Mercy Chinwo is one phenomenal singer that we've seen emerge in the Nigerian Gospel music niche. Her 2018 song Excess Love was a banger that saw millions of people within and outside the country listening to it. She has a thriving musical career and a lot has happened to her this year. And it's something to be happy about. Check out all there is to know about her as Naijauto presents to you Gospel Singer Mercy Chinwo net worth, cars, houses, and marriage.
1. Who is Mercy Chinwo?
Mercy Nnenda Chinwo is a gospel singer, songwriter, and actress. She’s presently one of the gospel artists in Nigeria with strong electrifying vocals. Her academic history states, she attended Ultimate Victory Academy and the University of Port Harcourt.
Mercy Chinwo is Nigeria's Gospel singer with strong electrifying vocals
Mercy started her journey into music at the young age of eight. It all began with the children's choir of her church. From there, she moved to the adult church choir where she was made the music director. Being a great vocalist, she started out as a backup singer for Gospel artists like Sammie Okposo, Buchi, Joe Praise, and Chris Morgan. She was also participating in music competitions. Her breakthrough came when she emerged as the winner of the 2012 Season 2 Nigerian idol. This brought her to the limelight and she has gone higher and higher, with many Gospel hit songs from her.
After winning the Nigerian Idol, she got featured in the film "House of Gold”, which happens to be her first movie role. The movie was produced by Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson who also featured Omawumi and Majid Michel.
Mercy is blessed
In 2015, Mercy released her first single titled ‘’Testimony.’’ She released another song "Igwe'’ a year later. Mercy went on to launch her studio album "The Cross, My Gaze" in 2018. This was after she joined the music label EeZee Conceptz which is owned by Mr Ezekiel. It’s a Christian record label that signs up talented Gospel artists such as the likes of GUC, Judikay, and Chidinma Ekile. Mercy Chinwo’s debut album was a 16-track gospel song where she featured Chris Morgan, Shady B, and Olaitan Odoko. This album contains some of the best of Mercy Chinwo songs which include: Excess Love and Omekannaya. Other popular songs of hers are Chinedum, Obinasom, Oh Jesus, Akamdinelu, and Amazing God
Since she became popular, Mercy has been releasing powerful soul-lifting songs. She has been invited to minister in many Christian events, both in the country and outside the borders. Mercy Chinwo is also recognised internationally and has also earned some accolades and awards for her songs. They are:
- Best Gospel Artiste, CLIMAX Awards (2018)
- Africa Gospel Song of the Year for Excess Love, Africa Gospel Awards Festival AGAFEST (2019)
- Africa Gospel New Artiste of the Year, AGAFEST 2019
- Africa Gospel Female Artiste of the Year, AGAFEST 2019
- Gospel Artiste of the Year, AFRIMMA Awards 2020
In 2020, the Gospel artist launched her second album titled Satisfied. Having released two albums, here are Mercy Chinwo songs.
- Testimony (2015)
- Igwe (2016)
- Omekannaya (2018)
- Excess Love (2018)
- Chinedum (2018)
- No More Pain (2018)
- Oh Jesus (2019)
- Akamdinelu (2019)
- Power Belongs to Jesus (2019)
- Obinasom (2020)
- Tasted of your Power (2020)
- Mercy Chinwo Na you dey reign (2020)
- Kosi (2020)
- Yahweh (2021)
One of her trending songs is Amazing God
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Mercy Chinwo latest songs are the popular songs she released such as Na you dey reign, Yahweh, Amazing God, and Obinasom. Several Gospel artists have featured her in their songs. Chris Morgan featured her in his song "Good Father" and Banky W got her on his song "Selense". If you love her music, Mercy Chinwo songs mp3 download are available online. There are several Gospel music websites where you can download Mercy Chinwo songs.
1a. Mercy Chinwo age
If there's one thing fans are always eager to know, it's the age of their favourite celebrities. And Mercy's own isn't an exception either. She was born on September 5, 1991, in Rivers State. Mercy Chinwo celebrated her 31st birthday in 2022.
Mercy Chinwo hails from Rivers State
1b. Mercy Chinwo family
Mercy hails from Rivers State. She’s the first daughter and fourth child among five children of her parents. Her father died when she was young, and her mother had to take care of her and her siblings.
With the beautiful happenings in Mercy's life this year, folks have stopped asking the question: is Mercy Chinwo married?
Yeah. On 23rd June 2022, the internet went buzzing with the news of Mercy Chinwo's engagement to her lover Pastor Blessed Uzochikwa of the Water Brook Church Lagos State. Both took to their social media platforms to share the good news with the world. Following their engagement, they had their court wedding ceremony on 4th August 2022, at the Ikoyi registry. Pictures of their legal union were shared on different platforms online with congratulatory messages flooding in. Of course, that wasn't the end of it all. On 12th August 2022, the couple held their traditional wedding in River State. This was followed by their white wedding the next day. It was all shades of glamour as friends, colleagues, and well-wishers were present as they tied the nuptial knot.
Mercy Chinwo's engagement with her lover Pastor Blessed Uzochikwa of the Water Brook Church Lagos State
The engagement was followed by a court wedding
Their traditional wedding took place in Port Harcourt, Mercy's hometown
And finally, the white wedding
2. Mercy Chinwo net worth
Mercy Chinwo's back-to-back hit songs saw her making the list of the richest Gospel musicians in Nigeria. Her net worth is estimated to be $150,000 (₦65 million). Due to her popularity and amazing songs, she gets invited to minister at Christian programs.
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3. Mercy Chinwo houses and cars
The beautiful singer is now married and so resides with her husband.
Mercy Chinwo cars
In 2019, Mercy Chinwo was gifted a new car by the record label she was signed to. Also this year after Mercy Chinwo wedding, her husband Pastor Blessed surprised her with a brand-new Toyota SUV as a birthday gift. This is an expensive car with luxury features to make her comfortable when she's attending events.
The Gospel singer's Lexus ES350 car gift from EeZee Conceptz
Mrs Blessed got a surprise from her husband on her birthday
beautiful ride built for Nigerian rugged roads
4. Mercy Chinwo latest news
Several Gospel artists have been featuring Mercy Chinwo in their songs. The most recent is Gospel singer Moses Bliss who remixed his song "Taking care”, featuring Mercy Chinwo. The song is out and Mercy shared the clip on her Instagram.
Follow Mercy Chinwo on her Instagram @mercychinwo
5. Conclusion
The year 2022 is an amazing one for the gospel singer. She started the year single but she's ending it as a married woman. This implies Mercy Chinwo biography has been updated. Going forward, we will get to hear more from her as she adjusts to her new status.
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