Nigerian Afrofunk, Jazz, Blues, and Soul singer Justina Ogunlolu, popularly known as Justina Lee Brown, has emerged as the 2024 Swiss Blues Award winner.
The singer was declared the winner of the highly coveted Swiss Blues Award on Friday, April 19, 2024, in Volkshaus Basel, Switzerland, making her the first African to accomplish this feat.
This decision, which was made by an independent jury of experts, saw three nominations this year, which included Justina Lee Brown, Federico Albertoni, and Manu Hartmann.
Justina Lee Brown, whose breakout song “Omo 2 Sexy” under the name “Justina” still poses as one of the greatest pop songs delivered by a female in the Nigerian music industry in the 2000s, continues to expand her star power decades later.
Lee Brown, who is now domiciled in Europe, has morphed into an Afro-funk, Jazz, Blues, and Soul singer, leaving behind the label of an emerging Afrobeats diva. She now graces several auditoriums, amphitheatres, and stages in Europe.
Presently, she has put out two albums, ‘Black and White Feeling’ released in 2019, as well as ‘Lost Child’ in 2023, which the Swiss Blues Society named the “Best Self-produced Album” of that year.
LISTEN TO “LOST CHILD” BY JUSTINA LEE BROWN
The Swiss Blues Award is an annual event by the Blues Festival Basel association in a bid to honour individuals or institutions in Switzerland who have made remarkable impacts on the blues scene, either as artists, promoters, or supporters.
