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Coely Mbueno

Coely Mbueno (born in 1994), performing as Coely, is a Belgian urban artist.

Biography

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Coely 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

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  • 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

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  • 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
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Awards

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  • 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

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