Aituaje Iruobe, born on the 1st of September in Akure, Ondo State in Nigeria, is popularly known as WAJE (an acronym for "Words aren’t just enough").
As a teenager, she sang in the choir of the Word of Faith Group of Schools where she impressed its founder Archbishop Benson Idahosa. He proceeded to give the talented young girl a scholarship throughout her secondary school.
Reverently called 'The Voice', Waje is one of Africa's most respected and iconic female musicians. With a vocal range spanning 3 octaves, she is in a league of her own. Her debut album, the eponymously titled W.A.J.E was released on the 1st of May 2013 via a historic live Google+ hangout with fans joining in from around the world, trending globally at no 4 on Twitter. She has proceeded to release 2 albums after that, with the latest being the Red Velvet album.
Waje headlined the song ‘Strong girl’ which is the theme song for ONE Campaign ‘Poverty is Sexist’ in 2015 and also joined Bono in Lagos, Nigeria for the Lagos campaign in 2015. In that same year, she was named one of the top 10 female artistes in Africa by Channel O. She continues to be an ambassador for One campaign.
Waje was a judge for The Voice Nigeria alongside Timi Dakolo, Yemi Alade, Patoranking and 2Baba and is also a judge on The Voice Nigeria, 2020. She headlines shows regularly across Africa and on the 1st of September, 2019, held her first concert, The Red Velvet Concert, at the MUSON Center in Lagos, Nigeria, raising the bar for performing artistes all over the continent. Waje is well known for her electrifying stage presence and resonating performances and is a role model who is using her platforms to raise young artists who seek to find expression of their art.
Some of her singles include I’m available ft. Yemi Alade, In the air and Mountain ft. Lira and her latest album, Red Velvet is currently on all top charts in Nigeria.
