Tonye Garrick

Tamunotonye Nneka Nkiruka Ibiyemi Garrick known as Tonye Garrick was born in England on August 27,1983  into the family of an Edo State father who was a diplomat and an Anambra State mother.

Her name 'Tamunotonye' was given to her by her grandmother who is a native of Kalabari, Rivers State.

Tonye Garrick Age

Tonye Garrick is 41 years old.

Tonye Garrick Early Life

Tonye spent most of her early life in Nigeria, Paris and the United States of America. She attended Vivian Fowler Memorial College and Queen's College, Lagos where she completed her secondary school education before going on to get a bachelor's degree in International Business & Fashion Merchandising from Marymount University.

Growing up, she used to hide the fact that she could sing because she was very shy and nervous around people and her mother would disapprove, telling her she was wasting her talent. When she moved to the States, she sang in church and in school.

Tonye Garrick Career

In 2009, she took a leap of faith and decided  that music was going to haplen for her. She auditioned for several music reality shows including Pop Stars 2, Making the Band and many others but was met with one disappointment after another.

In 2010, she sang an emotional acapella song titled 'What About Us' which was later used for the Nigeria Youth Presidential debate in 2011 and succeded in shooting her into the limelight.

On December 5th, 2012, Tonye released her debut single titled 'Insane (Wèrè Nìy?n)' featuring Maytronomy. The fun and expressive dance track was produced by E.Kelly.

In 2013, she made the difficult decision to drop her job as a buisness consultant at UBS Financial and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited  to pursue a career in music fully because she discovered she was in love with music and she was not happy with her job.

On 2 October 2014, she released another single produced by Password titled 'Criminal' and in 2015, she released a marriage-themed single title 'Ari Belema' which got her nominated in the 'Most Promising Act' category at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards.

She has been signed to Made Men Music Group since April 2016.

She featured as the cover star of online magazine 'Zen'.

Tonye Garrick Personal Life

The beautiful talented artiste in a recent interview, stated that she was single and her musical influences include Whitney Houston, Lauryn Hill, Maldon and Brandy.

Tonye Garrick Net Worth

Her net worth is not available.

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