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Jose Chameleone's Biography in Summary

Jose Chameleone, also known as Joseph Mayanja, is a Ugandan Afrobeat musician and songwriter who mostly performs in Luganda, English, and Kiswahili.

Jose Chameleone's Birthday, Age, and Birthplace

As of 2020, the award-winning songwriter was born on April 30, 1979, in Uganda, and he celebrates his birthday every April 30th.

Jose Chameleone Family

His siblings include Douglas Mayanja aka Weasel, who is a member of the Goodlyfe Crew and a solo artist; Pius Mayanja aka Pallaso, who is also a musician; Henry Kasozi, the CEO of the Fling Fire clothing line; and the late Emmanuel Mayanja aka AK47.

Jose Chameleone's Educational History

For secondary school, he attended the Progressive Secondary School in Kampala. More information about whether or not the artist attended college for his tertiary education has yet to be revealed.

Music by Jose Chameleone

His passion for music began in 1996, when he worked as a DJ at the Missouri nightclub in Kampala, Uganda. He was then recruited by Ogopa DJs, a Kenyan record label.

It was during this time that he had his breakthrough after releasing his first single ‘Bageya’ ft Redsan.

Jose released his first album in 2000 and by 2013, he had released a total of 13 albums. Some of them include Kipepeo, Shida za dunia, Valu valu, Bayuda, Badilisha, Sweet Banana and Champion. He is currently the CEO of Leone Island which is a music label.

Jose Chameleone Nominations

• 2003: Best East Africa Artist – Kora Awards
• 2004: Best East African Male Artist – Kora Awards
• 2006: Best African Act – MOBO Awards
• 2007: Best African Act Nominees – MTV Europe Music Awards
• 2012: Best East African Song (Valu Valu) – Tanzania Music Awards

Jose Chameleone Music Awards

• 2003: Artiste of the Year, Best Male Artist, Best Contemporary Artist & Song of the Year (“Mama Mia”) – Pearl of Africa Music Awards (PAM Awards)
•  2004: Artiste of the Year & Song of the Year (“Jamila”) – Pearl of Africa Music Awards (PAM Awards)
• 2005: Best Afro Beat Artiste/Group & Best Afro Beat Single (“Kipepeo”) – Pearl of Africa Music Awards (PAM Awards)
• 2004: Best East African Album (“Bei Kali”) – Tanzania Music Awards
• 2005: Best East African Album (“Jamila”) – Tanzania Music Awards
• 2006: Best Afro Beat Artiste/Group – Pearl of Africa Music Awards (PAM Awards)
• 2006: Best Ugandan Song (Mama Rhoda) & Best Ugandan Music Video (Mama Rhoda) Kisima Music Awards
• 2007: Best Ugandan Song (“Sivyo Ndiviyo” with Professor Jay) – Kisima Music Awards
• 2011: Artiste of The Year – Ugandan Radio Dotcom Music Awards

Jose Chameleone Hit songs

His hits include Valu valu, Jamila, Shida za dunia, Jesus, Tatizo, I love you so much, Kipepeo, Dorotia and Kipepeo.

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Jose Cameleone is married to his beautiful wife Daniela Mayanja. They tied the knot in 2008. Together they have five children.

His two of their children, Abba Marcus and Alpha Joseph, are swimmers. In fact, Abba is a swimming medalist for the Uganda junior national team. Alpha also released her first single called "Game Over".

José Cameleone career stats

Jose Chemeleone is East Africa's richest musician with a net worth of around $6 million. It is followed by his Diamond Platnumz who has a net worth of around $5 million. Most of Jose's income comes from shows, album sales and brand promotion.