JULIANA KANYOMOZI-UGANDAN ARTIST

JulianaJuliana kanyomozi was born in Kampala, on the 27th of November 1980. she is a Mutooro by tribe.They were born 6 children in her family; 2 girls and 4 boys though one of the brothers David passed on some time back. She is the 2nd last born in her family.

. She started off her music career in the late 1990s as a karaoke singer at Hope Mukasa’s Sabrina’s pub. She then started to record her music mainly English songs. Juliana later discovered that English was not marketable on the Ugandan music market. This discovery forced her to change from English to Luganda. Her real stardom started the day she began recording Luganda songs. Juliana Kanyomozi’s breakthrough songs were two collaborations with Ghetto President Bobi Wine titled Taata wa Baana and Maama Mbire.

The then Kagoma and Funtula star, president of Fire base crew straight from the dangala Republic of Uganja Kamwokya H.E excellence Bobi Wine as innovative always came up with what one would call a collaboration era, before it was rarely heard of having male and females artists making hit songs apart from the legendary church choirs that have for all time done it as groups.

Bobi Wine along with the Princess of Toro Juliana Kanyomozi first tried it out with a kapela Mama Wa Baana which suddenly became a big hit of the town, From Masaka to Kampala , Mbarara to kabale, Lira to Gulu , Uganda to the UK, Sweden, Canada plus all African clubs , pubs and Joints in America. This collaboration saw Bobi Wine and Juliana Kanyomozi invited to Sweden and by Ugandans in Sweden for a show organized by a legendary Ugandan artist Sammy Kasule. The Maama Wa Baana video was also so loved by Juliana’s and Bobi Wine fans and still gets air plays . This song has been given a remix where Bobi Wine, Juliana Kanyomozi and GNLZamba featured.

Juliana and Bobi also did a Maama Mbiire collaboration, a song that was a special dedication to a mother of a popular businessman, millionaire, shareholder and Chairman MTN communications Uganda Board of Directors Mbiire Charles.

In 2008, Juliana Kanyomozi was crowned PAM Awards Artist of the year. She holds the record of being the only female musician to have ever won PAM Awards artist of the year accolade. Her success has been a continuous process.

With a number of hits that flanked radio and television air waves in 2010 such as Nonze Gwe, Libe esanyu, Kantambule, Ojja with Peter Miles and Guttuke, a collaboration with Afrigo Band’s Moses Matovu; Juliana’s music environment was conducive.

Juliana also did a song with Tanzanian singer Bushoke Usiende Mbali a  swahili song that talks about love and emotions. Usiende Mbali has a video and both the audio and video have had good number of airplay most especially over the internet particularly of one identical social network platform.

Juliana was also part of the HIV AIDS campaign song “A Little bit of Love” which saw Ugandan musicians like Kid Fox a.k.a King Steven, Jackie of the Blu 3, Cindy, Nandujja, Nicky Nola, Peter Miles, Mr.Mosh, Mesearch Semakula, and many others bring out their best of talent preaching about the dangers of aids and the solutions to prevent this killer disease.

Juliana has had over ten international tours and about five with Bobi Wine to Europe but among the most notable ones are Juliana’s First tour to Sweden with Bobi wine after the maama wa baana hit and the most recent tour with Bobi Wine again in Scandinavia and England where they spent two weeks performing in London. Juliana and Bobi wine went along with other Ugandan artists like Nubian Lee, Mikey Wine, Grace Nakimera, Buchaman, DJ Micheal , Doctor Propa and Ronnie Bantonjuliana-kanyomozi-183x516

One of her songs,woman-lyrics

We don’t know how she always finds her way.
The mystery of a woman
A savior in a time of need
The bravery of a woman
In your time of need she does the deed
The magic of a woman

[Chorus]
Woman woman
A warrior is a woman
Woman woman
A savior is a woman
Yeaa eeehh

When a man will cry a woman smiles
Her shoes have walked a thousand miles
The sticks of stone can’t break her bones
She welcomes all her friends and foes
When her spirit’s down she has no time to frown
A warrior is a woman

[Chorus]

Bountiful wonderful
Is her frame of mine
Beautiful colorful
Style is one of a kind
Her womanhood and her motherhood
Are her strength and pride
Her warmth and grace
She cannot hide

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