Liam Voice

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Liam Voice
Birth nameZisabusolo Willy
Also known asLiam Voice
Born (1998-04-25) 25 April 1998 (age 26)
Kampala, Uganda
Origin Masaka
Genres RnB
OccupationMusician
InstrumentGuitar
Years active2015–present
LabelsCloud Africa Management
Member ofCloud Africa
Formerly ofMama Baba Entertainment

Zisabusolo Willy, professionally known as Liam Voice, is a Ugandan singer and songwriter born on 25 April 1998. Liam was born and raised from Kampala District. He is known for soul touching love songs and he is signed under Cloud Africa management. [1]

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Early life and education

In 2003, Liam Voice started his education from a primary school known as St. Augustine Primary School and achieved his Primary Leaving Examination certificate. In 2011, he joined Kitebi Senior Secondary School for his ordinary level which he completed successfully. At a young age, Liam Voice had a lot of love for music but he could not join the music industry while at school. [2] During his ordinary level vacation, In 2015, Liam Voice joined the Goodlyfe Crew owned by Radio & Weasle so he can proceed with his dream of being a musician. [3]

He composed a number of songs as a Goodlyfe artiste until in 2018 when he decided to continue with his career as a solo artiste. Liam Voice started professional music but life became so hard since he had no management and had little funds to finance his career. [4]

Career

In 2018, Liam Voice released his first ever music video with Weasle from Goodlyfe Crew and he got a lot of love from fans that loved the late Moses Radio who had passed away months ago because he had similar sounds with the late artiste. [5] After his collaboration with Weasle, Liam Voice released his first single known as "Gwe Abilina" a song he released in 2019.

In 2020, Liam voice released his breakthrough song known as "Bus" which was a tribute and a true story message song. [6] It was loved and he won different accolades with the song. Since then, Liam Voice has released a couple of songs that have had huge reception by music lovers worldwide. [7] In 2023, Liam Voice was named on the Spotify list of artistes to watch in the year 2023, this gave Liam a milestone in his career and increased his media presence. [8]

Liam Voice also does music production, song writing and script writing. He has composed a number of songs for famous Ugandan artistes like Vivian Mimi, Aroma, Martha Mukisa and many other singers. [9]

International

Liam Voice has managed to travel to different countries across the globe and put up brilliant performances for his fans. He has travelled and performed in over eights countries including United Kingdom where he featured Nigerian singer Chike on same stage, [10] he performed in Qatar, [11] Turkey, [12] Sudan, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Kenya.

Philanthropy

In 2021, Liam Voice started a charitable foundation called Live Like Liam (3L). He donated to the needy children of Busega, Kibumbiro zone in Kampala as a way of motivating and inspiring fellow youth of his generation to always focus on their dreams because it is possible to have a better life after struggle. Liam Voice signed a new ambasodorial deal with Sesa Juice and gave out the money in charities of the 3L foundation. [13]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardsCategoryResult
2021Janzi Awards
  • Outstanding RnB artiste of the year
  • Outstanding songwriter of the year
2021Hipipo Awards
  • Best Breakthrough artiste of the year
2021 Buzz Teeniez Awards
  • Teens artiste of the year
2022Galaxy FM
  • Artist of the year Record
2022Zzina Awards [18]
  • Best fans team – Voiceboy nation
  • Best contemporary song – Love olinonya and omwoyo
  • Best male artist of the year
  • Break through artiste of the year
  • Best contemporary urban artist
  • Nominated
  • Nominated
  • Nominated
  • Won
  • Won

Personal life

Liam Voice is not currently in any public relationship although rumors say that he is in a secret relationship with fellow singer known as Aroma which he denies publicly. [19]

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