Nenna Yvonne

Artist Information

Biography

It may be rude to stop and stare, but Nenna Yvonne leaves you no choice. At age 21, the Nigerian-born/New York-raised pop princess already has the talent, pedigree, looks and desire to reign over the charts indefinitely. Her latest single, “Go Around”—a sultry electropop rave-up—boasts hundreds of thousands of spins on the internet. Three minutes of succulent ear candy, it’s not only the product of a diverse musical upbringing, but a harbinger of more cutting-edge crowd pleasers to come.

Yvonne has known her calling since childhood, but pop stardom was far from predestined. The eldest daughter of four to loving but businesslike Nigerian immigrants, she was expected to set an example and pursue law or medicine. Instead, at age 14, she matter-of-factly informed her family that she would be making the four-hour daily commute from Long Island to the prestigious LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in Manhattan, which counts Nicki Minaj and Kelis among their hit-making alumni.

“I think it’s hereditary,” Yvonne laughs about her ambition. “I was pushing for this since I was a little girl. I’m stubborn in a sense, and I’m not the kind of person that’s going to look back and regret that I didn’t try something.”

The risk paid off all right. While enrolled at LaGuardia, Yvonne earned the distinct honor of performing with classmates in a Carnegie Hall recital. “There’s people that work their whole life to get that opportunity—violinists, cellists, opera singers,” she marvels. “At age 16, to sing there with a bunch of your friends… it’s almost mind-blowing.”

Although the precocious Yvonne studied classical, chamber music, sight-singing, gospel and jazz, she was quick to embrace modern songwriting sensibilities. At 17 she began experimenting with diary entries that would shape her as a lyricist, then cleverly finagled her finances into purchasing her own studio equipment. One such spending spree at New York’s Sam Ash Music Store got her in touch with up-and-coming producer/eventual mentor Daniel “DTox” Wisniewski.

“When I started out writing songs and figuring out my own voice, I didn’t think this was the direction I’d take,” Yvonne admits. “I started working with DTox—he’s like my bestfriend—and he listened to me a lot. He sort of put me through vocal boot camp, where he tried to combine a lot of the things I learned from high school with stuff that’s current and popular.”

If cult indie EP Model Citizen and the increasingly ubiquitous “Go Around” are any indication, mission accomplished.

“I feel like there should be emotion and soul in music. It’s kind of like being on a rollercoaster—you get people excited on the first couple of lines, then you get them really excited because now this voice is in your face. Some people take that approach to life.”

CONCERTS
• Club Greenhouse NYC
• Delancey Bar
• Club One (Baltimore, MD)
• MODEL CITIZEN RELEASE PARTY @ KATRA
• Five Town Community Center
• The Archway [Under The Manhattan Bridge]
• Harlem School of The Arts
• Best Buy in Store Show
• Essex County College
• Le Caire Lounge
• Krystal’s
• Pyramid
• Cafe Largo
• Layla NYC
• Bronx Community Event
• Club Karma
• Club Pyramid
• Club Esko
• Berkeley College
• GuestHouse
• Club Plum
• Moomia Lounge
• The Penn Hotel
• Times Square Arts Center
• Ecco Lounge - LA
• The Roxy
• The Key Club - LA
• Bardot-LA
• The Terrace - Pasadena CA
• Play House-LA
• Green House- NY

Instrumentation

Dan Dtox Wisniewski - Keyboard / Vox

Discography

Model Citizen
Go Around - Air play
Some Girls - Air play/Z100
Go Around Remix Featuring Yultron - Airplay

Official Website

http://www.NennaYvonne.com

Links

• MySpace
• Twitter
• Facebook
• Last.fm
• Itunes
• MTV/Viacom

Audio

• Some Girls
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• Model Citizen
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• In The Past
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• Mind Made Up
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• Bout Mine
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• Don't Know Me
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• Go Around_MSTR
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• Go Around AGEvsTRON rough mix1
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Lyrics

• Some Girls
• In The Past
• Mind Made Up

Video

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Press

• Nenna Yvonne on Tunecore
  

  Nenna Yvonne featured on Tunecore

• Nenna Yvonne on MTV
  

  Nenna Yvonne featured on MTV

• Nenna Yvonne at The 53rd Annual Grammys [+ Show ]
  

  Nenna Yvonne attended the 53rd Annual Grammy awards this year She was also placed in the 53rd Gramm...Nenna Yvonne attended the 53rd Annual Grammy awards this year
  She was also placed in the 53rd Grammy Edition Billboard magazine and has been acknowledged as a 'New comer to watch' by VP editor in Chief Bill Werde
  Her music has been heard by millions on the hit MTV reality show 'The City' and VH1 has also licensed her music
  Nenna Yvonne has a major licensing contract through Viacom/MTV
  Her music is about to hit all major Hit music stations across the country
  Featured on numerous online blog sites http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/yvonne_nenna/artist.jhtml
  She's in the studio with Far East Movement producer Yultron for the remix to Go Around
  Each month she plays about 5 major shows and the turn out is approximately 1,000 to 1,500 people
  Check her out at www.NennaYvonne.com
  

Setlist

My set list can adjust to whatever the allotted time is for the performance. I can do 2 songs, 6 songs or all 10, whatever the gig calls for.

Basic Requirements

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