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Musical artist
Zwai Bala (born 15 February 1975) is a South African kwaito and gospel musician.
Education
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Bala studied at the Drakensberg Boys' Choir School , near Winterton, KwaZulu-Natal , and matriculated at St Stithians College in 1994. He then pursued an online Master's Certificate in Orchestration for Film and Television at Berklee College of Music in Boston .[1] He came to public attention in 1997 as a member of the kwaito group TKZee .[2]
Career
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When he was 11 years old, he entered The Shell Road to Fame talent show and reached the semi-finals. Together with school friends Kabelo Mabalane and Tokollo Tshabalala, he formed kwaito group TKZee . TKZee released their singles "Take It Eezy", holiday hit "Phalafala" and their top-selling "Shibobo ",[3] which featured South Africa national football team player Benni McCarthy . Later, Bala began a solo musical career.
As a music director and producer, Bala has worked on musicals featuring Ali Campbell of UB40 ,[4] produced Grace from the two-time Grammy award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir ,[5] and has been the featured soloist at the Classical FM–Lexus Soiree at the Sandton Intercontinental.[citation needed ]
He was a celebrity contestant on the first season of the SABC 2 reality competition Strictly Come Dancing in 2006, partnered with professional ballroom dancer Kego Motshabi. The pair finished third.[6]
Songs
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Bala's recorded music include:
Ndize
Umlilo-Masibase
All I Do
Black 'N Proud
Ndiredi
Moody's Mood For Love
Nozamile
Vuk'uzenzele
Play That Music
Kuyasa
Ikhaya
Bash'abafana
Tino Tino
Folkfanse-My Heritage
Hand Prints
Circle of Life
Solo
Soccer
Gux Duo
Niceland-Guguletu
Everyone Can Drum
Noble Peace
Noyana
Television
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His television appearances include:[2]
All You Need Is Love – Season 2 – Host
Clash of the Choirs South Africa – Season 1 – Choir Master
Clash of the Choirs South Africa – Season 3 – Guest Judge
Popstars – Season 2, 3 and 4 – Judge
Pump Up The Volume – Season 1 – Judge
Red Cake – Not the Cooking Show – Season 1 – Houseband leader
Awards
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In 2002 he received a South African Music Award (SAMA) For his single "Lifted"[1] and in 2019 he, along with fellow TKZee members Kabelo Mabalane and Tokollo Tshabalala, received a SAMA award for Lifetime Achievement.[7]
References
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^ "SAMusic" .
^ "Ali Campbell – The Legendary Voice Of UB40 Reunited with Astro & Mickey release new album "Silhouette" ahead of Australian tour in December" . Cooking Vinyl . Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2014 .
^ "Grace – The Soweto Gospel Choir | Songs, Reviews, Credits" . AllMusic .
^ "Strictly Come Dancing South Africa – Episode 1" . Timely Passion .
^ "TKZee's journey to being awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award" . KAYA FM . 4 June 2019.
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zwai_Bala&oldid=1222457291 "
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