Ayo (singer)

Ayọ was born in 1980 near Cologne, then in West Germany, as the fourth child of a Nigerian father and a German-Sinti mother.{{cite web|url=http://www.planet-interview.de/interviews/ayo/34375/|title=Die Produzenten dachten, sie könnten aus mir eine Pop-Göre machen|work=planet-interview.de|language=German|date=30 April 2007|accessdate=26 March 2013}} She has one sister and two brothers. When she was about six years old, her mother became addicted to heroin and spent some time in jail. After her parents divorced, she and two of her siblings spent periods of time in care and with foster families. She spent four years in a children's home in Schwalmtal-Waldniel where she learned to play violin and piano{{cite news|url=http://www.parismatch.com/People/Musique/Ayo-je-fuis-l-orphelinat-en-Allemagne-537264|title="...je fuis l'orphelinat en Allemagne" Ayo|work=Paris Match|author=Patrick Fouque|date=19 November 2013|accessdate=19 June 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lataste.bethanien-kinderdoerfer.de/Presse/Konzert+zum+20jaehrigen+Bestehen.pdf|title=Wir sind La Taste – die Band des Bethanien Kinderdorfes!|website=LaTaste|accessdate=6 October 2017}} and became in 1992 a member of its music band "La Taste".{{cite web|url=http://lataste.bethanien-kinderdoerfer.de/ehemalige.html|title=Wir sind La Taste – die Band des Bethanien Kinderdorfes!|website=LaTaste|accessdate=6 October 2017}} When she was fourteen she was considered old enough by the authorities to live again with her father.

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At the age of six, Ayọ played the violin for a short time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself to play the guitar. While she was member of the band "La Taste" during her stay at the children's home in Waldniel she and eighteen other young band members recorded during summer 1992 the CD Kido Musik{{cite web|url=http://www.lataste.bethanien-kinderdoerfer.de/kidomusik.html|title=Wir sind La Taste – die Band des Bethanien Kinderdorfes!|website=LaTaste|accessdate=6 October 2017}} at the recording studio "Man Made Noise".{{cite web|url=http://manmadenoise.de/|title=ManMadeNoise|website=manmadenoise.de|accessdate=6 October 2017}} During that time she also appeared for the first time in May 1993 in a music video, La Maladie d'Amour,{{cite web|url=http://www.lataste.bethanien-kinderdoerfer.de/projekte.html|title=Wir sind La Taste – die Band des Bethanien Kinderdorfes!|website=LaTaste|accessdate=6 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lataste.bethanien-kinderdoerfer.de/video1/maladie1.swf|title=Wir sind La Taste – die Band des Bethanien Kinderdorfes!|website=LaTaste|accessdate=6 October 2017}} and performed at a public concert.{{cite web|url=http://www.lataste.bethanien-kinderdoerfer.de/Presse/06%20Rheinische%20Post%20-%20Maerz%201994.pdf|author=Stefan Adler|title=Heimaterde unter den Füßen spüren|publisher=Grenzland-Kurier, Rheinische Post|date=March 1994|accessdate=23 June 2014}}

When she was about 15, she wrote her first song, which was about her mother, and which helped her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical taste was influenced by her father's large selection of vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father, who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to drop out of school at the age of eighteen.

At twenty-one, Ayọ moved to London and later lived in Paris and New York City. During her time in Paris, her musical talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with Polydor Records.

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Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five days under live conditions, with a group of musicians organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea, and in the United States and Japan in November 2007.

At the end of 2007, Ayọ started a concert tour through Germany and the United States. On her American tour she performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.{{cite web|url=http://www.interscope.com/ayo/dates|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127063249/http://www.interscope.com/ayo/dates|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 November 2007|title=Ayo : Tour & Events|date=27 November 2007|accessdate=6 October 2017}} On 10 January 2008, she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, and on 26 January 2008, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June 2008, the singer started her second tour through the United States and Canada.

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On 10 March 2008, Ayọ started recording on her second album Gravity at Last at the Compass Point Studios in Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks that were written and composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and was released at the end of September 2008 by Universal Music France.{{cite web|url=http://www.universalmusic.fr/artiste/ayo/|title=Ayo – Universal Music France|website=Universal Music France|accessdate=6 October 2017|archive-date=6 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706040421/http://www.universalmusic.fr/artiste/ayo|url-status=dead}} The album reached number 1 on the French album charts in October.{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Ayo&titel=Gravity+At+Last&cat=a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227142358/http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Ayo&titel=Gravity+At+Last&cat=a|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 February 2009|title=lescharts.com – Ayo – Gravity at Last|date=27 February 2009|accessdate=6 October 2017}} On 21. In November 2008, Ayọ started her promotion tour for the album in Berlin which includes around 30 concerts in five European countries.

In 2008, Ayo won an EBBA Award for her album Joyful.{{cite web|url=http://www.emo.org/ep_aebba.php?year_id=4&year=2008|title=emo.org|website=Emo.org|accessdate=6 October 2017}} Every year, the European Border Breakers Awards recognize the success of ten emerging artists or groups who reached audiences outside their own countries with their first internationally released album in the past year.

Ayọ's third album Billie-Eve, named after her daughter, was recorded in New York City with the cooperation of musicians like Craig Ross (guitarist of Lenny Kravitz), the rapper Saul Williams, Matthieu Chedid and Gail Ann Dorsey, bass player of David Bowie. The album is first released on 7 March 2011 in France and Ayọ starts a promotional tour through France and Poland on 21 March 2011. Ayọ signed with MBM Records in 2011 in the US. Billie-Eve was released in the United States on 20 March 2012.{{cite web|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/03/21/singer-ayo-just-wants-to-feel-good/|title=Joy and Sadness Suffuse Ayo's African Soul|first=Robert P.|last=Walzer|date=21 March 2012|website=The Wall Street Journal|accessdate=6 October 2017}} At the end of 2011, the singer moved within the Universal Group from the Polydor label to the labels Mercury France and Motown.{{cite web|url=http://zik-zag.blog.leparisien.fr/archive/2011/11/04/ayo-change-de-label-et-devient-une-black-mamba.html|title=Ayo change de label et s'invente un double|publisher=Le Parisian|first=Emmanuel|last=Marolle|date=4 November 2011|accessdate=4 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801035449/http://zik-zag.blog.leparisien.fr/archive/2011/11/04/ayo-change-de-label-et-devient-une-black-mamba.html|archive-date=1 August 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://artists.letssingit.com/ayo-tqn1l/news/|title=Ayo – LetsSingIt Lyrics|website=LetsSingIt.com|accessdate=6 October 2017}}

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In 2013, Ayọ started to record her fourth album Ticket to the World, which was released on 7 October 2013, with the producer Jay Newland who produced also her first two albums.{{cite web|url=http://www.jdmanagement.com/jaynewland/|title=Joe D'Ambrosio Management – Jay Newland|website=Jdmanagement.com|accessdate=6 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Ayo/news-87845.html|title=Ayo délivrera son quatrième album "Ticket to the World" le 7 octobre|website=chartsinfrance.net|accessdate=6 October 2017}} The first single from this album, Fire, has been released on 10 June 2013. A second version of the single featuring the French rapper Youssoupha was released in August 2013.{{Cite web |url=http://www.justmusic.fr/actualites/fire-ayo-feat-youssoupha-51796 |title=« Fire » : Ayo feat. Youssoupha | Just Music |access-date=3 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915054202/http://www.justmusic.fr/actualites/fire-ayo-feat-youssoupha-51796 |archive-date=15 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}

After the album release, Ayọ tours from end of October 2013 for several months through Europe. Most concerts take place in France but she also performs in Luxembourg, Switzerland, Belgium, Poland, Germany, UK, and other countries.{{cite web|url=http://www.bandsintown.com/Ayo|title=Ayo|website=Bandsintown.com|accessdate=6 October 2017}}

Ayọ was asked by Arte to cover the classic song Sunny by Bobby Hebb as soundtrack for their 2013 Summer of Soul program. From 14 July to 18 August 2013, she presents every Sunday evening this program on the French TV broadcast.{{cite web|url=http://www.arte.tv/de/ayo/7534692.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611062216/http://www.arte.tv/de/ayo/7534692.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 June 2013|title=Ayo – Summer of Soul – Kultur – de – ARTE|date=11 June 2013|accessdate=6 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv/article/divertissement/75721/ayo-fait-groover-arte-cet-ete.html|title=Ayo fait groover Arte cet été|date=5 June 2013|website=Le Figaro|accessdate=6 October 2017}} The soundtrack was released on 14 July 2013 in France on a special three CD edition by Fnac.{{cite web|url=http://musique.fnac.com/a6102687/Compilation-soul-Summer-of-Soul-Arte-Edition-speciale-Fnac-CD-album|title=Summer of Soul Arte – Edition spéciale Fnac – Compilation soul – CD album – Achat & prix – fnac|website=musique.fnac.com|accessdate=6 October 2017}}

On 10 March 2014 at Le Lido, Ayọ won the category 'Best Female Singer' of the Globes de Cristal Award, which is bestowed by members of the French Press Association recognizing excellence in French art and culture.{{cite web|url=http://www.public.fr/Public-TV/Scoop-Public-TV/Exclu-video-Les-larmes-d-Ayo-aux-Globes-de-Cristal-C-est-la-premiere-fois-dans-ma-vie-que-je-gagne-quelque-chose-pour-ma-musique-511857|title=Exclu vidéo : Les larmes d' Ayo aux Globes de Cristal : "C'est la première fois dans ma vie que je gagne quelque chose pour ma musique".|website=Public.fr|accessdate=6 October 2017}} The other nominees in that category were Carla Bruni, HollySiz, Vanessa Paradis and Zaz.{{cite web|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2014/03/07/03004-20140307ARTFIG00382-des-globes-de-cristal-pour-recompenser-les-oublies-de-l-art.php|title=Des Globes de Cristal pour récompenser les oubliés de l'art|date=7 March 2014|website=Le Figaro|accessdate=6 October 2017}}

In 2014, Ayọ organized in Paris undercover with an amateur choir a flash mob in the restaurant Rotonde de la Villette where she sang with the choir her song Who. The film about the action 'Mission Incognito: Ayo', directed by Lorenz Findeisen, was shown on the French-German TV network Arte in August 2014. Other episodes of this series featured the artists Rolando Villazón, Jim Avignon and Ulrich Matthes.{{cite web|url=http://www.arte.tv/guide/de/050802-003/mission-incognito-ayo |title=Mission Incognito: Ayo |publisher=Arte |accessdate=23 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826161136/http://www.arte.tv/guide/de/050802-003/mission-incognito-ayo |archivedate=26 August 2014 }}

Ayọ was awarded the Grand Prize for SACEM repertoire abroad on 24 October 2014 at Olympia, Paris.{{cite web|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2014/10/15/97001-20141015FILWWW00250-le-palmares-des-grands-prix-de-la-sacem-devoile.php|title=Le palmarès des Grands prix de la Sacem dévoilé|date=15 October 2014|website=FIGARO|accessdate=6 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sacem.fr/cms/site/en/lang/en/home/about-sacem/grands-prix-awards-2014|title=SACEM, Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music|website=Sacem.fr|accessdate=6 October 2017}}

On 21 June 2015, Ayọ released a self-made music video on YouTube (renamed to Send This Message To All Your Friends on 22 June 2015) featuring the song Boom Boom,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H57QNLIqzAM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/H57QNLIqzAM |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Send This Message To All Your Friends|date=22 June 2015|accessdate=6 October 2017|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} which she has written 10 months previously and so far only performed at live concerts, to react to the ongoing racial violence in the United States. She announced the release on her official social media accounts on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.{{Cite web |url=https://instagram.com/p/4MCUP1Q9JV/ |title=Ayo on Instagram: "6:35am on this side of the planet and I didn't sleep yet cause I've been putting together a music video for everybody who's ready for the truth. I wrote this song 10 month ago and so far have only played it live but each time I've played it I've felt a strong support from the crowd and it gave me more and more courage to be a voice that speaks for everybody I am tired of watching the News and I am tired of reality shows that are everything but reality. I am tired of listening to the radio and tired of being tired. Am I the only one feeling this? If you feel me, this song (Message) is for you and I hope you will send this message to all your friends!!!! You'll be the first to watch it cause I've just uploaded it. You can find the link to the Video in my Bio. Thank you for your support.Love, Ayo" |access-date=21 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622002612/https://instagram.com/p/4MCUP1Q9JV/ |archive-date=22 June 2015 |url-status=dead }}

In an interview in July 2015 Ayọ said that she has left the label Universal after ten years of cooperation because artists become objects in the music industry and she wants to be free.{{cite web|url=http://www.laprovence.com/article/spectacles/3505126/les-mots-dayo-doux-et-revoltes.html|title=Les mots d'Ayo, doux et révoltés|publisher=La Provence|date=22 July 2015|accessdate=23 July 2015}}

In 2017, Ayọ released two singles, each accompanied by a music video, from her fifth album announced to be released in October that year.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Ayo/dp/B0752H838Z/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1505662560|title=Ayo|website=Amazon|accessdate=6 October 2017}} The first single, "I'm a Fool", was released in June{{Cite web |url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Ayo/news-104534.html |title="I'm a Fool" : Ayo annonce son nouvel album avec une ballade soul vibrante |access-date=17 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917214049/http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Ayo/news-104534.html |archive-date=17 September 2017 |url-status=dead }} and the second single "Paname" (a nickname for Paris and its suburbs{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v-43I5EW8vIC|title=Paris Dreams, Paris Memories: The City and Its Mystique|first=Charles|last=Rearick|date=6 April 2011|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=9780804777513|accessdate=6 October 2017|via=Google Books}}) in September.

On 6 October 2017, the fifth album of the singer was released which was named Ayọ after herself.

On 15 October 2019, Ayọ released her single Beautiful under the Wagram Music/3ème Bureau label,{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.de/Beautiful-Ayo/dp/B07YNH68D1/|title=Ayo Beautiful|website=Amazon Germany|accessdate=15 October 2019}} a song from her sixth album Royal which was released on 31 January 2020. A second single with the track "Rest assured" was released earlier in January 2020.[https://www.qobuz.com/fr-fr/label/wagram-music-3eme-bureau-1/download-streaming-albums Wagram Music - 3ème Bureau]

In April 2014, Ayọ's concert tour was interrupted for several weeks as she played the lead role in the movie Murder in Pacot (Meurtre à Pacot) by the award-winning Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck, which was filmed in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in April and May 2014.{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/director-raoul-peck-shoots-quake-film-haiti-161819948.html|title=Director Raoul Peck shoots new quake film in Haiti|publisher=Yahoo! News|accessdate=6 October 2017}} This was the singer's first appearance as an actress in a feature film.{{cite web|url=http://www.funkhauseuropa.de/musik/globalpopnews/ayo105_akk-a1-5.html |title=Dreharbeiten auf Haiti |publisher=Funkhaus Europa |first=Keno |last=Mescher |date=13 March 2014 |accessdate=17 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212131435/http://www.funkhauseuropa.de/musik/globalpopnews/ayo105_akk-a1-5.html |archivedate=12 February 2015 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.ubba.eu/fiche.cfm/412727_50794_115-1_ayo-.html|title=UBBA|website=Ubba.eu|accessdate=6 October 2017}} The film describes how the life of a rich family in Haiti changes after the 2010 earthquake. Besides Ayọ the film features French actors Alex Descas and Thibault Vinçon and Haitian poet and novice actress Kermonde Lovely Fifi. The script was co-written by the Haitian novelist and poet Lyonel Trouillot{{cite news|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/director-raoul-peck-begins-production-on-earthquake-drama-in-haiti-255023191.html|title=Director Raoul Peck begins production on earthquake drama in Haiti|work=Winnipeg Free Press|first=Trenton|last=Daniel|date=12 April 2014|accessdate=13 April 2014}} and the screenwriter Pascal Bonitzer. The film had its world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on 5 September 2014.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/toronto-film-festival-completes-lineup-1201285802/|title=Toronto Film Festival Completes Lineup|work=Variety|first=Jennie|last=Punter|date=19 August 2014|accessdate=20 August 2014}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/awards-and-festivals/tiff/tiff-unveils-star-studded-guest-list-including-robert-downey-jr-and-keira-knightley/article20106533/|title=TIFF unveils dozens of big Hollywood names on guest list, including Robert Downey Jr. and Keira Knightley|first=Simon|last=Houpt|work=The Globe and Mail|date=19 August 2014|accessdate=20 August 2014}} The European premiere of the film was in the Panorama category of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival on 7 February 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/de/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_25556.html|title=- Berlinale -|website=Berlinale.de|accessdate=6 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.filmdeculte.com/cinema/actualite/BERLINALE-2015-les-premiers-films-de-la-section-Panorama-20603.html|title=BERLINALE 2015: les premiers films de la section Panorama :: FilmDeCulte|website=Filmdeculte.com|accessdate=6 October 2017}} Ayọ, the other leading actors, producer Remi Grellety, and director Raoul Peck attended the second screening of the film on 10 February at the Zoo Palast{{cite news|url=http://www.la-croix.com/Culture/Cinema/Raoul-Peck-revient-a-Berlin-sur-le-tremblement-de-terre-en-Haiti-2015-02-11-1279580|title=Raoul Peck revient à Berlin sur le tremblement de terre en Haïti|date=11 February 2015|work=La Croix|first=Arnaud|last=Schwartz|accessdate=12 February 2015}} after a photocall and press conference at the Grand Hyatt hotel.{{cite web|url=https://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/photos/murder-pacot-photocall-65th-berlinale-20150210-121034-571.html|title='Murder in Pacot' photocall|publisher=Yahoo! Lifestyle, UK & Ireland|date=10 February 2015|accessdate=12 February 2015}}

Ayọ (Joy Ogunmakin) is part of the cast of the German science fiction drama VOLT written and directed by Tarek Ehlail which was filmed around Cologne and scheduled for release in 2016. The German-French co-production is produced by augenschein-Filmproduktion and Les Films D’Antoine. Ayọ plays the role of LaBlanche besides actors Benno Fürmann, Denis Moschitto, and Stipe Erceg.{{cite web|url=http://www.augenschein-filmproduktion.de/de/filme/detail/volt.html|title=VOLT – augenschein Filmproduktion|website=Augenschein-filmproduktion.de|accessdate=6 October 2017}} Ayọ Ogunmakin has been nominated in the category 'German Cinema New Talent Award: Actor' at the Filmfest München 2016 for her role in VOLT.{{cite web|url=http://www.filmfest-muenchen.de/en/presse-branche/pressebereich/pressemitteilungen/2016/06/foerderpreis2016/|title=Candidates for the New German Cinema New Talent Award – Filmfest München|website=Filmfest-muenchen.de|accessdate=6 October 2017}} The film has its world premiere screening in Munich on the 24 June 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.filmfest-muenchen.de/de/festival/videothek/2016-neues-deutsches-kino/tarek-ehlail-volt/|title=Tarek Ehlail (VOLT) – Filmfest München|website=Filmfest-muenchen.de|accessdate=8 October 2017}}

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Albums

• Joyful (2006)
• Gravity at Last (2008)
• Billie-Eve (2011)
• Ticket to the World (2013)
• Ayọ (2017)
• Royal (2020)
• Mami Wata (2024)

Singles

• "Life Is Real" (2006)
• "Down on My Knees" (2006)
• "And It's Supposed to Be Love" (2007) (2008, US)
• "Help is Coming" (2007)
• "Slow Slow (Run Run)" (2008)
• "On aime, on aide" (2009)
• "Lonely" (2009)
• "I'm Gonna Dance" (2011)
• "I Want You Back" (2011)
• "Fire" (2013)
• "Fire" featuring Youssoupha (2013)
• "Who" (2014)
• "I'm a Fool" (2017)
• "Paname" (2017)
• "Beautiful" (2019)
• "Rest assured" (2020)
• "I'll Be Right Here" featuring Keziah Jones (2021)

DVDs

• AYO Live in Monte Carlo (2007, from PBS){{cite web|url=http://www.starpulse.com:80/news/index.php/2007/10/28/ayo_live_from_monte_carlo_featured_as_pb/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071229224034/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/28/ayo_live_from_monte_carlo_featured_as_pb/|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 December 2007|title='Ayo: Live From Monte-Carlo' Featured As PBS Fund Raising Special During December|date=28 October 2007|accessdate=8 October 2017}}
• Ayọ Live at the Olympia (2007)

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EP

• Where Will I Be (vinyl record, 2004)

Contributions

• "Kido Musik" (as Joy, member of the band La Taste, 1992)
• "Liebe & Verstand" (with Sisters Keepers {{in lang|de}}, 2001)
• "Confusion" (on Ep Cris Prolific [Versatile records], 2004)
• "Play Boy" (on album PlayUp, 2006)
• "Worried About You" (on album Heaven by The Avener, 2020)

Music videos

• "La Maladie d'Amour" (as Joy, member of the band La Taste, 1993)
• "Down on My Knees" (2006)
• "Help Is Coming" (2007)
• "Life Is Real" (2007)
• "And It's Supposed to Be Love" (2007)
• "Slow Slow (Run Run)" (2008)
• "Lonely" (2009)
• "I'm Gonna Dance" (2011)
• "I Want You Back" (2011) (directed by J.G Biggs)
• "Boom Boom" (2015)
• "I'm a Fool" (2017)

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• Ayo Joy (2009 documentary)
• Murder in Pacot (2015)
• Volt (2016)

• Summer of Soul (2013, French Arte TV)
• Mission Incognito: Ayo (2014, ARTE)

• European Border Breakers Awards 2008{{cite web|url=http://www.european-border-breakers.eu/2008_winners.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080117222306/http://www.european-border-breakers.eu/2008_winners.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 January 2008|title=EUROPEAN BORDER BREAKERS AWARDS 2008 – winners 2008|date=17 January 2008|accessdate=6 October 2017}}
• Globes de Cristal Award, Best Female Singer 2014{{cite web|url=http://www.d17.tv/pid6947-globes-de-cristal-2014.html?vid=1034374|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311134902/http://www.d17.tv/pid6947-globes-de-cristal-2014.html?vid=1034374|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 March 2014|title=Meilleur interprète féminine:" Ayo" – Globes de cristal 2014– 10/03/2014 – D17|date=11 March 2014|accessdate=6 October 2017}}
• Grand Prize for SACEM repertoire abroad

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• {{Official website|http://www.ayomusic.com/}}
• [http://www.myspace.com/ayo Ayọ] on MySpace
• [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p526210|pure_url=yes}} Ayọ] on Allmusic
• {{IMDb name|id=2680016|name=Ayọ}}
• {{IMDb name|id=6717818|name=Joy Olasunmibo Ogunmakin}}
• [http://ayowiki.com/ Wiki with detailed biography and discography]

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Category:People from Frechen

Category:German expatriate actresses in the United States

Category:German expatriates in France

Category:UNICEF goodwill ambassadors

Category:Romani actresses

Category:21st-century German women singers

Category:Romani singers

Category:Actresses from Cologne

Category:Musicians from Cologne

Category:German people of Sinti descent

Category:German expatriates in Nigeria

Category:Romani women singers