About Kayo [ii]
Swedish pop/dance singer, TV personality and actress of Nigerian descent, better known as Kayo Shekoni, or just Kayo, born 17 April 1964.
Kayo has been working with a lot of things, in the 80´s was she a big star in Sweden when she got a smash hit with "Vill Ha Dig", with the group [[artist:Free Style (2)]]. Kayo left the group in 1981. She then worked as a backup singer and dancer for various Swedish artists such as The Creeps and Anders Glenmark. She is a classically trained ballet dancer and performed professionally for many years.
In 1990 she became part of the Nordik beat scene and released a self-titled influenced club-soul album on The SweMix Label, the music was mostly swingbeat but some tracks were reggae and house and featured hip hop influences. It was produced by label co-founder Stonebridge with Christian Falk and Alexander Bard (from Army of lovers). She released 4 hit singles of the album. Her second album was a Swedish language soul-pop album entitled ‘’Kärleksland’’ (1993), which featured songs by [[artist:Orup]] and was well received by radio. "Out There" was a album with world music. 1997 "[[artist:Le Click]] feat. Kayo" was released under that name only in the USA.
Kayo had the leading part in the Swedish movie named "Pillertrillaren" in 1994. Between 1994-1996 was she one of the leaders in the TV-show "Fångarna På Fortet". At the end of 1996 she moved to the USA and became a "Housestar".
In the year 2000 she meet Blossom and together with Gladys they starred with [[artist:Afro-Dite]], they did shows with music from the 70´s.
Today she works as a skin therapist and but also takes on showbiz assignments. In spring 2010 she performed at the Melodifestivalen, not as a competitor, but performing a medley of past winning songs with several previous winners. In 2010 the co-hosted pan-Scandinavian TV-show Inför Eurovision Song Contest 2010, series of four episodes, analyzing all the competing songs submitted to that year's Eurovision Song Contest. She also works as a DJ, co-runs a night club and performs with disco & cocktailjazz band Cotton Club and Afro-Dite.