Wande Coal

Wande Coal
Birth name Oluwatobi Wande Ojosipe
Also known as Wande Coal
Born (1985-10-18) 18 October 1985
Genres Afro Pop, Afro hip-hop, R&B
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Years active 2006–present
Labels Black Diamond Entertainment[1]
Associated acts D'banj, Mo' Hits Allstars, Dr SID, Don Jazzy,
Website official website

Wande Coal (born 18 October 1985), born as Oluwatobi Wande Ojosipe in Lagos Island, Lagos state, Nigeria, to Chief Ibukun Olufunto and Mrs Omolara Oluwayemisi Ojosipe. The first of two children, Wande had his primary school education at Staff Nursery and Ijaniki Primary School, and his secondary education in St Gregory's College Ikoyi in Lagos State, and went on to University of Lagos (Unilag), Lagos State, where he studied Curriculum Studies.

Career

Wande, a.k.a. Captain Mushin [ @kingkun_], like most great musicians started singing in the teenage choir at his church. He got his break in the Nigerian entertainment industry as a dancer. He continued improving on his vocals skills and got signed to Don Jazzy's Mo'hits records in 2006. He featured on D'banj's Rundown/Funk you up album on singles such as "Loke", "tonosibe" and "why me". [2] Being signed to Mo' Hits records he is also a member of the Mo' Hits allstars and played a major role in the released CV (Curriculum Vitae) album. His first single of the CV album, "Ololufe", has been described as one of the greatest love songs ever written by a Nigerian. Wande Coal later released his debut album 'Mushin to Mo'Hits which was widely received across Nigeria, UK and the USA. [3]

Wande Coal has also recorded tracks with other Nigerian artists including ikechukwu, Naeto C, Dr SID, D'Prince, Wizkid and many more. In 2012 following a fallout between record label Executives Don Jazzy and D'banj, Wande Coal, Dr SID and D'Prince signed on to Don Jazzy's new Record Label Mavin Records with the addition of Tiwa Savage from 323 entertainment acting as the first lady of mavin records. Wande Coal left Mavin Records in 2013. In October 2013, he released a single called "Baby Face".[4]

After a very long self-imposed hiatus, Wande Coal dropped his sophomore album which is arguably one of Nigeria's most anticipated album of all time. He got a lot of buzz and the hype surrounding the release was spontaneous. Most reviews of the album placed him on a slightly above average scale [5]

Discography

Compilation albums

Singles

Year Single Album
2008 "Bumper2Bumper" Mushin 2 Mohits
"You Bad (Featuring D'Banj)"
"Taboo"
"Who Born The Maga (Featuring KaySwitch)"
Year Single Album
2011 "Go Low" Single
"Been Long You Saw Me (Featuring Don Jazzy)"
"Private Trips"
Year Single Album
2012 "See Mi Ri" Solar Plexus
"Forever"
"Pretty Girls"
Year Single Producer Label
2013 "The Kick ft. Don Jazzy" Don Jazzy Black Diamond Ent./Mavins
"Rotate" Don Jazzy Mavins
"Baby Face"
Year Single Album Producer Label
2014 "My Way" Wanted Maleek Berry Black Diamond Entertainment
"Baby Hello" Wanted Maleek Berry Black Diamond Entertainment
Year Single Album Producer Label
2015 "Ashimapeyin" Wanted Sarz Black Diamond Entertainment
2015 "Same Sh*t" Ft. AKA Wanted Dafreak Beatz Black Diamond Entertainment
2015 "Kosowo (Refix)"[8] As featured artiste " N/A N/A Rugged Records

Videography

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
Year Title Album Director Ref

go low sesan\

2013 "Rotate" Sesan
2013 "The Kick" Sesan
2014 "My Way" Sesan
2014 "Baby Hello" Wanted Sesan
2015 "Ashimapeyin" Wanted Unlimited L.A
2015 "Same Sh*t" Ft. AKA Wanted Studio Space Pictures (SSP)

Albums

Collaborations

Awards

Next Rated Hip Hop World Awards 2008.

Naija's fastest Rising Superstar UNIPORT AWARDS 2008

Dynamix Youth awards 2009-Song of the Year.

BEST AFRO HIP HOP VIDEO Nigerian Music Video Awards (NMVA) 2009

African Artiste of the Year – Ghana Music Awards 2010 [14]

Artiste of the Year – 2010 Hip Hop World Awards [15]


Best R&b/Pop Single – 2010 Hip Hop World Awards [16] Album of the year 2010 Hip Hop World Awards Song of the Year 2010 Hip Hop World Awards

Hip Hop Revelation of the Year 2010 Hip Hop World Awards.

Best rhythm and blues singer of the year 2009 City People

Album of the year 2010 City People

Outstanding Performance in the music industry 2010 City People

Artist of year 2010 City People

References

  1. ↑ Abimboye, Micheal (10 May 2013). "Wande Coal launches Black Diamond Entertainment with ‘The Kick’ video". Premium Times. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Vanguard (2015-01-31). "Wande Coal to release album soon". Vanguard. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
  3. ↑ TheNETng (2015-03-15). "Wande Coal, AKA collabo on new song.". TheNETng. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
  4. ↑ View Nigeria Newspaper (2014-08-09). "See photo of Mavin Artiste, wande coal and his 18year old girlfriend". View Nigeria Newspaper. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
  5. ↑ http://www.tushmagazine.com.ng/album-review-wande-coal-wanted/
  6. ↑ Curriculum Vitae.
  7. ↑ Solar Plexus album.
  8. ↑ "New Music Mbryo, Wande Coal, Shizzi – 'Kosowo' (Refix)". Pulse.ng. Joey Akan. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  9. ↑ Mushin 2 Mohits album.
  10. ↑ Life & Times Of Killz Vol1.
  11. 1 2 U Know My P album on iTunes
  12. ↑ The Entertainer album on iTunes.
  13. ↑ "Patoranking, Wande Coal Duo share new 'My woman, my everything video'". Pulse Nigeria. Joey Akan. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  14. ↑ Ghana Music Award (2010-04-11). "Ghana Music Awards 2010 winners". Ghana Music Award. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
  15. ↑ Vanguard (2010-04-30). "Hip Hop Awards: Wande Coal is Nigeria’s best". Vanguard. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
  16. ↑ CP- africa.com (2010-04-30). "Hip Hop Awards: Wande Coal is Nigeria’s best". CP- africa.com. Retrieved 2015-04-22.

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