Cindy Sanyu

Cinderella Sanyu is a Ugandan afro-pop singer and songwriter.She is usually referred to as Cindy, which is her stage name but has come to be called Cinderella sanyu by many in the media. Her debut solo album 'Ayokyayokya'(2009) is still topping charts all over East Africa with hits like 'Mbikooye' and 'Nawewe' (2008), 'Ayokyayokya' (2009) and 'One and Only' (2010).

Cindy has won 3 national awards for her solo work and other 3 awards as a member of BLU*3. As a young girl,Cindy never got a chance to sing in her school choir because she was 'tiny' so her musical talents were nurtured in church and at home by her mother.

Blu*3 which is now blu3 was a girl band that was formed by the 3 winners of Coca-cola Pop-stars Uganda in 2005 and managed by Stevejean who is acknowledged as a strong force in Cindy's life till this day.The members were Cinderella Sanyu, Lilian Mbabazi and Jaki Chandiru.

BLU*3 went on to become Africa's biggest female group and toured Africa, stopping over in Kenya,Tanzania, Burundi,Nigeria,South Africa,Ghana etc. Due to a misunderstanding Cindy had to leave the group in 2008 and ready or not Cindy embarked on a solo career.

In 2008,Cindy appeared in the list of 'artistes to watch in 2009' during the PAM awards.In 2009 Cindy won the award for Female Artiste of the Year in the DIVA awards and in 2010 she was the Teenies' Dancehall Artiste and Best Female Artiste of the Year. In 2008,the first year of her solo career,Cindy released her debut single 'Mbikooye' which got lots of airplay all over East Africa and also on Channel O.

She went on to release other singles like 'Nawewe' and 'Outta my Mind', which did well on the charts too, but the song that gave her that extra push as she calls it was 'U and me' featuring P-Square. P-Square were opening for Akon when she met them and her PR at that time managed to slip her cd into their hands and they loved it. When she asked them to work with her they agreed.

'U and me' was a massive hit all over East Africa and on youtube. During this time, Cindy did promotional tours in Uganda, Kenya,Tanzania, Rwanda, DRC Congo and Burundi where she also represented Uganda in the Miss Tourism Africa beauty pageant. She has also toured the UK, Sweden, Denmark, Dubai, and Sudan.

In 2009 Cindy released her biggest song so far called 'Ayokyayokya' which went straight to number 1 on local radios and in all TV stations in Uganda and also on East Africa TV. It was also played on channel O and MTV Base. 'One and only', was released in January 2010 and slowly climbed to number one too. She has never stopped since then. Cindy has done collaborations with P-Square, Juliana, Rabadaba, Fidempa, The Ben(Rwanda) and j2 Guys(Sudan).