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This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Sancho, and not as Gebre.

Tamirat Gebre Lenga (Template:Lang-gez; born October 8, 1993), known professionally as Sancho Gebre, is an Ethiopian singer, choreographer and dancer. In 2010 Sancho began appearing in Ethiopian Idol as a dance contestant in a category of single modern dance impersonating Michael Jackson.[1] [2]

Sancho Gebre
Sancho Gebre in 2020
Sancho Gebre in 2020
Background information
Birth nameTamirat Gebre Lenga
Born (1993-10-08) 8 October 1993 (age 31)
Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia
Genres
Occupations
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2010–present
LabelsShakura

Early Life

Sancho was born in Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia and raised in Areka, Ethiopia.[3] Sancho’s interest in art grew from an early age when he is in high school. As he stated in his interviews with Seifu On EBS TV talk show and Arts TV, he was impersonating Michael Jackson dance by watching his music videos. Then participated in a high school dance contest and won the competition; the competition was a one day contest. That was the time that let him join the art.[4] [5]

Career

In 2009 he started the competition in an Ethiopian Idol as a single modern dance contestant. The competition was ended in 2011 and he was a winner in a single modern dance category.[6] [7]

In 2016 Sancho joined the music industry by releasing his debut single, "Ande" [8] the music is recognized by the choreography of the music video. [2]

In 2017 he released his second single, titled "Atasayugn".[9] That was the the time he totally broke into the scene during this single. Literal meaning of “Atasayugn” is “don’t show me”. It is a song in which he tells his beloved girl that he would chose anything instead of seeing someone other than her.[3]

In 2019 Sancho released a song known as "Tanamo" [10] and collaborated with Micky Gonderegna with the music titled “Leba”. [11]

His latest song was released on June 26, 2020 titled "Fiyona" [12] ; which is a Tigrigna word. The song has hit more than 125K views within the first 24 hours. [3]

Popnable stated that Sancho Gebre's songs spent 73 weeks in the charts.[13] He also contributed choreographing music videos for artists in Ethiopia.[14]

References

  1. ^ Archive, Diretube. "Hawassa Idol - Modern Dance - Episode 02 Ethiopian Idol". Diretube. diretube.com. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b Smith, John. "Bio, Sancho Gebre". musicinafrica. musicinafrica.net. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "discography". discog. discog.com. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Seifu on EBS : ድምፃዊ ሳንቾ ገብሬ (Sancho Gebre)". Youtube. Seifu on EBS. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  5. ^ "ሳንቾ ታናሞ ቷሻሞ ትርጉም አለው እንዴ, Mabriya Matfiya 07 , ማብሪያ ማጥፊያ 07@Arts Tv World". Youtube. Arts Tv. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  6. ^ Diretube, Archive. "Ethiopian Idol Tamrat Gebre From Welayita Sodo (Areka) Lead The Last Top 20 Contestants with 24361 - Jul 2,2011 - Part 2". diretube. diretube.com. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  7. ^ Archive, Diretube. "The Final Result and The Winner of 2004 Ethiopian Idol with knows after a Week in Meskerem 17,2004". diretube. diretube.com. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Ande". Apple Music. music.apple.com. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Atasayugn". Apple Music. music.apple.com. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Tanamo". Apple Music. music.apple.com. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Leba". Apple Music. music.apple.com. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Fiyona". Apple Music. music.apple.com. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Popnable Music Chart". Popnable. popnable.com. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  14. ^ "Sancho Gebre Biography". popnable.com. popnable.com. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
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