Cina Soul
Background information
Birth name	Christie Quincyna Quarcoopome
Born	(1996-05-03)3 May 1996 (age 28) Accra, Ghana
Genres	Highlife afro-pop neo soul afro-soul pop jazz
Occupations	Singer songwriter performer
Years active	2014–present
Labels	Universal Music Group

Christie Quincyna Quarcoopome (born 3 May 1996),^[1] known professionally asCina Soul, is aGhanaian singer,songwriter and performer.^[2][3] She was a finalist at the 2014 Vodafone Ghana Music Icons competition held inAccra, Ghana.^[4]

Christie Quincyna Quarcoopome was born and raised inKokomlemle, Ghana, andAccra to Ghanaian parents and hails from Jamestown in Accra. She is a native of the Ga Tribe of Ghana. Cina Soul had her junior high school education at Deyoungsters International School and her senior high school education atAburi Girls Senior High School, and she continued to study psychology and archaeology at theUniversity of Ghana.^[5] Cina is the second of three children; she has an older and younger sister, all of whom are talented singers, a talent they might have inherited from their father.

Cina Soul's first attempt at music was her participation in theVodafone Ghana Music Icons in 2014, where she emerged as a finalist. After which, we saw a series of mashups and covers of some mainstream songs, includingMr. Eazi's Bankulize and Cyna's Bamidele.^[6] In 2016, Cina released her debut album, "Metanoia," featuringM.anifest, Worlasi, andKiDi, the record that led her to the spotlight, earning her a spot on the charts with singles Awo and Julor.^[7][8] Cina Soul was immensely involved in theBlack Girls Glow Project, which was launched in 2017 by Dzyadzorm and Poetra Asantewa. Alongside acts like Adomaa, Fu, and Ria Boss, the group released their first album,Mother of Heirs, in July 2017.^[9] Cina Soul performed at the Allianz Awards [6] at theGoethe-Institut in December 2017 alongside Nana Yaa at "Ghana Goes Germany" and theVodafone Ghana Music Awards in 2017.^[10] She also hosted her own concert, "Metanoia X."^[11]

Earlier in 2018, Cina Soul released her first single after her EP, '00:01'[1] [2], which led to her being signed by theUniversal Music Group. [3]^[12] She released her second record this year, "12:01," under the new record label.^[13][14] She released her second record and debut single under the Universal Music imprint in August 2019, titled Adukwei. The song, produced by Nii Quaye and performed in her localGa dialect, was recorded ahead of the 2019 edition of the Homowo festival, a festival celebrated by theGa people of Ghana.^[15]

Cina Soul boasts a diverse vocal range but settles within the genres of soul, R&B, and highlife music. Cina Soul's music is written and sung in both English andGaelic. She admits that most of her songs are derived from personal experiences.^[16]

Cina Soul's musical inspiration is derived strongly from Western influences. Her other musical influences areAnita Baker,Brandy,Sade,Aretha Franklin,Aṣa andWhitney Houston. She seeks artists with similar voice textures to hers and gleans from their experiences to enrich her own.

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• Living people
• 1996 births
• Neo soul singers
• 21st-century Ghanaian women singers
• University of Ghana alumni
• Alumni of Aburi Girls' Senior High School
• Musicians from Accra
• Ghanaian women musicians

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