Bruce Melodie | |
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Birth name | Itahiwacu Bruce |
Born | 3 March 1992 32) Kanombe, Kicukiro District, Rwanda | (age
Genres | R&B, AfroPop, Afro beat, jazz |
Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, music executive, actor |
Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | 2011–present |
Spouse(s) | Catherine Umuhoza |
Website | instagram |
Itahiwacu Bruce (born 3 March 1992), commonly known as Bruce Melodie is a Rwandan singer and a winner of Primus Guma Guma Super Star seasons 8 (PGGSS). [1] [2] [3]
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"
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]
Bruce is considered as 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 AM Entertainment headed by Gael Karomba AKA Coach Gael. [16]
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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,Palaso,B2C,Fik fameica [17] Khaligraph Jones. [18] He named Craig David as 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.
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref |
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2014 | Salax Awards | Best RnB Artist | Bruce Melodie | Won | [21] |
2016 | Salax Awards | Best Male Artist | Bruce Melodie | Won | [22] |
2017 | HiPipo Awards | Song Of The Year (Rwanda) | Turaberanye | Nominated | [23] [24] [25] |
2018 | Salax Awards | Best Artist | Bruce Melodie | Won | [26] |
2018 | PGGS8 | Best Artist | Bruce Melodie | Won | [27] [28] |
2019 | Salax Awards | Best R & B Artist | Bruce Melodie | Won | [22] [29] |
2019 | Salax Awards | Best male artist | Bruce Melodie | Won | [22] |
2019 | Kiss Summer Awards | Best Summer Artist | Bruce Melodie | Won | [30] [31] |
2019 | HiPipo Awards | Song Of The Year (Rwanda) | Embeera zo | Nominated | [32] [33] |
2019 | HiPipo Awards | Video Of The Year (Rwanda) | Blocka | Won | [34] [35] |
2021 | The Choice Awards | Artist Of The Year | Bruce Melodie | Won | [36] |
2021 | Kiss Summer Award 2021 | Best Summer Artist | Bruce Melodie | Won | [37] |
2023 | Trace Awards | Best Rwandan Artist | Bruce Melodie | Won | [38] |
Bruce Melodie [39] in 2021 is preferred as one of Rwandan artists with financial stability, Bruce Melodie with his group has launched a TV Station ISIBO TV (2020) [40] Bruce Melodie has signed a greatest endorsement deal with BROK Company [41] of 50 millions Rwf, he has worked with local telecommunication companies (MTN, [42] Airtel [43] ) through advertisement, he has signed with infinix mobility [44] as its ambassador, he is also signed a contract with Tecno mobile in 2021 he Is also signed new contract with Kigali Arena the contract which has value of 150 millions of Rwandan francs and in 2021 he became billionaire in Rwandan Francs by signing a big Contract 1USD million $ with Food Bundles He is topping in 20 musicians from East Africa on list of millionaires in USD.[ citation needed ]
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