Wande Coal Biography: Age, Career, Spouse, Family, Net Worth

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[People Profile] All We Know About Wande Coal Biography: Age, Career, Spouse, Family, Net Worth

Oluwatobi Wande Ojosipe, popularly called Wande Coal, is a Nigerian musician and singer.

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A Quick Glance At Wande Coal

Full Names	Oluwatobi Wande Ojosipe
Stage Name	Wande Coal
Date Of Birth	18 October 1985
Age	27 Years Old
Nationality	Nigerian
State of Origin	Lagos State
Occupation	Singer • Songwriter
Spouse	N/A
Marital Status	Married
Academics	University Of Lagos
Net Worth	$10 million

Biography

Oluwatobi Wande Ojosipe (born on 18 October 1985) is a Nigerian music legend who is considered to be one of the pioneers of the music industry of Afrobeats. The songwriter and singer are professionally known by the name Wande Coal.

After signing with Mo’Hit Records, He was in the spotlight and recorded his single Ololufe which is among the songs on the compilation album of the label called Curriculum Vitae (CV).

The debut record, Mushin to Mo’Hits established his place in the music industry with hits singles such as Bumper2Bumperand You Bad becoming the top-rated songs of fans.

The second album of his career, Wanted, was released in 2015. while his third album entitled Realms was released in 2020.

Wande Coal has risen to the Hall Of Fame in the African music industry through songs like Ballerz, Turkey Nla, Iskaba, and So Mi So Ashimapeyin My Way, amongst others.

To honor his creative talents, Wande Coal was awarded an award for his creativity, the African artist Of The Year award at the Ghana Music Awards in 2010, and also the artiste Of The Year at the 2010 Hip Hop World Awards.

Early Life

Wande Coal was born on the 18th of October, 1985 in the midst of Lagos Island, in Lagos State. He was born in the Ojosipe family, which includes chief Ibukun Olufunto Ojosipeand the late Mrs. Omolara Oluwayemisi Ojosipe.

He is an indigenous of Lagos State and hails from the Yoruba tribe. After his birth, a few days after his arrival to the world the parents of his birth named him Oluwatobi Wande Ojosipe. The firstborn child of the family also has one younger sibling. His parents are Christians and have raised him with the same religion. He has a sister called Towa Ojosipe.

When he was a teenager, music was a passion with Wande Coal when he realized that he had the most beautiful voice. To enhance his singing He joins the choir of his church. He was just a teenager at the time. The choir he sang in assisted Wande Coal discover more about music and encouraged his passion to create music.

professionally.

In addition to musical talent, Wande Coal is also a skilled dancer. He began his career within the Nigerian entertainment industry as a dancer, before gaining his first big break in the world of music.

Education

Wande Coal attended the top public schools in his primary, high school, and college education.

He was educated in the primary school in the Staff Nursery and the Primary school, Ijanikin, Lagos State. In addition, he attended Federal Government College Ijanikin for his secondary schooling.

He attended the famous University Of Lagos and graduated with an undergraduate degree with a major in Human Kinetics.

Age

How old is Wande Coal? He was born on the 14th of October 1985, he is 37 years old as of April 2023.

Career

[People Profile] All We Know About Wande Coal Biography: Age, Career, Spouse, Family, Net Worth

Wande Coal’s breakthrough came when his paths crossed with Don Jazzy and D’banj, the two founders of Mo’Hit Records. The label signed him to the record label in the year 2006.

The label’s co-signers included D’Prince, Kayswitch, Dr. SID as well as Tiwa Savage. The world saw the talent that the young Wande Coal offered when he performed in the D’banj‘s Funk Your Up/Rundown album. The album featured him on singles Why Me, Loke along with Tonsibe.

He contributed his voice to the making of the company’s collection album Curriculum Vitae (CV). The first single from the compilation album Ololufe, led to him gaining national recognition in the sense that hundreds of Nigerians were amazed by his voice and songwriting talent.

After months of intense work in the studio, the artist released his debut album to the public realm in the year 2010. The album was titled Mushin 2 Mo’Hits The album was instrumental in helping Wande Coal to become an international musician and brought his more collaborations with well-known and new artists. The album contains the hottest party songs like You Bad featuring D’banj, Bumper2Bumper, and Taboo.

2011 was the year that the artist wowed the hearts of his fans by performing songs like Private Trips, Go Low, and the song Been Long You Saw Me featuring Don Jazzy. As the album he released with Curriculum Vitae, Wande Coal was a key player in the creation of Mavin Records‘ second compilation album called Solar Plexus. He composed and sang the singles Pretty Girls, Forever as well as the single See Me Ri. The album came out in 2012.

In 2012 three co-founders at Mo’Hit Records, D’banj and Don Jazzy had a disagreement that led to the shutting down of the label. Don Jazzy suggested an alternative label called Mavin Records, which Wande Coal has signed up to. D’Prince and Dr. SID have also signed with the label. Soon after, they were added to the roster by Tiwa Savage who was one of the female artists to be signed to the label.

[People Profile] All We Know About Wande Coal Biography: Age, Career, Spouse, Family, Net Worth

But, Wande Coal has since left Mavin Records in 2013 to pursue his music under his own imprint of music. This led to the creation of Black Diamond Entertainment. The singer paused his music for a couple of years, before returning in the year 2015 with his second album. The album called Wanteddoing was moderately very well on the charts and was given an average score by reviewers.

In 2017 Wande Coal’s career accelerated again when he dropped back-to-back hits like Ballerz, Iskaba featuring DJ Tunez, Oh No No, Funkeh, and Turkey Nla. The artist was able to keep the music industry in awe with the song, So Mi So which was released in 2018.

Through time, he’s developed a strong relationship with a variety of top producers in their field. This list includes Spellz, Juls, Killertunes, CheekyChizzy, Maleek Berry, Sarz, and Don Jazzy.

He also collaborated with other famous music artists such as Wizkid, Olamide, Falz D’banj D’Prince, Patoranking, Shizzi, Phyno, Ikechukwu, R2Bees along with Naeto C.

The album he released his third, Realms, was released in the year 2020. The song that is most well-known, Again(produced by Juls) can be found on the album. on the album. He collaborated alongside Julsonce further for 2021 recording the song and then releasing it as “Come My Way. The music video for the song Come My Way was directed by Sesanand who released it on November 4, 2021.

He was in 2022 when he was included on rapper Olamide‘s popular track, Hate Me that first came out on February 20, 2022. He also contributed his voice to Listen which was among the songs from Basketmouth‘s new album Horoscopes.

Awards & Nominations

Wande Coal received the award for the best R&B/Pop Single at the 10th edition of the Hip Hop World Awards. He was awarded his African Artist Of The Year category at the Ghana Music Awards in 2010.

He was awarded The Artiste Of The Award at the 2009 Hip Hop World Awards.

Personal Life

[People Profile] All We Know About Wande Coal Biography: Age, Career, Spouse, Family, Net Worth

The musician Wande Coal was born in Lagos State. He lived in Lagos State for most of his adulthood and childhood. He lives in a mansion located in an exclusive neighborhood on Victoria Island. He turned 37 on the 18th of October.

Wande Coal is married and is a father to a beautiful son. But, the general public does not know much about his wife due to the fact that Wande Coal has decided to be secretive about his private life.

The singer is considered an inspiration and mentor to numerous new music artists emerging across the country. He has a recording and publishing contract together with Empire Music.