Why I Stopped Singing Gospel Music, Simi

Popular Nigerian singer, Simi has disclosed why she stopped singing gospel music.

Simi disclosed that she was paid as low as N5,000-10,000 as a performance fee when she was a gospel musician.

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She said the highest she was ever paid then was N70,000.

Simi, a mother of one, opened up on her past travails during an interview segment of MTV Base Africa’s programme, Official Naija Top 10.

She said, “I actually used to go to a lot of churches to perform. They will pay me like N5k, N10k. Do you know the highest amount of money I actually collected when I was doing gospel [music]? N70,000. And I felt like I had arrived. I still paid a 10 per cent tithe from the money.”

The singer said she had to stop singing at some point because she wasn’t making enough money from gospel music to pay for studio sessions and promotions.

Simi said her lack of finances drove her to sign with a record label, which she regretted joining.

The mother of one said she later switched to secular music because of the challenges she encountered in the gospel music industry.

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