Bruce Melodie

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Bruce Melodie
Birth nameItahiwacu Bruce
Born3 March 1992 (1992-03-03) (age 32)
Cyumbati District, Rwanda
Genres R&B, AfroPop, Afro beat, jazz
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, music executive, actor
InstrumentVocals
Years active2011–present
SpouseCatherine Umuhoza
Website instagram.com/brucemelodie

Itahiwacu Bruce (born 3 March 1992), commonly known as Bruce Melodie aka Munyakazi is a Rwandan singer and a winner of Primus Guma Guma Super Star seasons 8 (PGGSS). [1] [2] [3]

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He is the Founder of Igitangaza Music record Label. [4] [5] Bruce is also a brand ambassador of BK Arena and Primus. [6] He does his music under 1:55 AM label which was led by Coach Gael. [7] In October 2023 Bruce melody released a single "When she is around" featuring Jamaican [8] international hit maker "Shaggy"

History

Early years

Bruce Itahiwacu [9] was born in Kicukiro District. He is the second born in a family of four by "Gervain Ntibihangana (father) and Velene Muteteri (deceased in 2013). [10] Bruce attended Camp Kanombe primary school in Kanombe, Rwamagana Islamic secondary school. [11]

Musical career

Bruce is considered a Current Rwanda Musician Leader. He started singing at an early age in a church choir and released his debut song "Tubivemo" under the album called, Ndumiwe, in August 2013. His second album, Ntundize, was released in 2014. At that time, Bruce was managed under the "Super Level Music Label". [12] [13] In February 2021, Bruce announced that he had signed with Cloud9 Entertainment [14] to manage his music career, [15] but in 2022 he terminated the contract with Lee and joined new management, 1:55AM Entertainment, headed by Gael Karomba AKA Coach Gael. [16]

Studio albums

List of studio albums with selected details
TitleDetails
Ndumiwe
  • Released: 13 August 2014
  • Label: Bruce Melodie
  • Formats: Digital download
Ntundize
  • Released: 2014
  • Label: Super Level Music Label
  • Formats: Digital download

He has performed throughout Rwanda and in neighboring countries, including Uganda and has collaborated with numerous artists, including Urban Boyz, Queen Cha, Jay-C, Sheebah Karungi, Pallaso, B2C, Fik fameica [17] and Khaligraph Jones. [18] He named Craig David as his inspiration. [19] He was the first Rwandan artist to perform at Coke Studio (Africa)|Coke Studio Africa. [20] .In 2020 Bruce melodie raised Kenny Sol and Juno kizigenza. In 2023 he got featured in Harmonize's song called "Zanzibar".

Awards

YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef
2014Salax AwardsBest RnB ArtistBruce MelodieWon [21]
2016Salax AwardsBest Male ArtistBruce MelodieWon [22]
2017HiPipo AwardsSong of the Year (Rwanda)TuraberanyeNominated [23] [24] [25]
2018Salax AwardsBest ArtistBruce MelodieWon [26]
2018PGGS8Best ArtistBruce MelodieWon [27] [28]
2019Salax AwardsBest R & B ArtistBruce MelodieWon [22] [29]
2019Salax AwardsBest male artistBruce MelodieWon [22]
2019Kiss Summer AwardsBest Summer ArtistBruce MelodieWon [30] [31]
2019HiPipo AwardsSong of the Year (Rwanda)Embeera zoNominated [32] [33]
2019HiPipo AwardsVideo of the Year (Rwanda)BlockaWon [34] [35]
2021The Choice AwardsArtist of the YearBruce MelodieWon [36]
2021Kiss Summer Award 2021Best Summer ArtistBruce MelodieWon [37]
2023Trace AwardsBest Rwandan ArtistBruce MelodieWon [38]

Net worth

Bruce Melodie, in 2021, was preferred as one of Rwandan artists with financial stability. Bruce Melodie and his group launched a TV Station ISIBO TV (2020) [39] He also signed the greatest endorsement deal with BROK Company [40] of 50 millions Rwf. He has worked with local telecommunication companies (MTN, [41] Airtel [42] ) through advertisement and has signed with infinix mobility [43] as its ambassador. He also signed a contract with Tecno mobile in 2021. He signed new contract with Kigali Arena which was valued at 150 millions of Rwandan francs and in 2021 he became a billionaire in Rwandan Francs by signing a contract of US$1 million $ with Food Bundles. He is among top 20 musicians from East Africa on the list of millionaires in USD.[ citation needed ]

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