Seinabo Sey

Swedish-Gambian vocalist and songwriter Seinabo Sey is a gold- and platinum-certified artist in her home country whose music melds U.S.-influenced soulful R&B and electro-pop. Her slightly grainy contralto does offer an adept falsetto and rich lower register; it is forceful and extroverted, while her lyrics often chart psychological and emotional states of interiority and vulnerability. Her original songs more often than not take themes associated with personal empowerment as their M.O. Her infectious, assertive single "Younger" charted in nine countries including the U.S., and was certified multi-platinum in three, while her universally acclaimed debut album, Pretend, charted at number four in Sweden and 14 in Norway, and was also certified multi-platinum. Sey again reached the upper echelon of the Swedish charts with 2018's I'm a Dream, before delivering singles like "Shores," "Black Star," and "Suzuki."