Tamirat Gebre Lenga (Ge'ez: ታምራት ገብሬ ሌንጋ; born October 7, 1993), known professionally as Sancho Gebre, is an Ethiopian singer, choreographer and dancer. As a dancer, he robed a reputation after involving in and winning a dance competition in Ethiopian Idol, and as a singer, he became notable after his singles in 2016 and 2017.[1][2]
Sancho Gebre | |
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| Birth name | Tamirat Gebre Lenga |
| Born | October 7, 1993 Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
| Labels | Shakura |
| Website | www |
Life and career
edit1993–2008: Early life
editSancho was born in Wolaita Sodo and raised in Areka. Sancho's interest in art grew from an early age when he was in high school. As he stated in his interviews with Seifu On EBS TV talk show and ARTS TV, he was impersonating Michael Jackson dance by watching his music videos. He participated in a high school dance contest and won the competition; the competition was a one-day contest. That was the time he joined the art.[3][4][5][2]
2009–2011: Career beginnings
editIn 2009 he started the competition in Ethiopian Idol as a single modern dance contestant. The competition ended in 2011 and he was a winner in the single modern dance category.[6][5][2]
2016–2020: First singles
editIn 2016 Sancho joined the music industry by releasing his debut single, "Ande". Sancho got positive reaction from his debut and the choreography of the music video was popular. He then released four songs titled "Atasayugn", "Tanamo", "Leba" and "Fiyona. He has shown different choreography in his all music videos which are done by himself and participated on all music videos as a dancer too. He is known for his choreography and dances in his music videos.[5][1][2] Popnable stated that Sancho Gebre's songs spent 79 weeks in the music charts.[7] He also contributed choreographing music videos for artists in Ethiopia.[8]
Discography
editSingles
edit- "Habibideyda" (2023)
- "Selame" (2023)
- "Welelaye" (2022)
- "Afe" (2022)
- "Dikida" (2021)
- "Fiyona" (2020)
- "Leba" (2019)
- "Tanamo" (2019)
- "Atasayugn" (2017)
- "Ande" (2016)
References
edit- ^ a b "Sancho Gebre". music in Africa. music in Africa. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d Gazemba, Stanley. "Meet Ethiopia's MJ: Inspired by the King of Pop". Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Seifu on EBS : ድምፃዊ ሳንቾ ገብሬ (Sancho Gebre)". Youtube. Seifu on EBS. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ "ሳንቾ ታናሞ ቷሻሞ ትርጉም አለው እንዴ, Mabriya Matfiya 07 , ማብሪያ ማጥፊያ 07@Arts Tv World". Youtube. Arts Tv. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Sancho Gebre". discog. discog. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ Diretube, Archive. "Ethiopian Idol Tamrat Gebre From Welayita Sodo (Areka) Lead The Last Top 20 Contestants with 24361 – Jul 2,2011 – Part 2". diretube. diretube.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ "Popnable Music Chart". Popnable. popnable.com. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ "Sancho Gebre Biography". popnable.com. popnable.com. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ "Sancho Gebre". itunes. Retrieved 21 February 2021.