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Wande Coal
Background information
Birth nameOluwatobi Wande Ojosipe
Also known asWande Coal
Born (1985-10-18) 18 October 1985 (age 39)
Lagos Island, Lagos State, Nigeria
OriginNigeria
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active2006–present
Labels
Website official website

Oluwatobi Wande Ojosipe (born 18 October 1985), popularly known as Wande Coal, is a Nigerian singer [3] and songwriter. [4]

Contents

Early life

Wande Coal was born on 18 October 1985 in Lagos Island, Lagos state, Nigeria, to Chief Ibukun Olufunto and Omolara Oluwayemisi Ojosipe. He is the first of two children. [5]

Education

Wande Coal began his primary school education at Staff Nursery and Primary School Ijanikin Lagos State , and later proceeded to Federal Government College ijanikin Lagos in Lagos State for his secondary school education. He went on to The University of Lagos (Unilag), Lagos State, where he studied Human Kinetics. [6]

Career

Wande Coal started singing in the teenage choir at his church. [7] He got his first break in the Nigerian entertainment industry as a dancer. He got signed to Don Jazzy's Mo' Hits Records in 2006 and was featured on D'banj's Rundown/Funk you up album on singles such as "Loke", "tonosibe" and "why me". [8] 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 2 Mo' Hits which was widely received across Nigeria, UK and the USA. [9]

Wande Coal won the Best R&B/Pop Single at the 2010 edition of Hip Hop World Awards. [10] He won the African Artiste Of The Year category at the Ghana Music Awards in 2010. [11]

2012–2015

Coal has also recorded tracks with other Nigerian artists including Ikechukwu, Phyno, Davido, Naeto C, Dr SID, D'Prince, Wizkid and many other artists. In 2012 following a fallout between record label Executives Don Jazzy and D'banj, 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 on November 7, 2013, due to intellectual property theft of a song with the same lyrics as Don Jazzy's lyrics. In November 2013, he released a single called "Baby Face", the song that he departed from Mavin Records. [12] In 2013 he launched his music label Black Diamond Entertainment. [13]

2017–2022

After a long hiatus, Wande Coal dropped his second album Wanted . Most reviews of the album placed him on a slightly above-average scale. [14] Coal released a single Tur-Key Nla in December 2017. He kicked off his 2020 with a single track titled "Again", produced by Melvitto. [15] He just released another Single in 2021 titled "Come My Way". [16] In 2022, he was featured on the rapper, Olamide‘s single, Hate Me, which was released in February 2022 [17] He also re-released his album “Mushin2Mohits [18] [19]

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

EPs

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
TitleYearAlbumRef
"Bumper 2 Bumper"2008 Mushin 2 Mo' Hits [22]
"Go Low"2011Non-album singles [23]
"Been Long You Saw Me"
"Private Trips"
"Constantly"2012 [24]
"The Kick"
(featuring Don Jazzy)		2013 [25]
"My Way" Wanted [26]
"Rotate"Non-album singles [27]
"Baby Face" [28]
"Amorawa"Wanted [29]
"Baby Hello"2014 [30]
"Aye Dun"
(featuring Skuki)		 [31]
"Ashimapeyin"2015 [32]
"Same Shit"
(featuring AKA)		 [33]
"Ballerz"2016Non-album single [34]
"Iskaba"
(with DJ Tunez)
"Oh No No"2017 [35]
"Tur-Key Nla" [36]
"Will You Be Mine?"
(with LeriQ)		2018 [37]
"So Mi So" [38]
"Tupac"
(with P Montana)		 [39]
"Vex"
(featuring Sarz)		2019 Realms [40]
"Ode Lo Like" [41]
"Again"2020 [42]
"Naughty Girl" [43]
"Come My Way"2021 Legend or No Legend [44]
"Umbrella"2022 Where We Come From, Vol. 01 [45]
"Kpe Paso"
(with Olamide)		2023Legend or No Legend [46]
"Let Them Know" [47]
"Ebelebe"
(featuring Wizkid)		 [48]

Awards

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