The 23-year-old Lagos-born singer dropped her breakthrough track “Okunkun” earlier this year.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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\tLagos-born singer Solana has signed with Since \u201993 records, the label and management group has revealed exclusively to Billboard U.K<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \tThe deal sees the emerging Nigerian artist join the U.K.-based company, which has also been home to African artists including Tems<\/a> and Tyla<\/a>. Solana is developing \u2018YoruPop,\u2019 a sound combining the Yoruba language and influences with synth-pop, Fuji music, R&B and electronic production.<\/p>\n \t\t\t \t \t \t\t \t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t \t \t\t<\/p>\n \t\t \t\t\t \t \t\t\t<\/p>\n \t \t\t\t<\/a> \t <\/p>\n \tSolana\u2019s signing aligns with the release of her debut EP, Girl From The West<\/em>, due this Friday (Nov. 13). The 23-year-old dropped her breakthrough single \u201cOkunkun\u201d (translating to \u201cdarkness\u201d in Yoruba) earlier this year and has since received co-signs across social media from the likes of SZA<\/a>, Tyla<\/a>, Doechii<\/a> and Little Simz<\/a>. She has also been named a Spotify EQUAL Africa Ambassador.<\/p>\n \t\u201cSuper excited to partner with Since \u201893 and the Sony Music team for this next chapter,\u201d Solana said in a press statement.<\/p>\n