Since releasing her debut song titled ‘Uber Driver’, the 23-year-old’s stock has continued to rise till date.
Although Wendy Shay’s music is doing the talking for her, the singer is one who doesn’t shy away from courting controversy.
As a result, she remains one of the few musicians who often made the trends, for both good and bad reasons, in the year under review.
We are, therefore, chronicling five times Wendy Shay made the headlines in 2019:
1. Messing up gospel lyrics
You can argue that Wendy Shay is usually targeted, as some people tend to find faults with everything she does.
However, on this occasion, she put herself in the firing when she embarrassingly messed up the lyrics of a popular gospel song.
While performing the song “Ancient of Days”, which has a line as “ancient of days, as old as you are”, Wendy completely misfired, singing it as: “ancient of days, how old that you are.”
The singer was subsequently subjected to trolls on social media after excerpts of her gaffe went viral.
2. Net worth
Wendy Shay has had a lot of high points in 2019, but her gaffe when she attempted to answer a question on her net worth really got the internet talking.
In August, the singer visited TV Africa for an interview and, in the cause of the programme, she was asked what her net worth was.
Embarrassingly, Wendy said: “Oh I haven’t checked, I think I have to check it online”.
To make matters worse, she listed items like camera, iPhone and laptop as the biggest gains from her music career.
“I’ve got so many stuffs. Too many. Woo. I mean I can actually buy the latest iPhone that is in town right now. I mean I do have a lot of stuff, camera, iPad, I mean stuff that every girl at my age is going to need I do have money to buy all of these things,” she said.
Knowing how ruthless Ghana Twitter can be, you can imagine the backlash that came Wendy Shay’s way after she made these statements.
3. She’s ugly
How do you respond to someone who calls you ugly? Trust Wendy Shay to respond in such a way that will get social media talking.
The “Masakra” hit maker made the headlines after hitting out at movie Director, Ola Michael, for degrading her looks.
In an interview, Ola seemed to have gone too far by saying that Wendy’s face without makeup is scary.
“She doesn’t have picture beauty, if you go and meet her in her house early morning, her face will be like a horror movie,” the movie producer stated.
Many social media users jumped on the issue, with Wendy’s looks becoming the subject of hot debate for many days.
The singer, however, later confronted Ola Michael on his comments, forcing him to retract and apologise.
4. With Shatta Wale
Wendy Shay again made the headlines in 2019 when reports emerged that she was in a relationship with Shatta Wale.
This was after the singer featured the dancehall artiste on her song ‘Stevie Wonder’, which has clocked over two million views on YouTube.
The pair’s telepathy in the video of the song sparked speculations about their relationship and the rumours further heightened when Shatta Wale openly proposed to her.
Although Wendy Shay didn’t give a definite answer to Shatta Wale’s proposal, she constantly described the SM boss as a “very, very nice person”.
Will we see them finally date in 2020? Well, let’s see how things go, but both artistes are sure to continue making the headlines.
5. Kelvyn Boy beef
Somewhere in the middle of 2019, Wendy Shay came under the spotlight following her beef with Kelvyn Boy.
Surprisingly, their beef started on a platform which was supposed to see Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale smoke the peace pipe.
In the course of the programme, Kelvyn Boy appeared to snub Wendy Shay, having exchanged pleasantries with everyone on the podium except the “Ghana Boys” hit maker.
Wendy Shay took offence with the gesture, and the involvement of her manager, Bullet, made matters worse.
In the ensuing beef, Kelvyn Boy jabbed Wendy and called her an empty artiste who
cannot even write her own songs.
In response, Wendy said suggested the ‘Mea” singer was jealous of her, while also posting several cryptic messages on social media to spite Kelvyn Boy.
This beef eventually trended for some time, putting both Wendy Shay and Kelvyn Boy in the spotlight.