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Yehunie Belay (Amharic: ይሁኔ በላይ, born December 9, 1961) is an Ethiopian singer, musical writer and entrepreneur. At an early age, his exceptional musical talent got first exposure in the local kola Dega Damot regional talent group. It was in this group that Belay expanded his musical repertoire, learning among others, the unique styles of the Shankila ethnic group. In fact, Belay’s artistic talent was discovered at early age before he joined the Gojjam Gish Abay Cultural Group with whom he is famously known for. His first album, ''Yagere Lij Bal Game'' was a hit, but it was his second back-to-back hit album ''Ere Ney Gibe Gibe'' that earned him a spot among Ethiopia’s renowned folk singers. Starting from his debut in 1987, Belay has risen to become a cultural ambassador of Ethiopia and Ethiopians performing to his fans throughout the world. In addition to his two single hit songs titled "Bahir Dar" released in 2013 and "Yegodelegne ale-Bezoro" that was released in 2011, Artist Yehunie has released six albums to his credit. == Early life == Yehunie Belay was born to his father Mr. Belay Melese, who was a farmer and a patriot defender of the people, in the western part of the country known as Gojjam, while his mother Mrs. Tadefalech Eneyew was a simple housewife who raised and took care of the three children. Yehunie Belay attended his early education in what is called Kes Temheret Bet in his area from the age of 4–7. Then he joined Fenote Selame Kedamawe Haile Selassie Elementary School and further completed his secondary school in 1987 from Damote Comprehensive Secondary High School. Meanwhile, Yehunie Belay’s musical talent started at early age. He started developing his singing talent back then participating in kids’ musical group at the age of 9. His love for traditional music added to his exceptional musical talent gave young Yehunie a chance to join and grow in his musical rank. He later became to be known as one of the best singers in his generation. All these achievements came as a result of his hard work, dedication and patience developing and mastering the art of music. To become turned into an excellent and finely tuned musician as he is right now, Yehunie Belay has to go through a refinement process of different hierarchical stages beginning at Kebele (local) level, Woreda (district), Aweraja and finally to Kifle Hagre (state) level. Yehunie Belay is also best known for his other gifted qualities as a Music writer, a musical drama creator for many performances- including "Antoyewa"(an Ethiopian Television (ETV) musical drama hit performance loved and remembered for eternity by Ethiopians, as a musical coordinator and group leader. Yehunie Belay developed all these professional capabilities through long years of hard work, learning and his dedication to his musical career. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yehunie Belay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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