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Jamaican recording artist Ce’Cile, most notably the self-imposed Bad Gyal is still on her mission – Jamaicanizing the world with her style, one song at a time, one album at a time. This innovative, witty, intelligent and creative diva has proven time and time again that she has the components for making hit songs. It’s her flair for controversy that announced her to the game and has kept media and fans alike tuned in whether she flows over traditional Reggae beats or hits home runs with pulsating Dancehall riddims.

From the beginning Ce'Cile has been an innovator and kept tongues wagging since first breaking into the Dancehall scene with the self-produced, shockingly refreshing and thought provoking smash "Changez" designed as a marketing ploy by poking fun at her male counterparts. Rhythmically inventive and catchy, it shot across dancehall's macho braggadocio, light-heartedly lampooning the music's biggest male names with unflattering speculation on their bedroom performance. Not surprisingly, it won her a legion of female fans.

Ce'Cile is a deadly combination of sex appeal with veracity and though dancehall for the most part is hugely a testosterone-driven sphere, to miss Ce'Cile is to miss half the story. She writes lyrics that other females shy away from for fear of being shunned in Jamaica's male dominated music scene. Being the most outspoken, especially on issues concerning women, Ce'Cile has never felt trapped from expressing her stance as being bold, calculating and brutally honest in her lyrics and subject matter. On the other hand, CeCile writes love songs, that speaks to the heart of what goes on, in, about, around and through “love” argueably like no other female in Jamaica, and evokes emotions from both males and females alike with her honest approach.

CeCile is the type of artist that has been afforded the opportunity to do both dancehall and reggae equally well, and has not only been able to tour the “normal reggae /dancehall scene” but has done a lot of work in “non typical” Jamaican type settings, even without having a label behind her for most of her professional career.
Of her older catalog "Can You Do Di Wuk" a duet with Sean Paul landed on his Grammy winning multi - platinum selling album "Dutty Rock" and is a testament to her "bad gyal" demeanor. This track became a natural pick for DJs worldwide and made it possible for her to join Sean in Europe during his Dutty Rock tour for several shows including; the Europe MTV Awards pre-party and Wembly Stadium in the UK. Ce’Cile’s 2008 album “Bad Gyal” was the bestselling Jamaican Reggae album in Germany and landed her a performing spot on the BMX World Championship party in Cologne. From the same album Hot Like We and Talk Talk were so popular in Germany that it landed her a feature in Playboy’s German magazine.

On the 2011 “JAMAICANIZATION”, Ce’Cile again delivered a balanced musical meal with a mixture of soundmen MC’d intro’s and appetizer interludes, warms up your palate with one-drop reggae tracks and gives you the main course over upbeat dancehall with bold dance floor hits as your desert. The entire album leaves you with the
sense you’ve tasted a full plate of Jamaican culture. Track litsing includes the hit “When You’re Gone”, “Singing This Song”, “Hey” featuring Dancehall’s lyricist Agent Sasco formerly known as Assasin “Woot Woot”, and “Nah Stress Over Man”.

Ce'Cile's signature sound has always been a combination of sultry singing, along with finely honed deejaying, which has left in her wake others ’ that have started emulating her pioneering style, but Ce'Cile maintains she is a full package that can never be duplicated.

Ce'Cile has been widely acknowledged with the bevy of award nominations received during her career which include capturing accolades for; the Irie Jam Radio Awards, Jamaican Federation of Musicians, IRAWMA awards, South Florida Reggae Awards, Stone Love Awards, Star Awards, Richie B's awards, Tamika Awards and more. To date, Ce'Cile is still one of the few Dancehall artists to be featured in Source Magazine, Vibe Magazine, XLR8R Magazine and the German edition of Playboy Magazine.

Ce'Cile yearly tours the Caribbean, USA and Europe and bringing her fresh style to all audiences; proving she is as comfortable on stage in front of an arena of over 30,000 as she is in front of a small club audience of 300. Her hard work has left her footprints all over the Caribbean, America, Japan, Australia, Europe, and Africa – where she is one of most in demand Reggae acts. Each year Ce’Cile frequents the renowned festivals in Europe, performing at: Geel, Summer Jam, Rototom, Dour, Splash, Chiemsee Reggae, Juicy Beats, Sziget and more.

In Germany alone, Ce’Cile has beaten out mainstream acts like Black Eye Peas, Ray J, Eminem, Kid Cudi and Gwinwuine for the number one position on the Black German music charts. This groundwork in the German market has led to crossover hits like: "Rude Bwoy Thug Life", "Hot Like We" – which was repackaged in a Bravo Black Hits compilation and video viewership resulted in over 1.5 million views. One of Ce’Cile’s more popular songs in Europe “Talk Talk” was recorded on a remake of one of House producers Blank & Jones riddim creations.

Ce’Cile reached the #20 position in the UK POP Charts in 2010 with the collaboration “Gold Dust” produced by DJ Fresh [London]. The song was re released in 2013 and went on to more chart topping success and has sold over 400,000 copies to date. Other genre-crossing collaborations included singles with British break beat
producers Stanton Warriors and the electronica wizard Amon Tobin. Ce’Cile also opened for the sold out tour for Peter Fox (lead singer of Seeed) making history as the largest successful tour in all of 2009 in Germany.

In 2012 CeCile gave birth to her first child, a daughter but Motherhood has not slowed down Jamaica's favourite 'Bad Gyal' any because before her daughter was four months old, she got back on the road and rocked audiences in St Martin, Guadeloupe and a sold out premier performance in Dubai at the Music Room. She then hit the road, doing a four week stint which saw her doing performances in Nuoma, New Caledonia, as well as four shows in Australia. After this blitz of performances, she kicked off the first leg of her 2013 European Summer long tour making stops in Luxemburg/France, Estonia, Denmark, Reunion Island, Finland, and multiple stops in Germany.

The final leg of her summer tour kicked off on August 10, 2013 in Hoostraten, Belgium at the Antilliaanse feesten. The it was on to the Furuvik Festival in Gayle, Sweden, Rototom Festival, Spain on August 21st, 'Fest in the Park' in Oudenaarde, Belgium on August 23rd, and then climax her tour with a bang at the annual Chiemsee Reggae festival in Ubersee, Germany. CeCile also performed for her fans across the Caribbean in the islands of St Thomas, Guyana, Martinique and Belize before taking a break to work on her newest album tentatively slated for SUMMER 2014.

In the interim CeCile is promoting local Reggae singles:
“Over One” Johnny Wonder for Hapilos Production (Video Available) 2014
“Got Me Hooked” DJ SMurf Smart Phone Rhythm 2014
“Third Finger” Full Chaarge Records Infatuation Rhythm 2014

DANCEHALL SINGLES:
“No Gyal” Cyclone Production Danger Walk rhythm 2014 (Video Available)
“ Regular / Wine up 2013 (Video Available

Overall Ce'Cile has managed to secure collaborations throughout her career with elite artists including; Trina, Shaggy, Timberland, Beenie Man, Elephant Man, Sean Paul, Gavin Rossdale (Rocker and husband of Gwen Steffani) Spanish songstress Debbie Nova, DJ Fresh, Lady Saw and Olivia. Ce'Cile has come this far by doing things her own way, in her eyes being true to herself and her music is why she is Jamaica's most loved Bad Gyal. Such an uncompromising attitude makes Ce'Cile truly an original
voice.

Amiyah is a Jamaican Gospel singer, songwriter and poet who came to faith in Jesus Christ in 2008 while living and working in the Cayman Islands. There she was involved in her church choir, worship team and poetry evenings at Books and Books called Floetry."
After moving back to Jamaica, she got to work on her debut album, 'I Will Follow You', which was released in 2011. The album features four songs – the title track, 'I Will Follow You', 'Free', 'Sidewalk Story' and 'Sin’s Paradise'.

The album is a mix of sounds—reggae, infused with jazz and rock, and reflects the soul of Amiyah whose consciousness is shaped by her faith and the experiences of alienation and displacement due to political violence in her community during her early years. Her music therefore, reflects a heart of gratitude to the Heavenly Father for His healing and restorative power, and speaks to a fervent need to share Jesus’ all surpassing grace, His majesty and love with others.

Amiyah’s greatest hope is that her music edifies, and stirs hearts and minds to meditate on the things of God, and encourages people to seek a relationship with Jesus Christ above all else.

Amiyah continues to pray for faithfulness to walk the path that the Heavenly Father has laid out for her and to fulfill all His purposes for her life on the earth.