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KINI NEWTON LIGHT

{{Infobox musical artist
 * name           = Newton Light
 * background     = solo_singer
 * birth_name     = Kini Newton Light
 * birth_date     = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|09|10}}
 * birth_place    = {{nowrap|Adidome, Ghana}}
 * genre          = Afro pop, Highlife, Afrobeats
 * occupation     = Singer
 * years_active   = {{nowrap|2016–present}}
 * label   = iBELIEVE MEDIA

Kini Newton Light (born 10 september 1993), who goes by the stage name Newton Light is a Ghanaian highlife and afrobeats singer-songwriter. He is signed to Lynx Entertainment, and is known for several songs of his, including; Zor, Why,JSK. He won the New Artiste awards from the [ Vodafone Ghana Music Awards] and from the Ghana Music Awards UK. He also received the Most Promising Artiste in Africa award from [AFRIMA]

Early life
kini Newton Light was born to mr and mrs Kini in bakpa,adidome Ghana. His interest for music led him to sing in church from a very young age where he also learnt how to play the drum, keyboard and guitar.

Music career
Kini Newton Light was a contestant in the season 5 of the reality competition show MTN Hitmaker in Ghana in 2016, where he finished third overall. He was signed shortly afterwards to Lynx Entertainment and has gone on to release several singles. In 2017, "Angela " reached one million views on YouTube, the most for any music artist on that label, and was indicated to be in rotation among the top 10 songs in Ghana. He is a featured artist in "Adwenfi" by DJ Vyrusky. In 2018, he released a continuation of the story line in the "Angela" song called "Confusion". And in June 2018, he released the single "Wish Me Well", which was in response to the negative comments he received on social media, some of which alleged he was stealing lyrics from another artist Ice Prince.

Kini Newton Light has appeared on several major concerts in the country [Ghana]. In 2017, he participated in Sarkodie's Rapperholic Concert which was held in [Ghana], Ghana Music Honours 2017 Edition, December to Remember 2017, S Concert 2017, the 61st Ghana Independence Celebration Show at Indigo 02 in London.

Recognition
Legendary Highlife artiste Amakye Dede crowned Kuami Eugene as his successor in highlife music at the 20th edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.