Kayo Shekoni

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Shekoni performing in 2014
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Kayode Maria Söderberg Shekoni

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Järfälla, Sweden
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Websitekayo.se

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Kayode Maria Söderberg Shekoni Audio file "Yo-Kayo Shekoni.ogg" not found (born 17 April 1964), known professionally as Kayo, is a Swedish singer and actress.[1][2]

Career

Kayo started out as a singer in the 1980s with the Swedish synth-pop band Freestyle. Kayo left the group following the release of the fourth single, Vill ha dej. She then worked as a backup singer and dancer for various Swedish artists such as The Creeps, NASA, and Anders Glenmark.

She is a classically trained ballet dancer and performed professionally for many years. In 1990, she became part of the Nordic beat scene and released a self-titled, club-soul-influenced album on the SweMix Label. The music was mostly new jack swing, but some tracks incoporated reggae, house and hip hop influences. It was produced by label co-founder Stonebridge, with Christian Falk and Alexander Bard (from Army of Lovers).[3] She released four hit singles from the album. Her second album was a Swedish-language soul-pop album entitled Kärleksland and featured songs by Orup, and was well received on radio.[4]

After acting in a couple of teenage movies in the mid-1990s, she became one-half of Le Click, which had several hit singles in North America and Germany during the 1990s. Later, she became part of the pop group Afro-dite in the early 2000s, reaching the finals at Melodifestivalen 2002 with the song "Never Let It Go" and representing Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest in Tallinn the same year. In 2003, Afro-dite competed once again at Melodifestivalen with the song "Aqua Playa".

In 2006, Kayo performed at Melodifestivalen as a solo artist but did not reach the finals.[5] She has released several solo singles, such as "Another Mother" (No. 11 in Sweden) in 1991, and "(If It Makes You) Feel Good" in 2006. Kayo Shekoni has also hosted Förkväll[6] on TV4 and Fångarna på fortet ( the latter with cross-country skiing star Gunde Svan).[7]

She worked for a while as a skin therapist[7] but never left the entertaintment industry.

In spring 2010, she performed at Melodifestivalen,[8] not as a competitor, but as per of a medley of past winning songs with several previous winners. In 2010, she co-hosted a four-episode pan-Scandinavian TV-show show series Inför Eurovision Song Contest 2010, analyzing all the competing songs submitted to that year's Eurovision Song Contest. She also works as a DJ, co-runs a nightclub, and performs with the disco and cocktail jazz band Cotton Club[9] and Afro-Dite.[7][10] She returned to Melodifestivalen with Afro-Dite in 2012.[11]

She has been very active on theatre stages with B.U.S., directed by Josette Bushell-Mingo,[12] "Raisin in the Sun” with the National Theatre (and touring with the play in Sweden and Finland, and taking the production to South Africa and the US),[13][14] Norrbottens Teatern's production of Cabaret, "The Witches of Eastwick" (the latter with West End star Peter Jöback),[15] "Taube Today" at Västmanlands Teater, and Uppsala City Theatre.[16]

She has also performed at Le Click reunion concerts.

In 2023, Shekoni became part of the main jury panel, along with Swedish actor, performance artist, playwright, and drag queen Robert Fux, and radio and television host Farao Groth, of the Swedish language reality television series Drag Race Sverige, broadcast on SVT1 and SVT Play in Sweden and internationally on WOW Presents Plus.[17]

Personal life

Shekoni was born to a Nigerian father and Swedish mother in Sweden.[18]

Activism

At the 2025 Oscar Award, she wore black shoes with “Free Congo” written twice on the soles, showing solidarity with the African country amid ongoing political violence.

Discography

Albums

Full information[19][20]

  • Kayo (1990)
  • Kärleksland (1993)
  • Out There (featuring Kayo) (1996)
  • Le Click (featuring Kayo) (US and Germany only) (1997)
  • Never Let It Go (with Afro-dite) (2002)
  • Sisters in Crime 2016

Singles

References

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  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Carter, Hannah (10 August 2024). "Nineties singer, 60, looks like she's ageing backwards 27 years after one hit wonder and Drag Race role". The Irish Sun. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
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  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kayo - Kärleksland, 1993, retrieved 9 March 2026
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Melodifestivalen 2006: Kayo Shekoni - "Innan natten är över"". Eurovisionworld. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Berg, Gynning och Kayo leder TV4:s "Förkväll"". Dagens Nyheter. Dagens Nyheter. 29 August 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jan Kantor familj@dn.se (16 April 2009). "Kayo byter spår efter trettio år i rampljuset". Dagens Nyheter. Archived from the original on 11 June 2009.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ditt namn (publiceras inte) (14 March 2010). "En stor dag – John Alvbåge". Na.se (in svenska). Archived from the original on 16 March 2010.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Resumé: Från Bonniers firmafest – till bröllopsfesten". Resume.se. 9 June 2010. Archived from the original on 12 June 2010.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stockholm TT Spektra (27 April 2010). "Afro-Dite gör comeback | Kultur | SvD". Svenska Dagbladet (in svenska). Svd.se.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Melodifestivalen 2012: Afro-Dite - "The Boy Can Dance"". Eurovisionworld.com.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kayo: På scen kan jag bidra till en annan berättelse". Dn.se. 12 December 2020.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Svarta skådespelare i unik föreställning - Kulturnytt i P4". Sveriges Radio. 8 February 2016.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Artisten Kayo drabbades av cancer två gånger". Allas.se. 10 September 2019.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kayo om nya livet: "Pretty damn cool för en 55-årig diskotjej"". Aftonbladet.se. 18 March 2019.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Taube Today". Uppsalastadsteater.se. 13 May 2018.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Drag Race Sverige 1. Tävlande, växla upp!". Svtplay.se (in svenska). 4 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kayo Shekoni: Allt jag gör bygger på lust" [Kayo Shekoni: Everything I do is based on desire] (PDF) (in svenska). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2025.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kayo Shekoni". Discogs. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kayo Shekoni Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & Mor..." AllMusic. Retrieved 9 March 2026.

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