Kayo Shekoni

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Kayo Shekoni
actress
Years active1980s–present
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)Vocals
Formerly of
Websitekayo.se

Kayode Maria Söderberg Shekoni Listenⓘ (born 17 April 1964) is a Swedish-Nigerian singer and actress.

Career

Kayo started out as a singer in the 1980s with Swedish synth-pop band

Army of lovers).[1] She released 4 hit singles of the album. Her second album was a Swedish language soul-pop album entitled ‘'Kärleksland'’ and featured songs by Orup
and was well received by radio.

After acting in a couple of teenage movies in the mid-1990s, she became one-half of

Eurovision song contest in Tallinn the same year. In 2003 Afro-dite
competed once again at Melodifestivalen with the song "Aqua Playa".

In 2006, Kayo sang at

Fångarna på fortet ( the latter with cross-country skiing star Gunde Svan).[3]

She worked as a while as a skin therapist[3] but never left showbiz assignments.

In spring 2010 she performed at the Melodifestivalen,

Afro-Dite.[3][6]
She returned to Melodifestivalen with Afro-Dite in 2012.[7]

She has been very active on the theatre stages with B.U.S. directed by

US),[9][10] Norrbottens Teatern's production of “Cabaret”, "The Witches of Eastwick" (the latter with West End star Peter Jöback),[11] "Taube Today" at Västmanlands Teater and Uppsala Stadsteater.[12]

She has also performed at Le Click reunion concerts.

In 2023, Shekoni is part of the main jury panel along with Swedish actor, performance artist, playwright and drag queen Robert Fux and radio and television host Farao Groth of the Swedish language reality television series Drag Race Sverige broadcast on SVT1 and SVT Play in Sweden and internationally on WOW Presents Plus.[13]

Discography

Albums

  • Kayo (1990)
  • Kärleksland (1993)
  • Out There (featuring Kayo) (1996)
  • Le Click (featuring Kayo) (US and Germany only) (1997)
  • Never Let It Go (with Afro-dite) (2002)
  • Sisters in Crime 2016

Singles

References

  1. ^ "Kayo (2) – Kayo (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". Discogs. 1990.
  2. ^ PM (29 August 2006). "Berg, Gynning och Kayo leder TV4:s "Förkväll"". DN.SE. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012.
  3. ^ a b c Jan Kantor [email protected] (16 April 2009). "Kayo byter spår efter trettio år i rampljuset". DN.SE. Archived from the original on 11 June 2009.
  4. ^ Ditt namn (publiceras inte) (14 March 2010). "En stor dag – John Alvbåge" (in Swedish). na.se. Archived from the original on 16 March 2010.
  5. ^ "Resumé: Från Bonniers firmafest – till bröllopsfesten". Resume.se. 9 June 2010. Archived from the original on 12 June 2010.
  6. ^ Stockholm TT Spektra (27 April 2010). "Afro-Dite gör comeback | Kultur | SvD". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Svd.se.
  7. ^ "Melodifestivalen 2012: Afro-Dite - "The Boy Can Dance"".
  8. ^ "Kayo: På scen kan jag bidra till en annan berättelse". 12 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Svarta skådespelare i unik föreställning - Kulturnytt i P4". Sveriges Radio. 8 February 2016.
  10. ^ "Artisten Kayo drabbades av cancer två gånger". 10 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Kayo om nya livet: "Pretty damn cool för en 55-årig diskotjej"". 18 March 2019.
  12. ^ "Taube Today". 13 May 2018.
  13. ^ "Drag Race Sverige 1. Tävlande, växla upp!". www.svtplay.se (in Swedish). 4 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.

External links

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