{"id":23856,"date":"2023-03-02T18:23:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T18:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/02\/dunsin-shouldve-won-ghanas-first-grammy-former-group-member-sparqlyn\/"},"modified":"2023-03-02T18:23:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T18:23:50","slug":"dunsin-shouldve-won-ghanas-first-grammy-former-group-member-sparqlyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/02\/dunsin-shouldve-won-ghanas-first-grammy-former-group-member-sparqlyn\/","title":{"rendered":"Dunsin should\u2019ve won Ghana\u2019s first Grammy \u2014 Former group member Sparqlyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former member of popular defunct group, Dunsin; Sparqlyn has made a staggering revelation that the group should\u2019ve won Ghana\u2019s first ever Grammy award.<\/p>\n<p>Dunsin, then made up of Ernest Obeng aka Omega, Ernest Wiafe-Koranteng aka Sweet Lips and Ahmed Kenneh Larweh aka Sparqlyin have records including \u201cfefeefe\u201d, \u201cOyadieyie\u201d and \u201cFalaa\u201d which was formed in 2003, started recording professionally in 2005 and got their first smash hit \u2018Oyeadieyie\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-920613 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/dunsin-.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"958\" height=\"1280\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The Grammy Awards, or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize \u201coutstanding\u201d achievements in the music industry.<\/p>\n<p>They are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the music industry worldwide. Ever since the inception of the most prestigious award, no Ghanaian musician has ever won it.<\/p>\n<p>The closest a Ghanaian artist has reached is a nomination. At this year\u2019s event in Los Angeles, even though Reggae Star Rocky Dawuni bagged a nomination, he was not able to win.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with ghanaweekend.com, Sparqlyn stated that his former group Dunsin should\u2019ve won Ghana\u2019s first Grammy.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, looking at the kind of songs they produced and the kind of impulse they came into the music scene with, he believes they were on the right promenade to win the award.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-920619 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Dunsin1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"963\" height=\"1024\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDunsin is the best group ever to emerge in Ghana\u2026We were very well-prepared before coming out\u2026We churned out evergreen songs which should\u2019ve won Ghana our first Grammy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it\u2019s very difficult to sustain a group in Ghana\u2026the system is very polarized\u2026 It doesn\u2019t favor groups\u2026so many misgivings hindered our sustainability which I am ineligible to voice them out here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing exclusive details on what led to his long break from music, which eventually led to the split of the group Dunsin, Sparqlyn who was recently enstooled as a Sub-Chief by the Chiefs and elders of Krobo Odumase, hinted that Real Estate and Construction are what have taken all his time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-920622 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sparqlyn-22.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"1024\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>According to him, he was encouraged to venture into the real estate industry by his father who is also a\u00a0 building contractor.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from being a musician and a sub-chief, Sparqlyn as a solo artist now has released a lot of good songs such as \u2018Your Body\u2019, and \u201cTumpa\u201d that are doing very well on various streaming platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Tumpa\u2019 hitmaker vowed to achieve all the delectable laurels Dunsin couldn\u2019t achieve as a solo artiste<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former member of popular defunct group, Dunsin; Sparqlyn has made a staggering revelation that the group should\u2019ve won Ghana\u2019s first ever Grammy award. 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