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Nailah showcased at SXSW in March 2018 and her song “O Lawd Oye” was selected as the top 10 songs to listen to by npr.org. Nailah was nominated as Best New Soca Artist for the Your View Awards 2018 in Jamaica. In 2018 the awards and achievements are flowing in: In total she has combined over 25 million views on YouTube, placing her in the top 5 of most viewed artists in Trinidad & Tobago. She is currently booked every weekend until the end of October. Bookings are flowing in from North America to Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. If 2017 was her break out year, 2018 is the year Nailah Blackman stamps her name as a force to be reckoned with in the music industry globally. In total she has combined over 30 million views on YouTube, placing her in the top 5 of most viewed artists in Trinidad & Tobago. The concert was a huge success and brought together some of the most talented upcoming Trinidad artists. She closed off 2017 on a high note celebrating her 20th birthday on December 2nd, launching her first EP “Sokah” and her live band by the same name. Nailah is also a prolific songwriter and composer and continues to write and compose her own songs.Ģ017 has been her break out year with 3 mega hits back to back including “Work Out” featuring Kes the Band, with over eleven million views on YouTube. With this ancestry in Sokah royalty, Nailah has been immersed in music her entire life and is an accomplished musician not only classically trained in voice but also in various instruments including the guitar and keyboards. Nailah is born in music, music is part of her DNA.ĭaughter of well- known Trinidadian Calypso Artist Abbi Blackman, and Granddaughter of the late Ras Shorty I, the founder of Sokah Music and the related genre Chutney Sokah. In August 2019, she released her debut EP The Reel which features the single "Sweet & Loco".Nailah Blackman is taking Trinidad & Tobago, the Caribbean and the World by storm.
īlackman earned her candidacy in BET's 2018 "Best New International Act" viewer's choice competition. In 2018, the most popular of Blackman's songs were released, including "O' Lawd Oye", "Sokah" and "Badishh", the latter featuring Jamaican dancehall singer Shenseea. "Workout" took Blackman to the finals of the 2017 International Soca Monarch competition.īlackman also released "Baila Mami" in 2017, produced by Anson Pro Soverall. Blackman collaborated with soca act Kes on the song "Workout", which became a massive hit during the 2017 Trinidad carnival season and continues to enjoy lasting popularity. This performance raised her national profile and helped to garner buzz in advance of her 2017 releases. In 2016, Blackman performed her song "Runaway Train" for Movie Towne's Pixel Play showcase. She is not only classically trained in voice but also in various instruments including the guitar, keyboard and steelpan. Her professional career then began at the age of 11.
At the age of five, Blackman began singing regularly and entered her first calypso competition two years later. Early life īlackman grew up influenced by the sound and artistry of the musical traditions of soca and calypso sounds. Nailah is the niece of Avion Blackman, lead singer of the Los Angeles–based Christian-reggae band Christafari, and Nehilet Blackman. Her mother, Abbi Blackman, is a calypso star in her own right. Her grandfather, the late Garfield Blackman, also known as Lord Shorty or Ras Shorty I, invented the style of music known as 'jamoo' and is also credited with inventing soca as a means of reinvigorating calypso music. Nailah Blackman (born 2 December 1997) is a Trinidadian singer and songwriter most strongly associated with the soca genre.