Omar Lye-Fook

Quick Facts

Full Name	Omar Lye-Fook
Occupation	Singer
Date Of Birth	Oct 14, 1968(1968-10-14)
Age	56
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Libra

Omar Lye-Fook Biography

Omar Lye-Fook is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on October 14, 1968 in London, England, United Kingdom. Omar Christopher Lye-Fook MBE (born 14 October 1968 in London) who is professionally known as Omar is an British soul musician, singer and songwriter. Omar was raised within Canterbury, Kent. He studied classically, performing the piano, trumpet and the percussion. He also attended an additional two years in Chetham’s school of Music, in Manchester and at the Guildhall School of Music in London. The most famous song he recorded is his first single “There’s Nothing Like This”. It reached the top 14 spot on the UK Singles Chart on re-release in 1991. AllMusic reported that he is called”the father of British Neo Soul.

In 2006 in 2006, The Urban Music Awards presented Omar with the award for Best Neo Soul Act and Outstanding Achievement Awards.

After studying at the Identity Drama School, on 11 June 2009, Omar made his acting debut in Ché Walker’s musical, Been So Long.

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to music.

In 2003, when one of Omar’s song lyrics (“There’s No Other Song Like This”) was included during the intro round of Never Mind the Buzzcocks, presenter Mark Lamarr questioned Omar’s supposed instant recognition, claiming that he’d require the use of a Blockbuster card to verify Omar’s identity. Omar’s agent emailed the show, and just a couple of episodes after, Omar appeared in the show’s “identity parade” round, Blockbuster card in hand. Lamarr was forced into admitting that Omar was immediately recognized, and was a more important artist than he had previously acknowledged him to be.

Omar Lye-Fook Net Worth

Omar Lye-Fook is one of the richest Singer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Omar Lye-Fook 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After his initial two singles, “Mr Postman” (1985) and “You and Me” (1988) with backing vocals by Caron Wheeler. Omar dropped his album debut entitled The Album That’s Like This in 1990. It was initially released by the label run by his father, Kongo Records, it made it onto into the UK Albums Chart, peaking at 54th position. The signing of his first major label the label Talkin’ Loud was the reason for the re-release of the album he first released which rose to the top spot of the UK Albums Chart. The album was followed in 1992 by his follow-up album, Music. This was not as successful as the firstalbum, climbing to 37th place.

A new deal with RCA Records led to Omar engaging in collaborations with various musicians, such as Lamont Dozier David Frank (The System) and the Former Heatwave bassist Derrick Bramble, Leon Ware and Stevie Wonder. The year 1996 saw Omar was a part of “Water to Drink” to the AIDS benefit album, Red Hot + Rio which was produced through The Red Hot Organization.

Omar became the father of twin daughters, Gabrielle and Carmen, in early 2008.

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Facts & Trivia

Omar Ranked on the list of most popular Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Omar Lye-Fook celebrates birthday on October 14 of every year.