Kayo Shekoni

Kayo Shekoni

Kayode Maria Söderberg Shekoni (born 17 April, 1964), better known as Kayo Shekoni, or just Kayo, is a Swedish pop/dance singer of African descent.

Career

After acting in a couple of teenage movies in the early 90's, she became one half of Le Click, who had several hit singles in North America during the 1990s. Later on, she became part of the pop group Afrodite 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 once again was at melodifestivalen whit the song "Aqua Playa"

In 2006, Kayo sang in Melodifestivalen as a solo artist and did not reach the finals. She has released some solo singles, such as "Another Mother" (#11 in Sweden) in 1991, and "(If It Makes You) Feel Good" in 2006.

Kayo Shekoni now co-hosts Förkväll on TV4 in Sweden.

Trivia

*Is fluent in Swedish, English and German.
*Robert Haynes, the other half of Le Click, was arrested when he and Kayo arrived in the US, promoting the single "Call Me". It turned out that Haynes owed a substantial amount of unpaid US taxes, (that being the reason for his arrest), as he is a United States Citizen. [ [http://www.linda.20megsfree.com/kayo.htm Kayo ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.kayo.se Kayo's Official Website]
* [http://www.labouche.info Kayo - La Bouche´s female singer]
* [http://www.myspace.com/kayoshekoni Kayo´s Official Myspace Page]
* [http://www.linda.20megsfree.com/kayo.htm Kayo Shekoni-Biography]
* [http://eurokdj.free.fr/search/eurodb.php?name=Le_Click The Eurodance Encyclopaedia] "Le Click"


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