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Two of the world�s best-selling R&B artistes Mario and J Holiday, will be storming Ghana next month to stage a grand musical concert at the Dome of the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC). Courtesy 233 Connect, a fast-rising events company committed to raising standards in Ghana�s entertainment industry, Accra will on the 30th of July play host to the two US-based artistes. On April 23 at the same venue, 233 Connect organised one of the country best musical concerts with American Hiphop star Fabolous. Promising more, the organisers have named R&B superstar Mario, famous for his astounding showmanship and mastery of the genre, as the main headline act for the concert, while the sleek and suave J Holiday, will support him to deliver a spectacular night of pure excitement. Both acts, 233 Connect said, will take to the stage of the Dome of the AICC with some of Ghana�s finest and Nigeria�s best. Mario, 25, is known in real life as Mario Dewar Barrett. His 2002 hit song Just a Friend followed by Let me Love You in 2004, have earned him a place in the leagues of extraordinary R&B singers. Till date, he has released four studio albums; Mario in 2002, Turning Point in 2004, Go in 2007 and DNA in 2009. In the early 2000�s he was ranked on Billboard�s (#98) Artist of the Decade list. J Holiday J Holiday, known as Nahum Grymes, on the other hand came into prominence in 2007 with his chart topping song, Bed off the Back of My Lack album, which managed a number 5 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, the same year. Bed continues to be a favourite of most lovers of the genre in Ghana. The 27-year-old songwriter has featured extensively on the works of some of America�s A-listers including Fat Joe. The two are sure to deliver what would go down in Ghana�s entertainment calendar for 2011 as a concert that came around, saw and conquered.