Tsedenia Gebremarkos ( born 1972) is an Ethiopian singer and songwriter. Referenced in popular culture, Tsedenia received the Kora Award for the 2004 single “Ewedhalehu” which led her to global interconnection with prominent singers. 

She is known for the pop genre while also performing Ethiopian music and predominantly sings in English and Amharic languages.  She also sang two songs on the album Punt (Made in Ethiopia) by Invisible System released on Harper Diabate Records and produced by Dub Colossus cousin Dan Harper.

Tsedenia also released “Yefikir Girma” in 2015, becoming the most successful hit. Tsedenia Gebremarkos was born in the 1972 Ethiopian Calendar [1979/1980 in Western Calendar] in Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire. Tsedenia began her career after releasing her debut album Bisetegn in 2004.

The song “Neh Yelijinete” is the header of the album, and recounts her love story. She shared the Kora Awards under the best East African female artist category in 2004 with her song “Ewedhalehu”, with Achien’g Abura (Kenya) for her song “Toto Wangu”. Tsedenia has worked with the Ethiopian dub band Dub Colossus.

They released an EP, A Town Called Addis in June 2008 through Real World Records and a full-length LP album of the same name was released in August 2008 exclusively through the Bowers & Wilkins Music Club.

Tsedenia was influenced by a variety of musicians, including Phil Collins and The Beatles. She also cited Whitney Houston as an early influence, where she used to sing all her tracks. In 2010, she released a song titled “Hememe”.

In 2015, she released “Yefikir Girma”, based on her rural background. It became the most successful hit and viewed by users in YouTube. The album of the same name was released in 2016. She was awarded one AFRIMA Award for the soundtrack of the 2015 film Hareyet, with the song “Yet Biye”.

Her upcoming album is to be set with writing belonging to Yilma Gebreab where Getnet Enyew Adibuara and Fasil Kebede are credited as assistant songwriters.