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Mercy Chinwo Biography, Songs, Husband, Children, Family & Facts

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Mercy NNenda Chinwo is a Nigerian gospel musician, actress and songwriter from Port Harcourt, Rivers State. She started her musical career at a very early age and has gone on to win the hearts of Christian-songs lovers in Nigeria and beyond.

In this post we’ll share several interesting details regarding Mercy Chinwo’s biography.

Recently, we’ve received a lot of questions concerning her relationship status and family life.

To answer your many questions, we made some findings into her family and relationship life and will be sharing all that with you.

Read also: Frank Edwards biography and facts

Mercy Chinwo’s early life and musical career

Mercy Chinwo was born on 5 September in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. For now there’s no information regarding her year of birth. We believe the right interview with her will one day reveal this detail. Mercy is the first child in a family of six children.

The singer joined children choir at a very young age, which proved instrumental to the star she has become today.

Mercy Chinwo entered limelight in 2012 after winning the Season 2 of popular talent show, Nigerian Idol.

She subsequently signed a record deal with Eezee Conceptz record label, owned by Mr. Ezekiel ThankGod (Eezee Tee). Eezee Tee also manages popular singers including Frank Edwards, Preye Odede and Hilda Dokubo.

Before officially launching her musical career, she lent her voice to popular artists including Sammie Okposo, Joe Praize, Buchi, Chris Morgan, and Preye.

Mercy Chinwo’s songs

In 2015, Mercy Chinwo released her first single titled “Testimony”. She followed it up a year later with the release of another single titled “Igwe”.

So far, the song that has arguably won her more recognition is “Excess Love”, which she released in June 2018. Excess love earned her nationwide recognition and sealed her status as one of the best vocalists in Nigerian Gospel music industry.

Below are some of her singles and their release years:

  • Testimony (2015)
  • Igwe (2016)
  • Regular (2018)
  • My responsibility (2018)
  • Bor Ekom (2018)
  • Excess Love (2018)
  • No More Pain (2018)
  • Omekannaya (2018)
  • Incredible God (2018)
  • CHINEDUM (2019)
  • Power Belongs To Jesus (2019)
  • Oh Jesus! (2019)
  • Akamdinelu (2019)
  • Excess Love remix (2019)

Mercy Chinwo’s Family: Husband, Children, Siblings?

For now, the singer is not married. She also doesn’t have any children that we know of.

But as we earlier stated, she has 5 siblings, and she’s the first-born child of her parents.

She lost her father at a very young age therefore her mother is her only surviving biological parent.

Facts and everything else you need to know

After winning the Nigerian Idols in 2012, Mercy Chinwo delved into acting and featured in Yvonne Nelson’s film, House of Gold. She starred alongside, Majid Michel, Omawumi and Yvonne Nelson herself.

Mercy Chinwo sitting on a couch
Mercy chinwo. Photo credit Instagram @mercyChinwo

In 2018, Mercy Chinwo the award for Best Gospel Artiste at the CLIMAX Awards 2018. 

In 2019, at the maiden edition of the Africa Gospel Awards Festival (AGAFEST 2019) she won awards in 3 different categories for her song “Excess Love” beating the likes of Sinach, Prospa Chimana and Tim Godfrey.

Mercy Chinwo’s song titled “Chinedum”
Mercy Chinwo’s “Excess Love” official video

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