Selling over a million copies, Shola Amawith her hit 'Much Love' became the biggest selling UK RnB album, a title it still holds to this date. On the success of the album Shola won a Brit award for 'Best British Female' and two MOBO awards for 'Best Newcomer' and 'Best Female Vocals'. Shola’s passion for music is obvious in her songs, with her writing and producing most of her own material. Shola has won 2 MOBO awards and a Brit Award for Best Female Artist who then emerged as one of the most respected female vocalists discovered highlights the power of her captivating voice.
At 15 singing to herself at Hammersmith tube station and was overheard by a D'Influence music producer who was so amazed with what he heard he got her into the studio. In 1995 an independent label released a single titled ‘Celebrate’, which was a soft soulful ballad produced by D’Influence. Although the single was not a commercial success, it did draw a lot of attention to Shola as an artist and the result was that on her 16th birthday she signed a record deal with WEA. Months later Shola released her biggest hit "You Might Need Somebody". This Randy Crawford cover blasted Shola into the mainstream - receiving huge amounts of praise from critics and reached #3 in the UK charts, and remained in the top 40 for almost 2 months becoming one of 1997 biggest hits. And at 18 Shola released her critically acclaimed, multi-platinum selling debut album Much Love (1997) which gave her 4 top ten hits and went on to top the charts around Europe.
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