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| Emmanuel Andrews was popularly known by his stage name Samini |
BIOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Andrews was popularly known by his stage name Samini formally Batman is a Ghanaian professional dancehall artist, songwriter, etc. He was born in Accra, on 22nd December, 1981. He comes from the upper west region and his local dialect is agaaba.
EDUCATION
Samini started his basic school at holy family basic school and later continued to St. Msgarat Mary Senior High school in Dansoman.
EARLY LIFE AND CAREER
Samini started singing in a church choir at age 14 and became a professional musician after recording with top musicians in 1999. Samini released his first debut studio album"Dankwansere" in 2004.
The"Dankwansere album" topped the local music chat for 4 weeks and won him two awards;New artist of the year and highlife artist of the year 2005,at the Ghana music awards. Hits songs in the album includes,Linda and he had perfored it with artist like Sean Paul,Bennie man, culture ( Joseph Hill) of Blessed memory etc. He received international recognition and toured in Countries like Germany, Canada,Nertherland etc.
ALBUMS
Samini had his albums released in the following order;In 2004, he released his first debut album"Dankwansere",Samini, his second album was released in 2007. In 2008, he released his second album "Dagaati". CEO was released in 2010,next page was released in 2013 and finally in 2015,he released Breaking news in 2015.
Samini like to likes to term his brand as Samini music which is a mixture of Africa melodies, dancehall, raggae,hip-pop and R&B. From 1999 -2006,he was known as BATMAN which means (Best Of All-time man), he rebranded his name Batman to Samini at the ending of 2006.
AMBASSADORIAL DEALS
Samini inked a deal with FBN bank in Ghana. Samini ended his brand ambassadorial deal with MTN after 8 years.
AWARDS
Samini was awarded new artist of year,high life artist of the year 2005, best African Act-MoBo awards 2006. He was awarded artist of the year in 2007,hip pop song of the year 2007,Raggae artist of the year 2007 and record of the year 2007.
SAMINI WIFE AND CHILDREN
Samini is known for having many wives and children. Only 6 of his children has being mentioning but several allegations state, he has 11 children with different wives and they all live with their mothers but has been supportive to all of them.
SAMINI HOUSE
Samini like other rich musicians owns a palatia house in Agbogba. He also owns several houses which he has not being showing exacts locations
SAMINI NETWORTH
Samini had made alot of money from his music career. His outmost source of income is mainly selling of albums,single and other business. His networth of 2021 is extimated to be around $4 million dollars.
SAMINI CARS
Samini owns several luxury cars with Tundra being his favorite. Most of his cars includes; Mercedes Benz,Land cruiser,Prado etc.
SAMINI INITIATIVE
Samini started the"Light A Million Lives" project which is an initiative he has partnered with some stake holders to destribute at least one million solar lanterns to deprived communities and remute places at the country side,where there is no or has not enough electricity.
HIGH GRADE FARM
Samini launches the high grade farm,an existing farm for the production of a wide range of crop plants. Two of his farm is located in the Upper East and Upper West Region of Ghana.
High grade currently produces black eyed beans,hot chilli pepper and maize primarily etc.
SAMINI PITO BUSINESS
Samini could not control his love for PITO and tweeted he is going into commercial production of PITO for export.
Samini once said in an interview with Hits Fm that, he always travel with his Calabash and PITO wherever he goes.
SAMINI'S MOTHER
Samini mother is a legendary PITO producer whose PITO joint is in Dansoman. His mother deals with the drink which is of northern origin. A trast of PITO lovers travel from any parts of the country to buy her PITO.
SAMINI IN POLITICS
During the 2016 Ghana's general election, Samini declared his support for the sitting president His-excellency Nana Addo Dankwa AKuffo Addo à nd the New Patriotic Party (Npp). He further composed a song titled " Boyaka" for Nana Addo.