Ledisi

Ledisi Anibade Young (born 28 March 1972), better known as Ledisi, is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, author and actress. Her name means « to bring forth » or « to come here » in Yoruba.

In 1995, Ledisi formed a band. After failing to sign with a major label, she set up LeSun Music with Sundra Manning. She released her first album, Soulsinger (2000), followed by Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue (2002), which won « Best Jazz Album » at the California Music Awards in 2003. In 2006, Ledisi signed with Verve Forecast and released Lost & Found (2007), which earned her two Grammy nominations. She released six further albums on Verve: It's Christmas (2008), Turn Me Loose (2009), Pieces of Me (2011), The Truth (2014), The Intimate Truth (2015) and Let Love Rule (2017).

In 2020, Ledisi released her ninth album, The Wild Card, on her own label, Listen Back Entertainment. The single « Anything for You » won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance. She has released four further albums on her label, including Ledisi Live at The Troubadour (2021), Ledisi Sings Nina (2021), Good Life (2024) and The Crown (2025). As an actress, she has played Mahalia Jackson in Selma (2014) and Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story (2022), Patti LaBelle in American Soul (2020), and Gladys Knight in Spinning Gold (2023). She has also appeared in All Saints Christmas (2022).