Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe, professionally known as Ayra Starr, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter born on June 14, 2002.
Early in 2021, Starr gained widespread recognition with the release of her self-titled debut extended play and its hit single "Away", which spent two consecutive weeks at number four on Nigeria's TurnTable Top 50 chart and peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Top Triller Global chart, paving the way for the release of her first full-length album, 19 & Dangerous, later that year.
Categorized primarily as Afropop and R&B, the mixtape received positive critical reviews and spawned two top forty hits in Nigeria. The lead single "Bloody Samaritan" reached the top spot on the Top 50 chart, becoming the first solo song by a female artist to achieve this milestone.
Starr made her debut on the Pandora Predictions chart and on August 28, 2021, was ranked number three on Billboard's Next Big Sound.
Later in 2022, Starr gained international recognition with the release of her song "Rush", which charted in several territories, including Switzerland, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 24. This achievement earned Starr her first nomination at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards for Best African Music Performance.
With the song, Starr became the youngest African female artist to surpass 100 Million views on a single video on YouTube and the first to do so within five months.
