FACTS ABOUT GOLDIE HARVEY

Facts you Should Know About Goldie Harvey!

• Goldie’s real names are Susan Oluwabimpe Harvey

• She is from Ikole in Ekiti State

• She is the first of four children

• Her  mum is late Mrs. Olabisi Betty from the illustrious Olaiya family in Ijebu, Ogun State  her dad, a native of Ikole-Ekiti, Ekiti State

• She lost her mom to cancer in 1994

• She attended  Green Springs Montessori Primary School and then St. John’s College, Palm Grove.

• While in school her favourite subject was Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK)

• She also attended  the University of Sunderland where she studied Business Management

• She was part of a small music group while schooling in the UK and did a couple of demos.

• Goldie used to run a ” Date-Reminder” service when she returned to Nigeria in the mid- 2000′s

•  Her first single as an artiste is “Komole” and was produced by OJB Jazreel

• She joined Kennis Music label in 2010

• Her debut album was titled Gold

• Her most popular songs include, “You Know It”, “JawoJawo” and DTMB (Don’t Touch My Body)

• Goldie won the best female video at the 2010 SoundCity Music Video Awards  for the  video ‘You Know it’and also picked the award for best use of costume at the Nigerian Music Video Awards; while DTMB picked up best Afro Pop video at the 2011 Nmva’s.

• She designs and conceptualizes most of her outfits

• Goldie is an ambassador of Project Alert, a world renowned non profit organisation, she is the president of the organisation aimed at advocating Zero tolerance to all forms of violence against women and young girls. This rare honour was bestowed upon her after all the charity works she had been doing on her own.

• Goldie has so far in the past year nabbed a total of ten (10 awards) including Exquisite Lady of the year (ELOY) Best Female Artiste award and City People Best Female Artiste of the year

• She has also been inducted as a Federal Celebrity Special Marshal alongside other notable Nigerian Celebrities.