Justina Lee Brown

Justina Lee Brown is an award-winning Nigerian Afro, funk, soul, and blues singer-songwriter and a versatile entertainer living in Europe. Born and raised in the slums of Ajegunle and Kirirki in Lagos, Nigeria, Justina Lee Brown, whose full name is Justina Ogunlolu, has an inspiring true story about how to make lemonade out of lemons. Justina began singing on the streets as a child to pass the time while helping her mother sell "ice water" at the nearby Udoh market in Lagos. People quickly took notice of her and gave her tips to encourage her to keep going. The knowledge that her voice brought joy to passing strangers filled her with happiness and gave her a sense of purpose, prompting her to express her feelings through music.

In 2006, the singer won first place in the Nokia First Chance reality singing competition in Nigeria. That same year, Justina took her first step towards fame with the release of her hit single "Omo 2 Sexy." Her fame soon extended beyond the booming Nigerian music scene, and the young pop star won the "Women In Entertainment Award" for "Best African Voice" in London in 2009.

Over the years, with two solid studio albums in her discography, "Black And White Feeling" and "Lost Child," Lee Brown and her high-profile band have received an impressive list of accolades. She won the Swiss Blues Challenge in 2019, reached the semifinals of the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, USA, in 2020, and placed second for Switzerland at the European Blues Challenge in Malmö, Sweden, in 2022. Additionally, she was nominated for the Swiss Blues Awards 2022 and performed that same year with her band as the opening act for Italian singer-songwriter and musician Zucchero at the Sierre Blues Festival in front of around 40,000 spectators. In 2023, she became an ambassador for the Sierre Blues Festival. Recently, she was awarded the Swiss Blues Award 2024, which includes her remarkable performance at the Blues n Jazz Festival in Rapperswil (Switzerland) in 2023, where she performed in front of more than 60,000 spectators and became one of the highlights of the event.