FULL BIOGRAPHY OF AYRA STARR NIGERIAN SINGER

Biography of Ayra Starr Nigerian Singer

Ayra Starr is a 20-year-old female Nigerian Afro-pop singer, songwriter, and fashion model born in Nigeria on June 14^th, 2002.

Born in Edo State Nigeria, Ayra Starr was raised in Lagos where she grew up. She is from a family of four (now 3 with the loss of her dad) with one sibling.

Ayra Starr is signed to Mavin Record, a Nigerian record label founded by record producer and artist Don Jazzy on May 8, 2012. She currently has one eponymous EP with songs such as Away, Ija, DITR, Sare, Memories.

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Biography of Ayra Starr – Family Background

Ayra Starr’s real name is Oyinkansola Aderibigbe. She is from Edo state though born and raised in Lagos State. As a child, Ayra Starr had a strong passion for singing, songwriting, and fashion at a young age. She has an only sibling who is also an artist.

She used to go with her brother to a music studio close to their house when she was younger to make music. She would also make covers for songs that she loved.

Ayra Starr was also an active member of her church choir where she served as a vocalist. Her time in the choir developed her into a better singer…

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Biography of Ayra Starr – Career

In August 2018, Ayra Starr was signed to Quove Model Management, a model management, scouting, and development company) to develop her modeling career. But not too long after that, her passion for music would take her to the next big level in her life.

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In her modeling career days with Quove Model Management, she modelled for brands such as Mazelle Studio, Concept Fashion Magazine, Esperanza women’s wear brand, and others.

In 2020, Ayra’s career took a turn for good. That year, Don Jazzy, one of the most respected figures in the Nigerian music industry and founder of Mavin, crossed her path.

Don Jazzy came, who across some of Ayra’s covers and songs on Instagram, reached out to her and from there, he started helping her grow her music career until the big announcement was made in 2021.

Ayra struck a record deal with Mavin Records and on January 2021, 21^st 2021, the deal was announced.

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The day after the deal was announced, Ayra Starr released her first official EP with an eponymous title – Ayra Starr. This singular act testified to her talent and her readiness to take the Nigerian music industry by storm.  The EP had five hot tracks one being Away which has been a hit since its release.

Ayra Starr’s songs

Ayra Starr released her first EP in January 2021. She is however receiving lots of acceptance by music lovers in Nigeria and beyond. The other songs on the EP released in January 2021 are:

Away

Ija

DITR

Sare

Memories

Biography of Ayra Starr – Ayra Starr Songs in 2021

Early in 2021, Ayra Starr released a single titled Ija [Remix] which featured TOKiMONSTA.

Ayra Starr released the Vidoe of her single Sare in June 2021 and the song has been a hit too.

On August 2021, Ayra Starr released her much-anticipated album – 19 and Dangerous which had songs like:

Toxic

In-between

Lonely

Cast (Gen Z anthem)

Amin

Bloody samaritan

Karma

Snitch

Bridgertn

Biggie Biggie

and Fashion Killer.

Ayra Starr Songs in 2022

 ASE – A colors show (released in September 2022). 

This your love ft – Ayra Starr Ruger, Rema

In Spetember 2022, Ayra Starr released her hit single “Rush” The song had interesting lyrics that resonated with the GenZ a lot. She originally teased the release of this track on September 13th, 2022, on her social media platforms.

Ayra Starr Songs in 2023 

Rush (Moody Jones Remix)

Great one

Stamina

“Sability”

My Baby

Disturbing U

Line on fire

Tiwa Savage, Ayra Starr, Young Jonn – Stamina

Rythm and Blues

Biography of Ayra Starr – Awards and recognitions 

Net honours award 2021 – Breakout Artist of the Year winner (Female)

The Headies 2022, which was the 15th edition of the Nigerian Music Awards held at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, on 4th September 2022.

Ayra Starr went home with eight nominations at the Headies 2022 including: Viewers choice, R&B single, Next rated, Afrobeat pop single, Afrobeat pop album, collabo, vocal performance female. Ayra won the viewers’ choice award for her song Bloody Samaritan. 

Biography of Ayra Starr – Age

Ayra Starr 20-year-old, was born in June 2002. For her age, she has done very well for herself and she remains an inspiration to many young girls like her who have a passion for music but do not know how to go about being seen and heard.

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Her story validates the fact that those who are talented in any aspect of life should put themselves out there where they can be found and seen by others because they never can tell who is watching them.

So, you are out there and talented in any way, make sure you show up to the world.

Ayra Starr – Family

Ayra Starr comes from a close-knit family of four. She has a brother who is also an artist and an only sibling. They lost their dad in 2018. It was a huge loss to her as she had a good relationship with him while alive and she has written and sand songs of tribute to her dad.

Not much is known about Ayra Starr’s mum other than the fact that she is in good shape with her mum and the rest of her family.

Ayra Starr Performances and shows

In July 2021, Ayra Starr performed at the grand finale of the Nigerian Idol Musical talent show where she stunned the audience with her beautiful performance.

The grand finale saw Kingdom win the show and other top musicians like Patoranking, IcePirnce, and Cobhams Asuquo performed that night.

She also performed at the Sunday show during the Big Brother Naija Season 6 show in 2021.

Ayra Starr’s Net worth

There is little information to suggest Ayra’s net worth at present and that’s understandable as she has just kicked off her career only recently. There are only speculations as to her worth but it’s early to put any figure to her worth now.

As her name suggests, Ayra Starr is indeed an up-and-coming act and we cannot wait for her to unveil what she’s got up her sleeves.