1. Oluseye Desmond Sodamola, professionally known as Spinall, is a Nigerian disc jockey, record producer, and songwriter.
26 Facts About Spinall
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Spinall has released six studio albums and collaborated with artists that have included Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, Asake, among others.
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Spinall has won numerous awards for his work, including All Africa Music Awards and The Beatz Awards.
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Spinall is the first Nigerian disc jockey to play at festivals such as Coachella, SXSW, and Glastonbury.
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Spinall is the founder of TheCapMusic, a music label he launched in 2014.
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Spinall created a style edge to his outfit known as TheCAP, tracing his roots back to his culture.
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Spinall attained his primary and secondary school education in Lagos State, then moved to Ogun State, to study Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Olabisi Onabanjo University, where he received his BSc degree.
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Sodamola first gained prominence in 2004, while working as a radio DJ at Raypower 100.5 FM, Spinall studied at Tenstrings Music Institute.
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Spinall later joined Industry Nite where he promoted underground talents at the weekly platform.
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Spinall has collaborated with other acts such as; 2Baba, Wizkid, Wande Coal, Davido, Mr Eazi, Tiwa Savage, Kizz Daniel, and many more.
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Spinall is the first Nigerian DJ to tour 5 cities in United States, including New York City, Miami, Houston, Austin, and Washington, DC In 2017, he was the official DJ for BET Awards in Los Angeles, California.
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Spinall signed a deal with Guinness Nigeria as Smirnoff brand ambassador in 2015 and renewed the contract in 2016,2017,2018 and 2019.
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On 18 November 2017, Spinall announced Party Of Your Dreams album launch on 26 November at Grand Ballroom of Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos and in 2018, Spinall announced the second edition of Party of Your Dreams in Lagos on 7 December 2018, with supporting DJs; DJ Big N, DJ Consequence, DJ Enimoney, DJ Lambo, and more to play at the event.
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On 24 October 2018, DJ Spinall shared featured acts and producers on his fourth studio album Iyanu.
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The album was exclusively produced by DJ Spinall and co-produced by Killertunes, CKAY, Nonso Amadi, Benie Macaulay and Stg.
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The documentary aired on ABC, where DJ Spinall appeared and spoke about the album The Lion King: The Gift, the basis of the documentary.
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In 2020, Spinall was among the 2,300 music executive inductees into The Recording Academy's class of 2020, alongside Bankulli, Lil Nas X, Gunna, Victoria Monet, Juls, among others for the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.
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On 26 July 2020, Spinall spoke about The Grammy Award at This Sunday show with DJ Cuppy on Africa Now Radio via Apple Music.
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Spinall was among several celebrities such as D'banj, Praiz and Olisa to attend an exclusive party hosted by MTN for the data-bundled music service MusicTour.
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On 13 May 2022, Spinall released "Palazzo", featuring Asake, and co-written by Olamide.
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In 2022, Spinall opened for Bruno Mars on tour in Australia and DJed for Jay-Z at his Oscars after party.
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Spinall was the closing act for the 2022 MTV Europe Music Awards.
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On 13 February 2023, Spinall shared the official art cover to his sixth studio album on his various social media.
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Spinall played numerous festivals in 2023, including Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival and Listen Out.
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Spinall is the first Afrobeats DJ to perform at Coachella, playing the festival in 2024.
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Spinall has performed in other shows and events which include:.