Dyo (singer)
Dyo | |
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| Born | London,England |
| Genres | Pop,R&B,dance |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
Dayo Olatunji,known professionally asDyo(formerlyMs D), is anEnglishsinger-songwriter.[1]
Early life
[edit]Dyo grew up inEast Ham,East London. Her mother was born in the United Kingdom, and her father was born inLagos,Nigeria.[1]
Having started to sing at the age of 4, at age 10 she started to take part in talent shows, competitions and performing in school assemblies.[1]
Career
[edit]2009–2016: Ms D
[edit]Under her previous stage name 'Ms D', she was credited as the featured artist and co-writer for all three of rapperWiley's hit singles from his 2013 albumThe Ascentincluding UK Chart #1 Single "Heatwave".In December 2012, she was featured on" Dependency ", the debut single by English singerCharlie Brown.[2]She is also known for her vocals on rapperChipmunk's 2009 UK Chart #1 single "Oopsy Daisy".Ms D was credited as a songwriter and backing vocalist forIggy Azalea's 2013 single "Bounce".[3]
2016–present: Dyo
[edit]In June 2016, unveiling her new stage name 'Dyo', she was credited as the featured vocalist and co-writer of pop song "Sexual"by Swedish producerNEIKED.On 15 September 2016, Dyo signed a publishing deal withWarner/Chappell Music.[4]On 19 April 2017, Dyo was nominated for Best Contemporary Song at the 62ndIvor Novello Awardsfor her songwriting work on "Sexual".[5]On 25 August 2017, Fifth Harmony released their third studio album which features a song entitled"Lonely Night"co-written by Dyo. In 2018, she collaborated with Nigeria's Adekunle Gold on his About 30 album on a track titled Down With You and arguably the best track on the album which led to her increased popularity in her home country, Nigeria. In June 2018,Luis Fonsireleased his new single 'Calypso' ft.Stefflon Don,a song on which Dyo is credited as a co-writer.[6]On 1 October 2018, Dyo received a BMI award for her songwriting contribution on theMaroon 5hit single 'What Lovers Do'.[7]
In 2019, Dyo started releasing music for the first time as Dyo including her first release Arena[8]along with Go All The Way featuring Mr Eazi.[9]In January of 2020, Dyo released her debut EP 'Dyologue' which featured production fromGuiltyBeatzand JAE5.[10]Later that year, Dyo released a collaboration with Nigerian artistSimicalled 'Let Them Talk'[11]and was also credited as songwriter on Brit and Grammy nominated artistNAO's track "Woman" featuringLianne La Havas.[12]
In 2021, Dyo's songwriting credits include "Way Too Long"byNathan DawefeaturingAnne-MarieandMoStackas well asJesy Nelson's single "Boyz"featuringNicki Minaj.
Discography
[edit]Extended plays
[edit]| Title | Details |
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| Resonance |
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Singles
[edit]As featured artist
[edit]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
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| UK [14] |
AUS [15] |
IRE [16] |
SCO [17] | ||||||||||
| "Oopsy Daisy" (Chipmunkfeaturing Dayo Olatunji) |
2009 | 1 | – | 7 | 1 |
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| "Heatwave" (Wileyfeaturing Ms D) |
2012 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 1 |
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| "Can You Hear Me? (Ayayaya)" (WileyfeaturingSkepta,JME& Ms D) |
3 | – | 26 | 3 |
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| "Reload" (Wileyfeaturing Chip & Ms D) |
2013 | 9 | – | 83 | 10 |
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| "Sexual" (NEIKEDfeaturing Dyo)[20] |
2016 | 5 | 4 [21] |
2 [22] |
3 | ||||||||
| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||
Songwriting credits
[edit]| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Credits | Written with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Put It Down" (featuring Ms. D) |
2012 | Loick Essien | I.D Mixtape | Featured artist/Co-writer | Loick Essien |
| "Can You Hear Me? (Ayayaya)" (featuringSkepta,JMEand Ms. D) |
Wiley | The Ascent | Richard Cowie,Rodney Hwingwiri,Joseph Adenuga,Jamie Adenuga,Nayla "Sillkey" Largie | ||
| "Reload" (featuring Ms. D andChip) |
2013 | Richard Cowie,Michael Orabiyi,Talay Riley | |||
| "Bounce" | Iggy Azalea | The New Classic | Co-writer | Amethyst Kelly,Michael Di Scala, Mark Hadfield,Joecim Papp,Talay Riley,Natalie Sims | |
| "Sexual" (featuring Dyo) |
2016 | Neiked | Non-album single | Featured artist/Co-writer | Victor Radstrom,Elina Stridh |
| "My Ones" (featuring Dyo) |
Chip | Power Up EP | Jahmaal Fyffe,Martin Prospere | ||
| "Lonely Night" | 2017 | Fifth Harmony | Fifth Harmony | Co-writer | Jason Evigan,Ally Hernandez,Dinah Jane,Lauren Jauregui,Normeni Hamilton,Stefan Johnson,Jordan Johnson,Marcus Lomax |
| "What Lovers Do" (featuringSZA) |
Maroon 5 | Red Pill Blues | Adam Levine,Brittany Talia Hazzard,Jason Evigan,Solana Rowe,Victor Radstrom,Elina Stridh | ||
| "Bad Vibe" (featuring Lotto Boyz andMr Eazi) |
2018 | M.O | Non-album single | Scott Hoffman,Daniel Traynor,Oluwatosin Ajibade | |
| "Calypso" (withStefflon Don) |
Luis Fonsi | Vida | Luis Lopez-Cepero,Maurico Rengifo, Andres Torres,Stephanie Allen | ||
| "Name on It" (featuringBurna Boy) |
Four of Diamonds | TBA | Daniel Traynor,Tre Jean-Marie,Damini Ogulu | ||
| "Love Ain't Enough" | Jacob Banks | Village | Jacob Banks,Jazmine Sullivan,Kazza Alexander, Charles Harmon, Benedetto Rotondi | ||
| "Stupid Things" (featuringSaweetie) |
Four of Diamonds | TBA | Daniel Heloy Davidsen,Peter Wallevik,Mich Hansen,Caroline Ailin,Neil Ormandy,Gino Borri | ||
| "Wondering" (featuringChip) |
M.O | Non-album single | Daniel Traynor,Ali Ahmed,Jahmaal Fyffe | ||
| "Favourite Thing" | 2019 | Fleur East | Fearless | Fleur East,Philip Plested, George Tizzard, Richard Parkhouse | |
| "Woman" (featuringLianne La Havas) |
2020 | NAO | And Then Life Was Beautiful | Neo Joshua,Rowan Perkins, Dayyon Alexander Drinkard,Lianne La Havas,Andrew Vickery | |
| "Way Too Long" (featuringAnne-Marie&Mostack) |
2021 | Nathan Dawe | TBA | Daniel Traynor,Scribz Riley,Uzoechi Emenike,Tre Jean-Marie,Ryan Ashley,Nathan Dawe,Anne-Marie,Mostack | |
| "Boyz" (featuringNicki Minaj) |
2021 | Jesy Nelson | TBA | Abby Keen, Amanda Atoui, Avital Margulies, Hanni Ibrahim, Patrick Jordan-Patrikios,Jesy Nelson,Nicki Minaj |
References
[edit]- ^abc"Dayo talks".Urban Development. 25 October 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 25 July 2012.Retrieved9 August2012.
- ^"Dependency (feat. Yungen & Ms D) – EP by Charlie Brown on Apple Music".iTunes Store.Retrieved4 December2016.
- ^The New Classic(Liner notes).Iggy Azalea.Island Records.2014. 3781892.
{{cite AV media notes}}:CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^Hanley, James (26 September 2016)."Overnight news from around the world: Monday, September 26".Music Week.Retrieved15 October2016.
- ^Adejobi, Alicia (19 April 2017)."Ivor Novello 2017 nominations: Dyo reflects on 'overwhelming' success of Neiked's Sexual".International Business Times UK.Retrieved22 August2017.
- ^"Calypso | Luis Fonsi".Dr.dk.
- ^"BMI London Awards 2018 announce Song of the Year contenders: Pressparty".Pressparty.Retrieved3 October2018.
- ^""Arena" by Dyo ".Notion.
- ^"DYO –" GO ALL THE WAY "FT. MR EAZI".Wonderland.
- ^"Dyo confirms details for debut EP" Dyologue "".Hamada Mania.
- ^"Dyo - Let Them Talk (Official Video) ft. SIMI".YouTube.Archivedfrom the original on 8 December 2020.
- ^"Woman (feat. Lianne La Havas)".Archivedfrom the original on 8 October 2021.
- ^"MS D – RESONANCE EP – CD".Killing Moon Records. 28 March 2014. Archived fromthe originalon 3 January 2015.Retrieved5 November2016.
- ^Peak positions for the featured singles in the UK:
- For "Oopsy Daisy":"Chart Archive > 17 October 2009".Official Charts Company.
- For "Heatwave":"Chart Archive > 11 August 2012".Official Charts Company.
- For "Can You Hear Me (Ayayaya)":"Chart Archive > 10 November 2012".Official Charts Company.
- For "Reload":"Chart Archive > 9 March 2013".Official Charts Company.
- For "Sexual":"Chart Archive > 14 October 2016".Official Charts Company.Retrieved19 October2016.
- ^"Ms D – Australian Charts".australian-charts.com/ Hung Medien.
- ^Peak chart positions for singles and albums in Ireland:
- For all except where noted:"Ms D – Irish Charts".irish-charts.com/ Hung Medien.
- For "Oopsy Daisy":"Chart Archive > Irish Singles > Week Ending: 8 October 2009 (Irish Recorded Music Association)".Archived fromthe originalon 29 February 2012.Retrieved30 August2012.
- For "Can You Hear Me? (Ayayaya)":"Chart Archive > Irish Singles > Week Ending 1 November 2012".IRMA.1 November 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 6 November 2013.Retrieved2 March2013.
- For "Reload":"Chart Archive > Irish Singles > Week Ending 14 March 2013".IRMA. 14 March 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 29 October 2013.
- For "Sexual":"Chart Archive > Irish Singles > Week Ending 1 December 2016".IRMA. Archived fromthe originalon 24 December 2016.Retrieved3 December2016.
- ^Peak positions for the featured singles in Scotland
- For "Heatwave":"Chart Archive > 11 August 2012 >".Official Charts Company.
- For "Can You Hear Me? (Ayayaya)":"Chart Archive > 10 November 2012 >".Official Charts Company.
- For "Reload":"Chart Archive > 9 March 2013 >".Official Charts Company.
- For "Sexual":"Chart Archive > 11 November 2016 – 17 November 2016".Official Charts Company.Retrieved12 November2016.
- ^"British certifications – Chipmunk – Oopsy Daisy".British Phonographic Industry.Retrieved24 December2021.
- ^abc"British certifications – Ms D".British Phonographic Industry.Retrieved24 December2021.TypeMs Din the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
- ^"Sexual (feat. Dyo) – Single by NEIKED on Apple Music".Apple Inc.26 August 2016.Retrieved19 October2016.
- ^"ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles".Australian Recording Industry Association.21 November 2016.Retrieved19 November2016.
- ^"IRMA - Irish Charts".Irma.ie.
- ^"British certifications – Neiked – Sexual".British Phonographic Industry.Retrieved24 December2021.
- ^"ARIA Top 100 Singles Chart".Aria.com.au.Retrieved22 October2020.
- ^"Ultratop 2017 Goud-Platina".Ultratop.be.
- ^"Home | IFPI".Ifpi.dk.
- ^"SNEP - Neiked Sexual".Snepmusique.com.
- ^"Datenbank: BVMI".Musikindustrie.de.
- ^"Certificazioni - FIMI".Fimi.it.
- ^"The Official New Zealand Music Chart".THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART.
- ^"Trofeoversikt".Ifpi.no.17 April 2020.
