Malakai Bayoh
{{Short description|British vocalist and singer}}
Malakai Bayoh is a British singer. He is best known for his operatic performances and his 2023 Universal album Golden.
Education
Career
=Performances=
Malakai Bayoh began his operatic career with a role in The Magic Flute by Mozart.{{cite web |url=https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/people/23714314.bgt-star-malakai-bayoh-successful-start-career/ |publisher=Great British Life |title=BGT star Malakai Bayoh on the successful start to his career|date=13 August 2023 }} In 2022, he played the role of Oberto in the Handel opera Alcina at the Royal Opera House in London.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63566862 |publisher=BBC |title=Royal Opera House bans audience member for heckling child actor |date=November 9, 2022 |author=Paul Glynn}}
In April 2023 he made his Royal Albert Hall solo debut.
=Recordings=
In December 2022, Classic FM released a recording of a Bayoh duet with former child prodigy singer Aled Jones, singing the Christmas song O Holy Night together.{{cite web |url=https://www.theroot.com/black-opera-singer-12-delights-social-media-with-voic-1849933915 |publisher=The Root |title=Young Black Opera Singer, Who Shocked the Internet With His High Note, Was Once Heckled - Malakai M. Bayoh had everyone on social media talking about his performance of both "Walking in the Air", and "O'Holy Night." |author=Noah A. McGee |date=December 28, 2022}} In 2023, Bayoh's debut album Golden was released through Universal and reached the number one spot on the UK Classical Music Charts.{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/britains-got-talent-malakai-bayoh-number-one-album-b1098034.html |author=Emma Loffehagen |title=Britain's Got Talent teen star Malakai Bayoh reaches number one with debut album |date=August 1, 2023 |publisher=Evening Standard}} The album also reached number one on Billboard's Traditional Classical Albums chart.{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/billboard-charts-first-timers-cut-worms-malakai-1235384538/ |title=10 First-Timers on Billboard's Charts This Week: Cut Worms, Malakai, Parannoul, Bandmanrill & More |publisher=Billboard |author=Xander Zellner |date=August 3, 2023}} He also sang on the soundtrack for the motion picture Maestro.{{cite news |url=https://southwarknews.co.uk/area/kennington/interview-with-malakai-bayoh-kenningtons-fourteen-year-old-opera-sensation-who-reduced-britains-got-talent-judges-to-tears/ |title=Kennington's fourteen-year-old opera sensation who reduced Britain's Got Talent judges to tears |author=Herbie Russell |date=July 10, 2023 |publisher=Southwark News}}
''Britain's Got Talent''
In 2023, Malakai Bayoh managed to advance to the final of the sixteenth season of Britain's Got Talent, though he missed out on a spot in the final three.
References
External links
- {{Official website}}
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Category:21st-century British singers
Category:21st-century British male opera singers
Category:Britain's Got Talent contestants
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:English people of Nigerian descent
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