Oluwatobi Wande Ojosipe (born 18 October 1985), popularly known as Wande Coal, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter.

Early life

Wande Coal was born on 18 October 1985 in

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, to Chief Ibukun Olufunto and Omolara Oluwayemisi Ojosipe. The first of two children,

Education

Wande Coal began his

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education at Staff Nursery and Primary School

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Lagos State , and later proceeded to Federal Government College ijanikin Lagos in

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for his secondary school education. And went on to

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(Unilag), Lagos State, where he studied

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Career

Wande coal started singing in the teenage choir at his church. He got his first break in the Nigerian entertainment industry as a dancer. He got signed to

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in 2006. He featured on

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's ''Rundown/Funk you up'' album on singles such as "Loke", "tonosibe" and "why me". 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. Coal later released his debut album '' Mushin To Mo’Hits'' which was widely received across Nigeria, UK and the USA. Coal has also recorded tracks with other Nigerian artists including Ikechukwu,

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and many other artists. In 2012 following a fallout between record label Executives

and

, Coal,

and

signed on to Don Jazzy's new Record Label

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with the addition of

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from 323 entertainment acting as the first lady of

mavin records Mavin Records (also known as the Supreme Mavin Dynasty) is a Nigerian Music industry, music corporation record label founded by record producer and recording artist Don Jazzy on 8 May 2012. The label's inception came to fruition following the clo ...

. Wande Coal left Mavin Records on November 7, 2013 due to intellectual property theft of a song with the same lyrics being the same as Don Jazzy's lyrics. In November 2013, he released a single called "Baby Face" as the song that he got departed from Mavin Records for. from.. After a long hiatus, Wande Coal dropped his second album ''Wanted''. Most reviews of the album placed him on a slightly above average scale. Coal recently released a new single Turkey Nla in December 2017. He kicked of his 2020 with a single track tittled "Again", produced by Melvitto. He just released another Single in 2021 titled "Come My Way".

Discography

Studio albums

* 2009: '' Mushin To Mo’Hits'' * 2015: ''Wanted'' * 2020: ''Realms''

Compilation albums

* ''

Curriculum Vitae In English, a curriculum vitae (,

'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2012)

Singles

As featured artist

* P-Lola – "For You" *

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– Like Yo *

– Ashawo *

– One For Me *

– "For Me" *

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– "Kiss Your Hand" *

– CelebrateThe Entertainer album on iTunes.
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– "Ooze" *

– "I Like What I See" *

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- "My Woman" *

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- "Kosowo" *

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– "Way" *

- "Zamo Zamo"

Selected videography

Awards

* African Artiste of the Year – Ghana Music Awards 2010 * Artiste of the Year – 2010 Hip Hop World Awards * Best R&b/Pop Single – 2010 Hip Hop World Awards

References

External links

Official Website

"Again" by Wande Coal
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