Biography of Artiste Tope Alabi

 Introduction:

Tope Alabi is a Nigerian Yoruba gospel singer, soundtrack composer and an actress. She is also known as Patricia Temitope Alabi, Ore ti o common and as Agbo Jesu. 

She is a unique artist with a special melody in her voice who is known to have charmed Christians all over the world with her beautiful music.

The fame and popularity of Tope Alabi, also known as “Agbo Jesu” (someone that hears and receives instructions from Jesus Christ) in the Nigeria Gospel Music scene is so overwhelming. Testimonies from her various outdoor ministrations of how the Lord has mightily used her to meet with peoples’ need abounds till date.

Background & Personal Life

The only daughter among the three children, Gospel Artiste Tope Alabi was born in Lagos, Nigeria on October 27th, 1970 to Pa Joseph Akinyele Obayomi and Madam Agnes Kehinde Obayomi from Yewa, Imeko local government area of Ogun state.

She completed her secondary school education in Oba Akinyele Memorial High School, Bashorun, Anlugbua, Ibadan and obtained her West Africa School Certificate (WAEC) in 1986. She had her tertiary education at The Polytechnic of Ibadan where she graduated in 1990 with a diploma in Mass Communication.

Gospel Artiste Tope Alabi was joined in union with Soji Alabi on the16th of November 2000. Mr Soji Alabi is also her manager and producer of her various popular albums. Their union is blessed with three healthy children. 

In addition to that, Gospel Artiste Tope Alabi and her husband Soji Alabi co runs a music label titled :Tope Alabi Gospel Vibes. Under this label, they organise a variety of events and concerts where a lot of people come to worship God. One of the worship concert is the annual Praise The Almighty Concert.

   They also established the Mardebra Comforter Foundation which is a subsidiary of the Gospel Vibes. Through the foundation, Tope and her husband cater for a lot of orphans and the less-privileged. Through their joint effort, Tope Alabi and Soji Alabi have been able to establish Johnpat Studios in Lagos.

Journey into Career

The initial career dream was to become a star actress so Gospel Artiste Tope joined a theatre group back in secondary school. She joined the Jesters International group in 1983 and was acting with Papilolo and Aderupoko. She also worked with Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Ibadan between 1990 & 1991. This was during her secondary school days which afforded her training, exposure and experience in drama. 

After completing her diploma, she worked briefly with the Centre-spread Advertising Limited, Lagos in 1991 – 1992 as a correspondent under the supervision of Mr. Yanju Adegbite. 

Later, she got back into acting and joined Alade Aromire Theatre group in 1994. In Alade Aromire Theatre group, Tope discovered her talent in singing and making soundtracks for movie productions.

Today, she is referred to as the pacesetter of soundtracks in Yoruba home video industry. 

Tope Alabi Albums

Gospel Artiste Tope Alabi came to limelight in 2000 after releasing the debut album Oore ti O Common. This album brought her fame and also earned her the moniker Oore ti o Common and Agbo Jesu. Prior to that, she had released two albums – Ikoko Dudu and Baba Iwo la k’epe.

Tope has released eleven albums. The latest album, The Spirit of Light, 2019 was done in conjunction with the popular songwriter and photographer TY Bello. According to Tope Alabi the album was not planned, the duo just wanted to worship God, but things turned around and it became an album!

The eleven albums include;

• Oore Ti O Common, 2000
• Certificate
• Agbara Olorun & Agbara re Ni, 2005
• Kokoro Igbala
• Angeli Mi, 2007
• Mori’Yanu
• Agbelebu, 2012
• Alagbara, 2012
• Oruko Tuntun, 2014
• Yes & Amen, 2018
• The Spirit of Light with TY Bello, 2019

Tope Alabi Songs

• Ore ti o Common, 2001
• Iwe Eri, 2003
• Agbara Re Ni, 2005
• Agbara Olorun, 2006
• Jesu Olurapada, 2007
• Angeli Mi, 2007
• E gbe ga, 2007
• Nigbati Mo Ro, 2007
• Kokoro Igbala, 2008
• Kabiosi, 2010

• Agbelebu, 2011
• Adake Dajo, 2012
• Orun Oun Aye, 2012
• Kape L’aye, 
• Alagbara, 2012
• Oluwa O tobi, 2012
• Eru Ogo, 2012
• Eyin Oluwa, 2012
• Agbelebu, 2013
• Mo Mope Wa, 2014

• Oruko Oluwa, 2014
• Oba Aseda, 2014
• Oruko Tuntun, 2015
• Mimo L’oluwa, 2017
• Omo Jesu, 2017
• Gratitude, 2018
• Yes & Amen, 2018

• Mo Sope, 2018
• God The Almighty, 2018
• Olorun Ni Yo Ma Je, 2018
• Iyin Ye o, 2018
• Awa Gbe o ga, 2019
• Logan ti o de, 2019
• Kabi o Si, 2019
• Emi Mimo, 2019
• Imole De, 2019

Music Videos

Award And Recognition

Some of her awards and recognition include;

• Gospel Artiste of the Year, Nigeria Entertainment Awards, 2015
• Best Soundtrack Artiste of the Year, City People Movies Awards,
• Proclamation Award, New York State Senate, 2016
• Award presented by Gospel Promotion Outreach, Orioke Baba Abiye Ede.

Quotes

My burning desire is to lead my generation into the very act of worship, worshipping the Lord in spirit and in truth.

Sometimes, it is necessary to have a taste of what it feels like to be an ordinary woman on the street.

When someone is not free to do what they feel like doing, like every other person on the street, it causes depression which can even lead to death.

Living a fake life can lead to indebtedness as some celebrities always want to meet up to a certain standard.

f you want to introduce Jesus to people, you have to look good. If you want to tell people that Christ is a good saviour, the first thing they would look at is your appearance.

There is a difference between what you like and what God wants you to do.

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