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|birth_name = Tasila Mwale | |birth_name = Tasila Mwale | ||
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|birth_place =[[Kitwe]], [[Copperbelt]] | |birth_place =[[Kitwe]], [[Copperbelt]] | ||
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'''Tasila Mwale''' (born | '''Tasila Mwale''' (born 24 February 1984)<ref name="Limwanya">Limwanya, Kennedy (2002) "[http://allafrica.com/stories/200203080570.html Pop Idol Tasila Aims High]", AllAfrica.com, 8 March 2002, retrieved 2010-11-05</ref> is a [[Zambia]]n [[singer]]/[[songwriter]]. | ||
==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
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As an award for her performance she signed a one record recording contract with Zambian music label [[Mondo Music Corporation]].<ref name="Limwanya" /> The result was her 12-track debut album ''[[Uchi (album)|Uchi]]'' (meaning "honey").<ref name="NG" /> This album featured collaborations with several established Zambian musicians including [[Ballard Zulu]], [[Joe Chibangu]], and [[Black Muntu]].<ref name="NG" /> Other contributors included [[Saboi Imboela]], [[Barbara Njovu]] and [[Queen Sheba]].<ref name=Legends>[[Zambian Music Legends]] by [[Leonard Koloko]], p120</ref> | As an award for her performance she signed a one record recording contract with Zambian music label [[Mondo Music Corporation]].<ref name="Limwanya" /> The result was her 12-track debut album ''[[Uchi (album)|Uchi]]'' (meaning "honey").<ref name="NG" /> This album featured collaborations with several established Zambian musicians including [[Ballard Zulu]], [[Joe Chibangu]], and [[Black Muntu]].<ref name="NG" /> Other contributors included [[Saboi Imboela]], [[Barbara Njovu]] and [[Queen Sheba]].<ref name=Legends>[[Zambian Music Legends]] by [[Leonard Koloko]], p120</ref> | ||
Soon after the release of her album she announced that she would be taking time off her music career to return to school to study Banking and Finance as an alternative career path. | Tasila later featured on the [[Black Muntu]] second album “[[Kokoliko (album|Kokoliko]]” providing lead vocals on tracks like ‘’[[Ubushimbe (song)|Ubushimbe]]’’ and backing on ‘’[[Ba Lupwa Bandi (song)|Ba Lupwa Bandi]]’’ and ‘’[[Nkashi Yandi Kosa (song)|Nkashi Yandi Kosa]]’’. She also featured on [[Ballard Zulu]]’s ‘’[[Chusi (album)|Chusi]] album on the song ‘’[[Iza (song)|Iza]]’’ and [[Runell Chikopela|Runell]]’s ‘’[[Osadabwa (song|Osadabwa]] video.<ref name=Legends/> | ||
Soon after the release of her album she announced that she would be taking time off her music career to return to school to study Banking and Finance as an alternative career path. In 2006 she returned and started working on her second album, "[[Nilichabe Bwino (album)|Nilichabe Bwino]]" which was released in 2010. | |||
==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
