Lara George

Lara George Biography / Profile

Lara George was born into the family of Oluwole Bajomo in Lagos State. She is the fourth of five children.

Lara George Age

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Lara George Early Life

Lara George went to Queens’ College Yaba, Lagos where she started developing love for singing before going on to study Architecture at the University of Lagos.

Lara George Career

Lara George's musical career started in 2000 when she joined the fellowship music team on campus as this was where she met Ty bello, Emem Emma, and Dapo Torimiro and they formed the group KUSH which was the first Nigerian group with an international record deal, DKG Music USA and also the first group to feature on and top the Channel O charts. They toured worldwide at events such as The Experience, Lagos Nigeria, Festival of Life London UK, Believers’ Bible conference Lagos Nigeria, Greenbelt Festival Cheltenham UK, The Nigerian Reunion, New Jersey USA and many others, performing alongside international acts such as Femi Kuti, Joe, Guru and Marvin Winans to mention a few.

When the group split, she re-launched her music career with a solo debut album titled ‘Forever In My heart’ in 2008 with hit single 'Ijoba Orun’.

In 2009, she released another album with singles like 'Kolebaje’ and ‘Halleluyah’,The result of a production collaboration between Nigeria’s prolific Music Producers; Wole Oni, Wole Adesanya and America’s Jeff Taylor (who has worked with musical legends like Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson and Boyz2Men)

In 2012, she released her third album titled ‘HIGHER-the Dansaki Album' while pregnant with her second child, the song went on to receive numerous awards and nominations.

n 2014, to commemorate her 10th year wedding anniversary, Lara George released a celebration of love album titled 'Love Nwantintin' going on to release her fourth album 'The Medley Album' and in 2017, she released 'A Slice of Heaven'. She is currently signed to SoForte Music label.

Through the years, Lara George has been nominated for many awards including-

2008 Voice of the Year at the Nigeria Music Awards for Ijoba Orun
2008 Best Vocals Female – Hip Hop World
2009 Nigeria Music Video Awards for Best Gospel Video,Best Use of Animation and Best Use of Special Effects.
2011, National Gospel Awards for Best Female Artiste and Best Album of the Year
2011 Nigeria Entertainment Awards for Gospel Artiste of the Year
2011 The Pastor Bimbo Odukoya Foundation Award for ‘Female Gospel Artiste of the year
2016 KoRA Awards for Best Female Gospel Artiste Africa

Apart from music, Lara George is involved in real estate.

Lara George Personal Life

Lara George is married to Gbenga George, a legal practitioner and her manager and together, they have 2 children, a girl named, Tiaraoluwa and a boy, Adeoba.

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Lara George Awards

2008 Voice of the Year (Female) at the Nigeria Music Awards
2009 Best Gospel Song and Best Female Gospel Artiste at the Nigeria Gospel Music Awards
2010 Best Gospel Artiste of the Year at the City People Awards.
2012 Best Female Gospel Artiste in the Africa Gospel Music Awards 2012 Africa Gospel Music Awards (AGMA)for Female Artiste of the Year
2013 Trailblazer Award
2014 Female Vocalist of the Year at the Crystal Awards Nigeria
2014 Ben TV UK Award for Gospel Artiste of the Year