Laura Izibor performance
February 3, 2010
Breaking entertainment news: Soul singer Laura Izibor performed at the Urban League of Central Carolinas Young Professionals 2010 Leadership Awards. The awards reception was followed by a live performance by national recording artist Laura Izibor. The Leadership Awards offered the perfect blend of networking, entertainment, and supporting the community and the Urban Youth Empowerment Program, which made it an event nobody wanted to miss.
Laura Elizabeth Arabosa Izibor (born 13 May 1987) is an Irish recording artist, musician and producer. She won the RTE 2fm song contest while still in secondary school. She went on to win an award at the 2006 Meteor Music Awards. She also performed at that year’s Electric Picnic music festival and Music Ireland 2007. At age 17, Izibor was signed to Jive Records and dropped out of school to record her debut album.
After a dispute with the label, she signed with Atlantic Records and subsequently moved to New York after her mentor, Steve Lunt, was offered a job at the label. She won an award at the 2006 Meteor Music Award and became the first unsigned recording artist to receive a nomination. Laura Izbor’s debut album, “Let the Truth Be Told�, was released in May 2009. The album debuted at number two on the Irish Albums Chart.
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