It’s always a joy to remember and appreciate the outstanding efforts of the past and present Nigerian music artists who have soured the industry to a top hierarchy. They remind the whole world of the great talents and qualities left in Nigeria and even unrecognized artists striving so hard for the top. The activities of these incredible stars, namely upcoming professionals, have brought about the current success of the Nigerian music hierarchy.
The world enjoys the rhythms of these incredible stars, which have brought bonds between Europe and Africa, professing the need for unity and love. Nigerian songs have a satisfying rhythm and have improved to an excellent quality. All this buoyancy was sourced by our music living legends, who have been working so hard to make sure that the image of this great Nigerian music will not fade rather sour.
Below are Nigerian music artists who boost the air with their songs.
Burna Boy
Early children of the past two years and the rest of the citizens of Nigeria will never forget and enjoy a tremendously satisfying rhythm from the giant of Africa who had been boosting the industry with his songs, which are still up to date. A legendary Afro hip hop king whose songs nod listeners’ heads in Nigeria and from different parts of the world. He had been a king in past years.
Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, was born on 2 July 1991 (age 28) to a family in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, where he grew up and achieved his secondary education qualification. He is a genuine Nigerian songwriter and singer who began his music journey in Nigeria.
The Great Giant of Africa rose to fame when he released his debut hit ‘Like To Party’ from his debut album, ‘L.I.F.E.’ (an acronym for Leaving an Impact for Eternity) 2013. Citizens were thrilled about the song, even abroad, and danced to other songs from his album; this earned him a great name as he achieved managers’ recognition and received many offers.
There were a lot of career deals from managers. Still, he made his choice and signed his first record deal to Bad Habit/Atlantic Records in the United States and Warner music group internationally, where he released his first-ever legit major-label album titled ‘Outside‘ in 2018; songs from his album like ‘Ye’, ‘Heaven’s Gate’, and ‘Rock Your Body’ thrilled millions of fans that lead him to win the Best International Act at the 2019 bet awards and were further announced as Apple Music up next artist.
There is always a stable and infusion of energy if one’s buoyancy reads a dynamism; that’s precisely what happened to Burna boy as he created and released a long-awaited fourth studio album, ‘African Giant‘ where he professed his rank in Africa as the king. Songs from the same album like ‘Omo’, ‘Dangote’ Killin Dem, Anybody, and ‘Wetin Man Do’ pleased many people around the whole globe, and he won Album of the Year for all African music awards. There was a great shock to Nigerians when he nearly won the second Grammy for Nigerians as the Best World, but unfortunately, he lost to his nominee.
This is to show how great quality runs in his veins, he currently released songs topping charts already like ‘Odogwu’, ‘Money Play’ and ‘My Money, My Baby’ to his name, he will always remain a pride for Nigerians.
Wizkid
He will always inspire hustlers who think souring aristocracy from a poor root is impossible. He proved such a belief wrong and became a billionaire with his music career. He is one of the top Nigerian artists with over 5 million fanbases. This has been a pride to Nigerians as he has been dashing out great hits from the start.
Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, popularly known by his stage name Wizkid, was born on 16 July 1990 in Surulere Lagos state (age 29). He had his education qualification in the same city. He was unique and a muse aristocrat from a tender age, and he started singing at 11. His first recording was with a group he formed with his friends named the Glorious Five. That was when the journey began, and he kept striving.
He signed a record deal with Empire Mates Entertainment (E.M.E.) in 2009, where he released his first album, Superstar. His first single, Holla at Your Boy, boosted his fame in 2011. He became known to Nigerians as they were thrilled by his other hits, including ‘Tease Me’, ‘Don’t Dull’, ‘Love My Baby’, ‘Pakuruma’, and ‘Oluwa lo ni’.
He became the first-ever Nigerian artist to hit 1 million followers on Twitter. There was much energy as he released his second semester, Ayo, which earned him many minor awards. These great sounds from his semester resulted in a great passion for him from his fan base. Songs from hiAlbumum like ‘Jaiye Jaiye’, ‘On Top Your Matter’, ‘One Question’, ‘Joy’, ‘Bombay’, and ‘Show You The Money’ attracted more tremendous fans to his name for the rhythms were thrilling.
The world recognized him after his hit with the famous world rapper Drake titled One Dance, which topped 1st in 15 countries. This later earned him a great result; he was named the first-ever Afro-beats artist to appear in the 2018 Guinness World Records.
There was a lot of buoyancy and achievement when he left E.M.E. and created his record label named Legendary Record Label, where he released few songs and signed a massive deal with R.C.A. Records in March 2017, where he released his Album album titled Sounds from the Other Side on 14 July the same year. It earned him significant recognition after a massive influence on Daddy Yo, Sweet Love, Come Closer, African Bad Girl, and Naughty Ride. This had been a pride to stand firm with after his significant impact on Beyonce’s album, “The Lion King”, which he featured in brown skin Girl.
Davido
Despite his multi-billionaire father’s wealth, he was born a hustler, striving hard every year to contribute to the sourness of the Nigerian Music industry. He is one of the prides of the Nigerian music industry, having released top songs.
David Adeji Adeleke, better known as Davido, was born in Atlanta, US, and raised in Lagos. Due to his father’s passion for his future, he sponsored his education to the highest level. Davido studied business administration at Oakwood University for years, but his music passion never allowed him to finish up when he dropped out and focused on his music career.
He released his debut album titled ‘Omo Baba Olowo‘ in 2012, which gave him fame with his single hit ‘Dami Duro’, which is still from the album. Other songs from his debut album like Back When,’ Ekuro’, ‘Overseas’, ‘All Of You’, ‘Gbon Gbon’, and ‘Feel Alright’ attracted many fans to his name, and he won the Rated Artist award at The Headies. Having earned this, he went on and released the hit singles ‘Gobe’, ‘One Of A Kind’, ‘Skelewu’, ‘Aye’, ‘Tchelete’, ‘Owo Ni Ko Ko’, the money and the sound. Fans were still thrilled, this earned him an excellent record studio of his own which he named D.M.W. and signed many other artists like Maryorkun, Peruzzi, and Yonda.
He further released other songs like ‘If’ and ‘Fall’ which topped the Billboard chart in 2017. He is always the pride of Nigeria for his great songs. His album, ‘A Good Time,’ is also a pleasure to listen to. Songs Album albums like ‘1 Milli’, ‘Risky’, and ‘Sweet in the Middle’ are his trending songs presently.
