Abinet Agonafir
Abinet Agonafir | |
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| Also known as | AB |
| Born | 1976 (age 49–50) Hawassa, Ethiopia |
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Abinet Agonafir (Amharic: አብነት አጎናፍር) is an Ethiopian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
Biography
At a young age, since 1983 he joined clubs within his elementary school Yekatiti 23 where he developed his music. He joined the Mestawet music and theater club, where he would take on the keyboard and play with various bands, among them the Hi Fas and Nyala bands. Later on he started singing and writing lyrics for up-and-coming artists.
His talent led to his recruitment to perform in various venues throughout the Middle Eastern region. In late 2003 his first album DibikWubet was published by AIT Records.[1] In March 2006 to April, Abinet went on a national tour with other famous Ethiopian artists and performed in major Ethiopian cities including Addis Ababa, Adama, Hawassa, Dire-Dawa, Harar, Bahir-Dar, Jimma, Mekele, Dessie and Gondar. The tour was the first of its kind. Abinet wrote the lyrics of "Akal le Akal" and performed a duet with Zeritu Kebede for her album debut.[2] He released his second and most successful album Wuleta in 2007 in collaboration with well known music composer and producer Elias Melka through Ethiopian record label Electra Music Shop based in Addis Abeba.[3] Wuleta was one of the most consecutively listened music album on broadcasting stations in 2007 & 2008, and sustained a more lasting presence in the then infant social media environment of Ethiopia. In 2007 Wuleta was recognized as the best album of the year and the best-selling album by the Ethiopian Music industry.
On August 1, 2014 he released his third and most recent album Astaraki despite a larger budget spent on employing experts to make use of quality equipment and producing quality videos. Astraki didn't move fans the same way album Wuleta did, nor did it reach the same heights. Abinet has achieved wide range acceptance and garnered a sizeable fanbase in Ethiopia and abroad.[4][5]
Discography
- Albums
References
- ↑ "Abinet Agonafir :: Dibik Wubet". www.aitrecords.com.
- ↑ "Zeritu Kebede Abinet Agonafir akal lakal ETHIOPIAN MUSIC YouTube" – via www.youtube.com.
- ↑ "Electra Music Shop". Discogs.
- ↑ https://www.musicinafrica.net/directory/abinet-agonafir
- ↑ https://abinetabagonafir.com/bio/
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Abinet Agonafir". Discogs.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180602071407/https://store.cdbaby.com/all/nahomrecords
- ↑ "Amazon.com".
- ↑ agonafer, abenat. "Search results from Audio Recording, Songs, Amharic, Amharic, Abenat Agonafer". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
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