Who is Mercy Chinwo
Mercy
Nnenda Chinwo popularly known by her stage name Mercy Chinwo is a Nigerian
Gospel singer, actress, and songwriter from Port Harcourt, rivers state.
She
started her musical carrier at a very early age and has gone on to win the
heart of many Christian song lovers in Nigeria and beyond. We will start with
how she went from singing secular music to Christian Music.
Early Life and Family
Mercy Chinwo was born on 5 September 1992 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, into a
family of six and she is the firstborn child in the family of six and she is
the firstborn in the family. Her mother hails from Akwa Ibom while her father
was an Ikwere man, an Igbo dialect in Rivers State. Mercy grew up in Rumuodara,
Port Harcourt.
Educational Background
Mercy
Chinwo had her Primary Education at God’swill International school she also
attended Victory Comprehensive College and Paradise International School for
her Secondary Education and later proceeded to the University of Port Harcourt
where she obtained a certificate in Linguistics and Communication Studies.
Musical Background and Carrier
As
in the case of most singers, Mercy Chinwo started singing in church at The
Apostolic Church Nigeria, Rumuodara Branch. She started singing at a very young
age. However, her musical talent became visible to all when she turned seven
(7). Mercy’s father realized the potential in his daughter, so he decided to
support her Musical carrier by all possible means. According to Mr. Chinwo
(Mercy’s father), Mercy’s voice was musing of his own mother’s voice i.e.
(Mercy’s grandmother).
Mercy
Chinwo joined the children's choir in her mother’s church which really played a
big role in the star she has become today. She rose to become the choir
director at her church and also at her school which paved a way for her to
develop even further. According to Mercy, she always dreamt of performing on the big stage and touching a lot of lives with her songs.
Mercy
Chinwo entered the spotlight for the first time after traveling all the way
from Port Harcourt to Lagos to take part in the 2012 NIGERIA IDOL, in which she beat 12 other contestants to win the
Nigerian Idol with a cash prize of N7.5Million.
Many
believed that Mercy would one day become a popular Afrobeat or R&B singer
but, NO that was not to be. Despite performing a lot of secular howbeit
inspiration songs inquest to win the NIGERIAN
IDOL. Mercy took up another route to enter the Nigeria Music Industry with
the money she earned. She was able to pay for studio sessions and work with producers
independently. She did not have a record deal for quite a long time.
Eventually, she signed a record deal with Eezee Concept Record Label owned by
Mr. Ezekiel ThankGod popularly known as Eezee Tee.
Her
venture into gospel music wasn’t a straight forwards part, before
officially launching her musical carrier, she let to voice to popular artists
like Sammie Okposo, Joe Praise, Buchi, Chris Morgan, and Preye. They also helped
in grooming her to be
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