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Zuhura Othman Soud (born 22 November 1993), better known by her stage name Zuchu, is a Tanzanian singer and songwriter born in Zanzibar. She is based in Dar es Salaam and signed to WCB Wasafi record label. She was awarded the Silver Plaque Button by YouTube for hitting 100,000 subscribers within a week. She became the first East African female artist to reach that milestone within a week. She also became the first East African female artist to reach 1 million subscribers on YouTube 11 months later. In 2020 Zuchu was named by AFRIMMA as the winner of the Emerging Artist Award. In 2023 Zuchu bagged 5 nominations at the Soundcity MVP Awards and also performed at the prestigious award show
Zuchu comes from a musical Swahili Zanzibari family and background. She is a daughter of the revered and famous female Zanzibari Taarab musician Khadija Kopa.
Zuchu started singing at a tender age and later collaborated with her mother Khadija Kopa on a song titled “Mauzauza” from her debut EP I am Zuchu. Among her first appearances as a musician to the public date back to 2015 in the first edition of TECNO OWN THE STAGE in Lagos, Nigeria.In 2022, Zuchu became the most subscribed female artist on Sub Saharan African on Youtube and few months later she became the first female artist in East Africa to clock 100 Million streams on BoomplayZuchu started 2023 with a new single titled Utaniua, Utaniua was critically acclaimed as Tanzania’s music journalist, Charles Maganga appreciated Utaniua as an intimate song where Zuchu pays homage to Bongo Flava and Baibuda In March 2023, Zuchu released her first official music video for the year 2023 for a new single titled Napambana.
