| Anita Osikweme Osikhena | |
| Birth Name: | Anita Osikweme Osikhena Patrick |
| Birth Date: | 13 September |
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Anita Osikweme Osikhena or Anita Osikhena Osikweme (born 13 September), also known professionally as Aniitablonde, is a Nigerian singer, model, and actress.[1] Anita rose to fame after acting in the Nollywood movie, The Island.[2] She was also the host of the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).[3]
Osikhena is from Etsako West in Edo State.[4] She released her single, "Toxic", together with its music video, in 2022.[5] The song was deemed controversial by Vanguard because of its "confrontational" message.[6] After this, she released another song titled "Like this", a single from her extended play (EP), TIS25.[7] [8] She went commercial with her music in Ghana, where she released her EP titled TIS25 (stylized as This Is Still 25) in 2022.[9] [10] Her debut EP was a mixture of pop, hip-hop, reggae, and trap genres with Afrobeats as its main basis called Afrofusion, and it encompassed her genuine life experiences. She contested in the 43rd edition of Miss Nigeria beauty pageant 2019 which held at the Eko Convention Center, Lagos, Nigeria. She represented Edo State and at the heart of her pet project for the pageant was tagged "Guard Her", which its focus was on girl child education and women's development. She ended up as the first runner-up, with Etsanyi Tukura emerging as the winner.[11] She was also one of two top models for Uju Estelo's release of her collection "Memoirs Of The Fearless".[12] As an actress, she acted in the Nollywood movie, The Island.[13] She was the model host for the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in 2019.[14] [15]
| Track[16] | Duration | |
|---|---|---|
| "Angels" | 2:55 | |
| "Like This" | 2:17 | |
| "Away" | 2:36 | |
| "Toxic" | 3:00 | |
| "Sipping" | 2:50 | |
| "Put it Down" | 2:43 |