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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Yola_at_Codfish_Hollow,_Maquoketa,_September_20th_2019.jpg) Yola in 2019 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Yolanda Claire Quartey[1] |
| Born | 31 July 1983 Bristol, England |
| Genres | |
| Labels | Easy Eye Sound |
| Website | iamyola |
Yolanda Claire Quartey (born 31 July 1983),[2] known professionally as Yola or Yola Carter, is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. Her debut studio album Walk Through Fire (2019) received critical acclaim and earned her four Grammy Award nominations, including Best New Artist. Her follow-up, Stand for Myself (2021), received similar acclaim and earned her two more Grammy nominations. Yola made her acting debut in 2022, portraying "the Godmother of rock and roll" Sister Rosetta Tharpe in Baz Luhrman's biopic Elvis, and later made her Broadway debut in 2024 when she began playing Persephone in Anaïs Mitchell's musical Hadestown.
- ^ "Behind a 'Best New Artist' Nod: Yola's 20 Years of Experience". The New York Times. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
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