Jordan Katembula

Jordan Katembula is a Zambian musician.[1][2][3]

He got his start in a group called New Age. After leaving the group he rose to fame with the massive success of his debut album, the self titled [JK]. This was an instant hit with Zambians of all age groups. Additionally, JK marked the start of a new fusion of western electro pop with Zambian lyrics. His follow up album to this was Helena and on one track he did a duet with one of Zimbabwe's stars, Oliver Mutukudzi.

He has released four albums so far, as of June 2008. His latest album is 'No Pressure' in which again he collaborates on one song with another musician from South Africa namely Hugh Masekela.

In 2010 Katembula did another album called Akapilipili titled after the hit single Akapilipili featuring Salma Doldia an upcoming female Zambian artist. The album produced by Digital X, a Lusaka based studio received massive air play with other hits such as Poison and Ona mummy. The video Akapilipili received good air play on MTVbase and channel O.

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