Mercy Chinwo Biography – Age, Career, Marriage, Controversy and Net Worth

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Mercy Chinwo Biography – Age, Career, Engagement To Pastor Blessed and Net Worth

Mercy Chinwo is a singer-songwriter, actor, and comedian from Nigeria. She began singing in her church’s children’s choir at the age of eight. She rose to prominence after winning the renowned talent show ‘Nigerian Idols’ in 2012.

Mercy Chinwo: Profile summary

Name Mercy Chinwo
Age 31 years
Date of birth 5th September 1990
Nationality Nigerian
State of Origin Rivers state
Marital Status Single
Husband Engaged
Occupation Singer
Net worth $900,000

Early life

Mercy Nnenda Chinwo was born on September 5, 1990. She was born into a family of five in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. Mercy lost her father at a young age and had to fend for herself and her other siblings. As a result, she took her music ministry serious from the beginning.

Career

Chinwo started in the children’s choir at age 8. Subsequently, she moved into the adult choir and became the music director of her local church. She was also lending her voice to gospel music ministers like Sammie Okposo, Joe Praize, Buchi, Chris Morgan and Preye. Later on, she began to participate in musical competitions until she found Nigerian Idol. Eventually, she emerged the winner in season 2 of the Nigerian talent show and came into the limelight.

In 2015, she released her debut single Testimony (2015) and subsequently Igwe (2016). On February 20, 2018, Mercy released her debut studio album The Cross: My Gaze. The 16-track contemporary gospel song was released by EeZee Conceptz under Dixtrit Media. It featured guest appearances from Shady B, Fiokee, Chris Morgan, and Olaitan Odoko. Since then, Mercy has continued to release soul-lifting worship songs.

Songs

Mercy Chinwo is one of the artists signed to EeZee Concept. The label is owned and managed by Mr Ezekiel (Eezee Tee). It is a Christian record label doing God’s business on earth with passion for a divine move for the end time.

Apart from Mercy Chinwo, Mr Timothy also manages music ministers like Frank Edwards, Preye Odede, Hilda Dokubo, and others who are using their music as a dynamic tool for Christ.

  • Testimony, 2015
  • Igwe, 2016
  • Trust, 2017
  • Excess Love, 2018
  • Omekannaya, 2018
  • Correct, 2019
  • Rest, 2019
  • My Responsibility, 2018
  • Imenem, 2018
  • No More Pain, 2018
  • Chinedum, 2018
  • Regular ft Fiokee, 2018
  • Bor Ekom, 2019
  • Incredible God, 2019
  • Excess Love Rmx ft J.J Hairston, 2019
  • Power Belongs to Jesus, 2019
  • Oh Jesus, 2019
  • Akamdinelu, 2019
  • True God with ChiZee, Israel Dammy, Judikay & Mercy Chinwo, 2019

 Acting

Mercy Chinwo made an acting debut in House of GoldHouse of Gold is a Ghanaian Nigerian comedy film produced by Yvonne Nelson, and directed by Pascal Amanfo. She starred as Lucia and featured alongside Yvonne Nelson, Majid Michel, Omawumi, Ice Prince, Eddie Watson, Francis Odega e.t.c.

Engagement to Pastor Blessed

For now, the gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo, is not married but she just got engaged on the 23rd of June 2022 to the resident pastor of WaterBrook Church, Blessed Uzorchikwa.

Watch her engagement below:

The actress is now married to pastor Blessed. If you missed it watch it HERE and HERE and they are blessed with a cute son, see his cute photos HERE

Awards

Mercy Chinwo has bagged various notable awards since the beginning of her career in 2012. In the award-winning race, she has rivalled top gospel artists such as Sinach, Prospa Ochimana, and Tim Godfrey. She was nominated for an award at Maranatha Awards USA Awards 2020.

  • Nigerian Idols – 2012
  • Best Gospel Artiste – 2018 – CLIMAX Awards.
  • Africa Gospel New Artiste of the Year – 2019 – Africa Gospel Awards Festival (AGAFEST)
  • Africa Gospel Female Artiste of the Year – 2019 – Africa Gospel Awards Festival (AGAFEST)
  • Africa Gospel Song of the Year “Excess Love” – 2019 – Africa Gospel Awards Festival (AGAFEST)

Controversy

Dr. Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu ThankGod, the CEO of Eezee Conceptz, the record label to which Nigerian gospel artiste, Mercy Chinwo, was signed has called out the gospel singer.
The music executive accused the singer of living a life that is at variance with what Jesus, who she sings about, stands for.
Taking to Instagram to call out the singer in a series of posts, Dr. Ezekiel claimed the gospel singer has been lying and manipulating institutions to bully him despite the $625,000 she had received from his record label.

He accused Mercy Chinwo of lying about not earning anything from his record label when the fact remains she’s received thousands of dollars.
Furthermore, Ezekiel claimed Mercy Chinwo has resorted to weaponizing law enforcement and religious organizations against him in a bid to take over a catalogue she didn’t spend money on but yet has received huge money from.
He noted that the singer loves to speak negatively about her even though, at the beginning, she chased him for years and had to get third parties involved for him to sign her.
He recalled how he housed the singer for months before securing an apartment for her.
He wrote, “$625,000 – that is how much you have received from Eezee Concept to date. But, you would prefer to insulate that part to keep deceiving people and weeping sentiments on how you signed a bad contract or had been treated badly. Same deal you desperately pursued me for years and had to get third parties to impress on Eezee Concept to sign you.
Apostle Anselm Madubuko weighs in

Apostle Anselm started his statement with a strong comment, saying, “Eezee Tee Lied”. He went further to reveal that the case between Mercy Chinwo and Eezee T had been on since 2022.

He further shared how he tried to resolve things and bring in external auditors to audit the accounts of Eezee T’s record label but all efforts to find an amicable solution were frustrated by Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu.

The clergyman also shared how Judikay instituted an embezzlement case against Eezee T in 2024. She accused her former boss of running a scam over her all through her time with his label from 2019-2024.

Read an excerpt from Apostle Anselm’s statement below:

EZEKIEL THANKGOD (EZEETEE) LIED!!

As children of God, anything we are doing we must act with humility and the fear of God. I came into the issue between Ezekiel Thankgod and Mercy Chinwo as far back as 2022. Both Mercy and Ezekiel were both invited to my house for a reconciliation meeting with Chioma Jesus in attendance after I learnt that they were having issues whilst she was still within her contract period.

After long hours of meeting, it was ascertained that the issue they were having had to do with some findings Mercy had made that Ezekiel was diverting funds that should be coming to her. To ensure that the issue was resolved peacefully, I proposed that an independent Auditor be brought into the issue so that we can find out if there was any truth to Mercy’s claims. We all concluded that was the way forward, and the meeting was adjourned to be held in my office on the 17th of February 2023.

The meeting was held as scheduled with the Auditor from OLATUNJI FANIFOSI & CO in attendance alongside Ezekiel, Apeh Harrison, Temple Odoko (Ezekiel’s Pastor), Blessed and Mercy. It was agreed in that meeting that the Auditor be given all documents required to make the audit process seamless, however to my shock and utter amazement I later received a barrage of insults from Ezekiel, later that night accusing me of being a very biased elder.

All efforts to reach Ezekiel afterwards proved abortive, as he intentionally avoided my calls, and messages and proceeded to stop paying Mercy her royalties for 2 years.

 Net worth

Mercy Chinwo is currently worth an estimated $900,000.