Melisa Abimbola, better known as Melisa Whiskey is a British–Nigerian Afropop singer and songwriter. She is mostly known for her songs Billin, ^[1] Ajeh, Thredhold ^[2] etc.

Career

Whiskey was born in Hackney and raised in Bray Towers Camden, London. ^[3] She had been introduced to Gospel & soul music at a young age through her father, a music enthusiast and historian who had been born in Leeds. ^[4] Melisa signed her first publishing deal with BMG in 2015. ^[5] During her time at Leicester University, Melisa performed open mic nights and gradually gathered support from BBC Music Introducing. ^[6] When she released her first track "Played" in 2016, ^[7] she received recognition from BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Twin B and subsequently playlisted on BBC Radio 1Xtra. ^{[8] [9]} Melisa's collaboration with Redlight, Thredhold entered the BBC Radio 1 Dance Chart and reached spot 39. ^[10] In the same year she collaborated in the song Searching with Harry Romero and Roger Sanchez on the Strictly Rhythmn label. ^[11] By March 2017 she released her song Sweetest Cake. ^{[12] [13] [14]} She also collaborated in the song Maybe Now with STéLOUSE. Later in 2017 Melisa released an extended play record called The Moon + The Sky. ^[15] Billin, the song with a mixture of pop and hip hop, was one of the most popular tracks out of this EP and was playlisted on BBC Radio London. ^[16] In 2019, Whiskey teamed with Mystro, to introduce her single Ajeh as well as Bonjour which was produced by E- Kelly. ^{[17] [18]} In December 2019, Whiskey performed at O2 Forum Kentish Town with Afro beats Artist Mr Eazi. ^[19]

Discography

Singles

• Threshold (With Redlight) – 2015 ^[20]
• Played – 2016 ^[21]
• Maybe Now (with STéLOUSE) – 2016 ^[22]
• Sweetest Cake – 2017 ^[14]
• Cuffin or Cuttin' – 2017 ^[23]
• Billin – 2017 ^[24]
• Bonjour – 2018 ^{[25] [26]}
• Ajeh – 2019 ^{[27] [28]}
• Crazy Love – 2020

EP

• Moon + The Sky - 2017 ^{[29] [30]}

Chart

References