{"id":108356,"date":"2023-10-09T13:07:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T13:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/09\/i-didnt-know-piesie-esther-until-she-released-waye-me-yie-sonnie-badu\/"},"modified":"2023-10-09T13:07:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T13:07:26","slug":"i-didnt-know-piesie-esther-until-she-released-waye-me-yie-sonnie-badu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/09\/i-didnt-know-piesie-esther-until-she-released-waye-me-yie-sonnie-badu\/","title":{"rendered":"I didn\u2019t know Piesie Esther until she released \u2018Waye Me Yie\u2019 &#8211; Sonnie Badu\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                        \n\n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sonnie Badu has said in an interview on Joy FM that the first time he got to know of gospel musician Piesie Esther was when she released her award-winning \u2018Waye Me Yie\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The gospel minister said this while commending the 2023 VGMA Gospel Artiste of the Year winner for her hard work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI didn\u2019t know Piesie until I heard a lot of people talk about \u2018Waye Me Yie\u2019. Piesie is well-packaged from visuals to graphics to everything, so whoever is behind her has to push her because the visuals are good and she is a show girl, you can see that,\u201d he told Kwame Dadzie on Joy FM&#8217;s <em> A-Z.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He made the comment to dispel the notion that he didn\u2019t like Piesie Esther due to his recent endorsement of Black Sherif\u2019s VGMA Artiste of the Year win.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to him, Piesie has even been billed for his upcoming concert slated for December 9, 2023 at the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Piesie Esther, who has been in the gospel music industry for about 20 years, shot into the limelight after the release of her song &#8216;Waye Me Yie&#8217;, which won her Gospel Song and Gospel Artiste of the Year awards at the 2023 Vodafone Ghana  Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/piesie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10032390603\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Piesie Esther <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The massive support by the Christian community during the period of the awards, even shored up her visibility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was tipped as the highest contender of the ultimate category (the Artiste of the Year), to Black Sherif who won the slot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Sonnie Badu has acknowledged Piesie&#8217;s effort, he said on Hitz FM that Black Sherif deserved the award over Piesie Esther. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the meantime, Piesie is out with a new song titled &#8216;Mo&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch Sonnie Badu&#8217;s interview with Kwame Dadzie below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"dhk0ABbtXEo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Showbiz A to Z with Kwame Dadzie | Saturday,7th October, 2023\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dhk0ABbtXEo?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n \n                               <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>      \n                <!-- Post Tags -->\n                \n\n                         \n                                             \n                    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sonnie Badu has said in an interview on Joy FM that the first time he got to know of gospel musician Piesie Esther was when she released her award-winning \u2018Waye Me Yie\u2019. 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