Mercy Chinwo

Mercy Blessed Uzochikwa
Mercy Blessed Uzochikwa
Birth name	Mercy Chinwo
Born	September 5, 1991 (age 32)
Genres	gospel, contemporary gospel, worship
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, actress
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	2012–present
Labels	Mercy Empire
Spouse(s)	Pastor Blessed (m. 13.08, 2022)

Mercy Nnenda Chinwo is a Nigerian gospel musician, singer, actress, comedian and songwriter. She started singing at age 8 in her church children's choir, she won the Nigerian Idol Season 2 in 2012.^[1]

Life and career

Mercy Nnenda Chinwo was born on September 5, 1990, in Portharcourt, Rivers State. She is the fourth of five children in her family(First daughter). She lost her father at a very young age. She is married to Pastor Blessed Uzochikwa who is from Delta State, Nigeria.^[2]

Chinwo released her first single, "Testimony" in 2015, and "Igwe" a year later ^[3] in 2017. Mercy Chinwo is a Gospel music Minister ^[4]

Personal life

She got married in Port Harcourt to Pastor Blessed Uzochikwa of Water Brooks Church Lekki on the 13th of August 2022.^[5]^[6]

Acting

A year after winning Nigerian Idol, she landed her first film role in Yvonne Nelson's film, House of Gold where she acted as Lucia, starring alongside Yvonne Nelson, Majid Michel , and Omawumi among others.^[7] The film House of Gold won Best Picture at the Ghana Movie Awards and Best Ghanaian Movie at the 2013 City People.

Achievements

In 2012, Mercy Chinwo won Nigerian Idol.
In 2018, Mercy Chinwo was awarded the Best Gospel Artiste at the CLIMAX Awards 2018.^[8]
In 2019, at the maiden edition of the Africa Gospel Awards Festival (AGAFEST 2019) Mercy Chinwo was named winner in the categories Africa Gospel New Artiste of the Year, Africa Gospel Female Artiste of the Year, and Africa Gospel Song of the Year (Excess Love).^[9]^[10]
In 2020, Mercy Chinwo emerges as the Gospel Artiste of the year at the AFRIMMA Awards.^[11]

Discography

Albums

The Cross My Gaze (2018)
Satisfied (2020)

Singles

Testimony (2015)
Igwe (2016)
Excess Love (2018)
Omekanaya (2018)
No More Pain (2018)
Chinedum (2018)
Power Belongs to Jesus (2019)
Äkamdinelu (2019)
Oh Jesus! (2019)
Obinasom (2020)
Kosi (2020)
Tasted of your power (2020)
Na you dey reign(2020)
Yahweh (2021)
yahweh (2022)
Onenemma (2020)

Filmography

List of television and film credits
Year	Title	Role
2013	House of Gold	Lucia

References

^ "How Mercy Chinwo won Nigerian Idols". Vanguard News. 9 April 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
^ "Mercy Chinwo Biography: Age, Net Worth, Career, Awards, Ministry". Trengezie. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
^ Media, D. O. D. (12 November 2019). "Gospel Artiste of the Week: MERCY CHINWO". Daughters Of Destiny TV. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
^ "Mercy Chinwo gets signed to EeZee Conceptz Record Label | Gospotainment.com". gospotainment.com. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
^ Olonilua, Ademola (27 June 2022). "Mercy Chinwo's fiance reacts to old video where he called singer 'sister'". Daily Trust. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
^ Royal, David O. (14 August 2022). "Gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo goes emotional as she walks down the aisle [Video]". Vanguard News. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
^ "House of Gold Full Cast & Crew - nlist nlist | Nollywood, Nigerian Movies & Casting". nlist.ng. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
^ "Mercy Chinwo receives First Award". Lighteousness Entertainment News. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
^ "Africa Gospel Awards 2019: Full list of nominees". Music In Africa. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
^ "AGAFEST 2019 Awards – Photos, event review and full list of winners". WorshippersGh. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
^ Ugo, Chima. "Cuppy, Simi, Rema are Winners at 2020 AFRIMMA Awards - #AFRIMMA2020". Prime 9ja Online. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

External links

[1] "How Mercy Chinwo won Nigerian Idols". Vanguard News. 9 April 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2019.

[2] "Mercy Chinwo Biography: Age, Net Worth, Career, Awards, Ministry". Trengezie. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

[3] Media, D. O. D. (12 November 2019). "Gospel Artiste of the Week: MERCY CHINWO". Daughters Of Destiny TV. Retrieved 24 May 2020.

[4] "Mercy Chinwo gets signed to EeZee Conceptz Record Label | Gospotainment.com". gospotainment.com. Retrieved 9 June 2019.

[5] Olonilua, Ademola (27 June 2022). "Mercy Chinwo's fiance reacts to old video where he called singer 'sister'". Daily Trust. Retrieved 26 July 2022.

[6] Royal, David O. (14 August 2022). "Gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo goes emotional as she walks down the aisle [Video]". Vanguard News. Retrieved 16 August 2022.

[7] "House of Gold Full Cast & Crew - nlist nlist | Nollywood, Nigerian Movies & Casting". nlist.ng. Retrieved 9 June 2019.

[8] "Mercy Chinwo receives First Award". Lighteousness Entertainment News. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2019.

[9] "Africa Gospel Awards 2019: Full list of nominees". Music In Africa. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.

[10] "AGAFEST 2019 Awards – Photos, event review and full list of winners". WorshippersGh. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.

[11] Ugo, Chima. "Cuppy, Simi, Rema are Winners at 2020 AFRIMMA Awards - #AFRIMMA2020". Prime 9ja Online. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

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