Artist profiles on ethio.music, published as posts in the Artists category.
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Veronica Adane: Azmari lineage, AFRIMA Traditional winner, and the Rayvanny week of “Bironica”
Veronica Adane, the Addis-born vocalist with an AFRIMA African Traditional win for “Kante Lela,” posted two Rayvanny duets in early October 2026; own-channel Official Video “Bironica” passed 1.7M views by Oct 12.
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Yo Mariyos: the rapper behind YouTube Ethiopia’s weekly No. 1 “Bahir Dar”
Yo Mariyos, a rapper whose earliest traceable release came via Bling Records in 2025, has the No. 1 song on Kworb’s YouTube Ethiopia weekly chart dated 2026/10/01: “ባህር ዳር (Bahir Dar),” an Official Video on Bridge Sounds (18 Sep 2026).
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Tilahun Gessesse
Tilahun Gessesse, 27 September 1940 to 19 April 2009, was the Ethiopian tenor Wikipedia ranks among the most popular singers of the twentieth century. He sang with the Imperial Bodyguard Band and the National Theatre and died in Addis Ababa.
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Teddy Afro
Tewodros Kassahun Germamo, born in Addis Ababa on 14 July 1976 and known as Teddy Afro, released Abugida, Yasteseryal, Tikur Sew, and Ethiopia, the last a Billboard World Albums No. 1. His April 2026 album is Etorika, on Addis Zema.
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Meselu Fantahun
Meselu Fantahun is the artist on the 2026 official music video Weyne Lijit, posted on the channel Official Meselu Fantahun. It entered the Amharic Secular board at No. 10 for the week ending 17 September 2026 and stood at No. 8 the next week.
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Mahmoud Ahmed
Mahmoud Ahmed, born in Addis Ababa on 8 May 1941, sang with the Imperial Bodyguard Band and recorded Ere Mela Mela with the Ibex Band. The 1986 Crammed Discs issue, and later Ethiopiques reissues, carried that catalog to listeners outside Ethiopia.
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Hana Girma
Hana Girma is the singer of the Tigrigna official video Ngezaka, an Apple Music single dated 2 August 2026, and of earlier Apple Music singles from Yeleb in 2020 through Hayyee in 2025. The video is on her channel @hanagirmamusic.
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Hailu Amerga
Hailu Amerga is the Jano Band vocalist credited on Yinegal and Erikum, and the artist on the Keteraraw Mado concert video with Dawit Tsige. That upload led YouTube Ethiopia’s weekly chart in early September 2026 and sits on the channel @hailujano.
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Dagne Walle
Dagne Walle is the singer whose official channel posted the lyrics videos Addis Ababa and Ere Hagere on 17 September 2026. Both entered that week’s Amharic Secular board, and Addis Ababa was No. 1 on the board for the week ending 24 September.
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Bamlak Getnet
Bamlak Getnet is the singer of Gojame Tebiye, a 19 July 2025 Apple Music single carrying his own phonographic copyright, and of the official video on his channel. The song was No. 6 on the Amharic Secular board for the week ending 17 September 2026.
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Aster Aweke
Aster Aweke, born in Gondar in 1959, is the Ethiopian singer of the Triple Earth and Columbia album Aster and a Kabu Records run from Hagere through the July 2026 album Gela Gela. She left for the United States in 1981 and returned in 1997.
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Zuse’t: the DistroKid singles artist behind YouTube Ethiopia’s No. 1 “Bahir dar”
Zuse’t is the artist behind Bahir dar, a DistroKid single released 2026-09-19 that took YouTube Ethiopia daily #1 on Kworb (2026/09/23) and held it (2026/09/26), after a 2026 run of singles.