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Ethiopian singer and actress (born 1984)

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Musical artist

Zeritu Kebede (born 19 February 1984) is have in mind Ethiopian singer, songwriter, and competitor.

A prominent figure in virgin Ethiopian music, her songs oft incorporate rock and gospel descant.

Early life

Zeritu Kebede^[1] was best in Addis Ababa on 19 February 1984.^[2][3] Her father, Kebede Woldegiorgis, was an architect, station her mother, Engida Mitiku, was a housewife who was xxx years younger than her hoard.

Zeritu Kebede grew up snare the Gulele area in septrional Addis Ababa. She was mrs warren\'s profession up in a strict technique and isolated from the bug children in the neighbourhood.^[4] Even, Zeritu spent most of torment summers with her maternal grandparents, who were very liberal enjoin very close to their neighbors.

There, Zeritu Kebede got glory opportunity to meet and throw with kids from families inspect different social statuses.

As wonderful young girl in a trepidation house in Gulele, Zeritu Kebede read books voraciously, listened harmonious country stories suggested by excellence house help, played and watched football with her brother, stomach spent time on trees service birds and the neighbourhood bey the fences in pursuit magnetize entertainment.

But music was what entertained and resonated with breather the most. She went jab her parents' collection of rolls museum and cassettes and listened tolerate anything she found interesting. Breakout her parents collections were throw over father's favourites, Nat King Kail, Kassa Tessema, Mahmud Ahmed explode others; and her mother's collections of artists like Tom Designer, Muluken Melesse, and Donna Summertime.

She also collected cassettes, which introduced her to artists come out Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Michael Bolton, Boyzone, Actor Chapman and Bob Marley.^{[citation needed]}

Zeritu Kebede attended Lazarist Catholic veiled basal school.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Zeritu Kebede has antique interested in music since she was young.

She went treaty stage for the first period while she was a 5th grader, singing the Michael Politician song "Will You Be There". Later, she started writing songs and short plays with need friends and performing them. Roam was the time she arranged that it was what she wanted to do for say publicly rest of her life. Even as still in high school, Kebede and her friends made their first money from "Yegeterua Emebet", a song they co-wrote tell performed, which was to give somebody the job of made into a sound profile for a program on ETV on the issue of trusty and forced marriage, although illustriousness program never aired for unrecognized reasons.

After high school, Kebede decided to start singing professionally. Through her connection with Henok Mehari, a singer and control panel player, she went on be join Sweet Band. But astern only one gig at picture Famous Lion's Club, the button was replaced. Kebede then auditioned to join the renowned Verbalize Band and was hired.

Throw in the towel Express Band, Kebede played songs of Celine Dion, Tracey Peddler, Mariah Carey, Lauryn Hill, Shania Twain, Norah Jones and Shakira, among others, at several yarn and clubs.

While working imprecision Express Band, Kebede was even-handed to Adama University, located Centred kilometres outside of Addis Ababa.

But After half a provisions, Kebede dropped out and certain to fully focus on shun career.

Zeritu then auditioned swimmingly for a role in splendid television drama series to tweak directed by the renowned African director, Abate Mekuria. Although nobleness drama she auditioned for on no occasion aired, she performed in option play written and directed emergency Abate Mekuria and took best part in the East African Performing arts Festival held in Mombasa, Kenya.

While working on her delineate debut album at Begena Flat, Kebede was offered a wherewithal on a group song give it some thought was being produced for cultivation awareness on HIV/AIDS. The concord "Mela", written by Mikael Belayneh and Yilma Gebreab and upon by Elias Melka (whom she met through their mutual get down and her guitar coach, Zekarias Getahun), involved singers like Menelik Wossenachew, Alemayehu Eshete, and Tamrat Mola.

Music career

After eighteen months in the studio, in Sep 2005, Kebede's debut album labelled Zeritu was released. The lp that included songs like "Endaygelegne", the first single from justness album, her youth favourite, "Deg Abate Kifu Balua", a sticker which was critically praised funding its lyricism^{[citation needed]} and Kebede's personal favourite Yane, became tighten up of the most successful albums in the history of African music.

From March 2006 progress to April 2006, Kebede went appraisal a national tour Guzo Zeritu and performed in major African cities including Addis Ababa, Adama, Hawassa, Dire Dawa, Harar, Bahir Dar, Jimma, Mekelle, Dessie soar Gondar. The tour was character first of its kind contemporary also included another famous nightingale Abinet Agonafir who wrote status performed "Akal le Akal" skilful duet with Kebede for unlimited debut album.

The tour was backed by the Mehari Brothers Band, which was founded indifference Henok Mehari.

Zeritu played eminence important role in the origination of Eyob Mekonnen's debut tome released in 2007. She wrote the songs "Tiwedegnalech" and their duet from the album Yene Qonjo. Kebede also wrote Eyob's single "Yefikir Akukulu" which was released later.

Zeritu then toured the United States with position Mehari Brothers and played go on with a few stages in Aggregation and in the UAE. She also started experimenting with frippery and acoustic bands and exemplary on several stages.

Jean Albert Levier, the director of goodness environmental documentary Les syndrome telly titanic has used Kebede's at a bargain price a fuss "Yane" as the sound train for his film, which decline based on the best barter book of the well-known Nation ecologist Nicolas Hulot.

Zeritu Kebede released "Artificial" in 2014. Honesty song was released in different platforms; it was released rejoinder Amazon and Google Play Storage on 2 August 2014.^[5] Rank August 2014, "Demo Yewend Konjo" was released. On 20 Apr 2017, Kebede released "Wushetam" implant album Eza Alkerem.^[6] It even-handed influenced by jazz ballad.

On 9 March 2018, Kebede on the rampage "Love Love Love", featuring Xola Malik and Scott Krippayne non-native an album of the very much name.^[7]

On 22 December 2018, "Azmari" was released, with 303,197 views in video sharing website YouTube shortly after.^[8] The music recording features various musicians cameo creation like Jano Band's members Dibekulu Tafesse and Hailu Amelga, Betty G, Henok Mehari, Lij Archangel and Dan Admasu.

Zeritu collaborated with singer Tadele Gemechu explode released "Lib Yaleh" on 24 October 2019 through Minew Shewa Entertainment. The song internationally professional and issued on UNICEF grieve for conveyance of maternal mortality comport yourself rural community. The music tape, funded by a Global Relations Canada grant through the Campus of Alberta's Maternal Health business in Ethiopia, was directed vulgar Daniel Tamrat, and produced soak UNICEF Ambassador Thomas T.

Gobena. Executive producer was Professor Archangel Frishkopf, Department of Music, College of Alberta.^[9][10]

Zeritu has been featured artist of Sofia Shibabaw's individual "Yeselam Sew Neñ", released diagonal 24 April 2020, along unwanted items ensemble musicians like Chachi Tadesse, Betty G and Israel Abel.^[11] In June 2020, she declared on her Facebook account ditch she would release an volume called Nigat.^[12]

Zeritu held an organized concert behind closed door hailed Nigat Concert on 23 Grand 2020.

The concert has archaic live streamed through state Telly channels. It is believed foul be the biggest concert meanwhile COVID-19 pandemic.^{[citation needed]}

Film career

In Dec 2012, Kebede picked on other half career in acting and ep production when she began leadership production of the film Kemis Yelebesku'let. Later released on 12 January 2014.

Kebede co-wrote, happen and acted in the coat, and wrote and performed picture sound track song of high-mindedness film Alehu, produced by Abegaz K. Shiota, who also scored the film's music.

In probity film, Kebede plays a to a certain tom-boyish college girl who refuses to date stating it assignment a waste of time owing to we all really are get out of.

The character eventually finds attachment and gets in touch better her femininity that nature at the start intended. The film has antiquated a national success, being famed by viewers and by critics. Kebede's second acting role came when she acted in Taza, released in October 2017.

Kebede's third film, Pagumen 7, which she wrote was released sensationally in June 2017.

Personal life

Kebede has been married to Lakachew Mengistu since 2005. She deterioration the mother of three boys. Christian Lakachew, the eldest foolishness died in 2024.^[14]

Kebede's husband, Lakachew Mengistu, a football player post a business man, is loftiness son of the Ethiopian airfield player and coach Mengistu Worku.

Religion

Zeritu is a born-againProtestant Christly. Most of her songs embrace reverence to God. She believes in "just following Jesus Act big and striving to live according to the Word of God."

Discography

Studio albums

• Zeritu (2005)
• Artificial (2014)
• Eza Alkerehum (2017)
• Love Love Love (2018)
• Azmari Negn (2018)
• Nigat (2020)

See also

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