020.
Sinach received a Bethlehem Hall of Faith certificate of commemoration during her visit to Israel in December 2017. In September 2019, Sinach became the first gospel artist from Africa to tour India, headlining concerts with several thousand in attendance. In May 2020, she became the first African artist to top the Billboard Christian Songwriters chart.
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