LADY JAY DEE BIOGRAPHY.

"Female Artist of the Year 2011......Thank you Tanzania.....Love Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.."  JAY DEE


Lady Jaydee aka Binti Machozi started singing in church at the age of 7
In the mid 1990s she was a member of the Afro Reign group.

It was not until 2001 when she released her first solo album titled “Machozi” which crowned her Tanzanian Best Female Artist in 2001. She has continued winning numerous awards in and out of Tanzania including the most recent awards in South Africa during the Channel O Video Music Awards Best African East 2003,for her video "Machozi ,"2005 for the “Distance” and Best Collaboration Video with Titi from Uganda for “Makini” video
In addition of using swahili as her primary language in her music, Jaydee has songs that incorporate English, French, Lingala, Zulu etc

She blends rich, soulful African vocals with arrangements and instrumentation blending both African traditional and modern influences. 

Notable international collaboration include Samba Mapangala from
Congo, Chameleone, Mad Ice and Ngoni from Uganda and Mina Nawe from South Africa
May 2001 Released debut album titled Machozi  2001 Awarded Best Female Artist at the M-Net Tanzania Music awards
2002 Tanzania Music award Best Female Vocalist
2002 Tanzania Music award Video of the year "Machozi"
2002 performed at Kora All Africa Designers competition in SunCity  South Africa
May 2003 Released second album titled Binti
2003 She received Tanzania Youth Achievement award for best r'n'b single Usiusemee Moyo
2003 Kora Music Awards nominee for The Most Promising Female Artist In Africa
2004 awarded Best R&B Album at the Tanzania Music Awards
December 2005 Released third album titled Moto
2005 awarded Best Female Artist from Tanzania at the Uganda Pearl of Africa Music awards
2005 Kora Awards nominee for the Best Female from East Africa
2006 awarded Best Female Artist from Tanzania at the Uganda Pearl of Africa Music awards
June 2007 Jaydee released her fourth album which is titled Shukrani that include the smash hit single "Siku hazigandi" as well as Nishike Mkono feat. Mad Ice, Njaloand Nyimbo Zetu
2007 awarded Best Female Artist from Tanzania at the Uganda Pearl of Africa Music awards
2007 Tanzania kili music award best female vocalist / artist
2008 First Olympic torch bearer - African Artist
2008 awarded Best Female Artist from Tanzania at the Uganda Pearl of Africa Music awards
2008 Tanzania kili award best collaboration song Anita
2009 Machozi Band released their debut band album
2009 Kili Tanzania Music Awards FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2009
2010 Awarded Best Female Artist from Tanzania at the Uganda Pearl of Africa Music awards
2011 Best female artist/Best East African song of the year.

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