Frank Elinam Cobbinah (born 24 December 1983), commonly known by his stage name Atumpan, is a Ghanaianafrobeats and dancehall singer. Cobbinah founded his own record label which mainly signs Afro beats artists.
Atumpan
Birth name
Frank Elinam Cobbinah
Also known as
Atumpan
Born
(1983-12-24) December 24, 1983 (age 40) Accra, Ghana
Born on 24 December 1983, Cobbinah grew up in Avenor in the Volta Region of Ghana and began making music in his early school days. He had his basic education at Yaa Asantewaa M/A primary and junior secondary school at Kumasi in the Ashanti Region and continued to Boa Amponsem senior secondary school in the Central Region of Ghana, where he served as entertainment prefect. In 2002, he was admitted to Wiawso College of Education, where he trained as a professional teacher. In October 2008, he gained admission to the University of Education, Winneba, where he read for a bachelor's degree course in Linguistics, majoring in English Language.
Recognition and musical styleedit
Cobbinah began performing as Atumpan (meaning Talking Drum in the Akan language) in 2011, when he released "The Thing," which was nominated for the Best New Artist of the year, Best Afro pop Song of the Year, and Best Collaboration of the year in the 2012 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.[1]
In 2013, he was nominated for Best African Act in the 2013 MOBO Awards[2] and also won the Best International Afrobeats Act in the 2013 BEFFTA Awards.[3] In 2014, Cobbinah was nominated in the Urban Music Awards for the Best African/Afrobeat Act along with Sarkodie and Fuse ODG.[4]
Currently with Hardboy Music, Atumpan's recent hit singles include "Regina" and "Gimme some more", which feature Samini and Sarkodie respectively.
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