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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Nayanka Bell
Person · female · Ivory Coast · Agboville · born 1963 · recording since 1981
Ivorian singer
Also known as Nayanka Bel
Timeline
6 events▣ Album 4◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1960s
1980s
· Debut release
Debut release: Just A Boogie
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
1990s
2000s
Biography
English biography151 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1365244476
Biography
Nayanka Bell (born 1963 in Agboville, Ivory Coast) is an Ivorian singer who has released several albums, the earliest between 1982 and 1984.
Biography
Bell's early work was inspired by the Francophone Caribbean, and although her native tongue is French, she sings in English. Her debut album, Amio, was released in 1983, with styles ranging from funk and disco to ballads. A second album in 1986, If You Came To GoIf You Came To GoSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 6 tracksA1If You Came to Go (Malou and Nanou)5:42A2Chogologo4:03A3Chinenerine5:00B1Emotion3:53B2Nabobi4:17B3Djama3:40, showed a greater Antillean influence. Bell is considered one of the top female Ivorian singers.
In 2000, she recorded a version of Serge Gainsbourg's "Je t'aime... moi non-plus", with Congolese singer Koffi Olomidé and performed it in front of 17,000 spectators at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy.
In April 2009, Bell was critically injured in a road accident, prompting rumours to spread that she had died. She in fact survived the accident although her injuries were serious and required several operations.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 19 | 43.6th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (4 release groups · 4 studio albums)
Albums · 4
1981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks
A1MiamiA2Just A BoogieA3Amio / Get Up And Dance (Medley)B1IwassadoB2Paniya (Atoguheya)B3Obêwin1984 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 26:35
A1If You Came to Go (Malou and Nanou)5:42A2Chogologo4:03A3Chinenerine5:00B1Emotion3:53B2Nabobi4:17B3Djama3:401994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 44:24
1A Toula4:092Ahou4:243Iwassado5:314Mon Pari3:535Targui4:306Mvodzam4:257N'Damah3:558Saayoté4:139Oukaladado4:2610Symphonie / Corrida4:582000 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 10 tracks · 44:51
1Chana4:082Assez3:273Je T'aime Moi Non Plus4:404Missié4:175You Are Everything5:156Les Mots Magiques4:087Si J'etais Un Homme5:108Sentiment Réel3:519Dieu De L'univers5:1810Tout4:37
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Nayanka Bell head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 19 | 43.6th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nayanka_Bell.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a4b33cdb-8bc0-4ad0-a356-b110962e64badiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a4b33cdb-8bc0-4ad0-a356-b110962e64bacore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3337358genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3337358seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nayanka_Bellbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nayanka_Bell
Why this artist is in the database
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Image: Aristidek5maya · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q3337358 · MusicBrainz: a4b33cdb-8bc0-4ad0-a356-b110962e64ba
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