Ben Onono

{{Short description|British-Nigerian musician}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2011}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} '''Ben Onono''' (sometime stylised as '''Ben OnOnO''') is a musician and songwriter. He is of British and Nigerian heritage. A scholar student at the Royal Academy of Music in London where he trained as a pianist. In 2002 he co-wrote the Ivor Novello award-nominated worldwide hit single "It Just Won't Do" with Tim Deluxe.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/music/newsid_2968000/2968235.stm|title=Ivor Novello award nominations 2003|date=22 April 2003|publisher=BBC|accessdate=8 July 2011}}</ref> His top-five hit song "Rainbow of Love" with Bob Sinclar was used in the 2011 Alfa Romeo advertising campaign.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} The track was the single for the Grammy-nominated album ''Made in Jamaica'' with Sly and Robbie. Ben Onono was the featured vocalist and writer of Saffron Hill's 2003 "My Love Is Always", as well as the character in its music video. The song charted Top 20 on the UK Singles Chart. His song "Fallen Hero" with NuFrequency remains the number-one most charted song ever on the tastemaker website Resident Advisor. Onono has written material for David Guetta, Cicada, Fatboy Slim, Rui Da Silva, Futureshock, Natalie Imbruglia among others.

From his debut ''Native Stranger'', the track "Blink" was featured on the soundtrack for the TV series ''Long Way Down''. The entire album featured across the six-part BBC series starring Ewan McGregor. Also, from ''Native Stranger'', the song "Count to 10" was used for the Netflix movie trailer of ''Special Correspondents'' starring Ricky Gervais. His song "Never had a Dream Come True" was featured in the movie ''John Tucker Must Die'', starring Jesse Metcalfe. Other songs have featured in the USA TV series ''The Shield'', ''Nip/Tuck'', and ''Las Vegas''.

Other film/TV credits include the adaptation of the award-winning ''Half of a Yellow Sun'', starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandiwe Newton, 2 series of the MTV Base award-winning series ''Shuga'', and BBC 1 movie ''Danny and the Human Zoo''.

==Discography== ===Studio albums=== *''Badagry Beach'' (2000) *''Native Stranger'' (2008)

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==External links== * [http://www.benonono.com Official website] * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Ben+Onono Discogs entry] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130125033311/http://www.bobsinclar.com/uncategorized/to-all-grammys-members-vote-made-in-jamaica-for-a-grammy-nomination-in-the-reggae-category/ Bob Sinclar website post regarding ''Made in Jamaica'']

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