Music has been paying heavily in
Nigeria for the past ten years. No
wonder average Nigerian youths
sees music as the quick means to
wealth and fame.
Why not! When a good number of
artistes have risen from nothing to
something over the years, enjoying
wealth that can only be imagined
by average people.
The question is Who is the richest
among these musicians and how
much are they worth?
In music, your popularity
determines your worth, you don’t
make poo if you are not popular.
How do we determine the
popularity of an artiste? Do not let
their noises or that of their fans
deafen your ears, some aren’t
worth that much, while some worth
so much.
The number one means of knowing
how popular a musician or music
is, is by checking out it’s YouTube
stat.
If you are popular, it will show on
your YouTube views, no
manipulation.
And if you have a great stat on
YouTube, you are a great artiste,
making good money.
Another means is through awards
but since most music awards are
heavily manipulated, we are going
to skip awards and use other
means such as endorsement and
ability to pull crowed and
command good appearance fee.
Self promotion isn’t gonna count
in this rating.
Here I present to you the top 20
richest musicians in Nigeria and
their estimated net worth.
This list is the most detailed and
most accurate you can find
anywhere on the internet. Enjoy!
20. Patoranking – This guy is making
name for himself in the music
industry in Nigeria and it’s not
surprising that he made the top 20
richest musicians in Nigeria despite
that it’s not been quite long since
he breaks into the limelight.
His hit song (Girlie O) featuring
Tiwa Savage has grossed over 4
million views on YouTube as the
time this article was being written.
Patoranking’s net worth is
estimated to be – N350,000,000
19. Olamide – One of the craziest
rapper in Nigeria and Africa. So
crazy he called himself Badoo.
Olamide has built name and
fortune for himself in the music
industry in Nigeria. Right from the
first day I heard him first song, I
knew he was gonna make it in the
music industry.
His song with the highest YouTube
views is “Eleda Mi” with 1.2
million views. He was able to over
take Patoranking due to the fact he
has multiple single with collective
views of more than 5million.
He is believed be to be the
mastermind behind the rise of
Shoki. Olamide’s current net worth
is put at – N560,000,000
18. Chidinma Ekile – Chidinma has
one thing going for her – she is
extremely likeable.
That alone has skyrocketed her take
home performance fees and worth
to an enviable position.
From a mere contestant in MTN
Project Fame to a household name
in Nigeria, Chidinma has created
wealth that her peers could only
dream about.
Her biggest video to date is
“Kedike” with 1.2 million YouTube
hit, followed by “Oh Baby”
featuring Falvour with 600,000
views. And collective views of
about 5 million. Chidinma’s net
worth is put at – N572,000,000
17. Duncan Mighty – He has refused
to step an inch away from the
Niger Delta oil. With unique beats,
superior voice quality, and dance
step to match, Duncan Mighty is
considered one of the most
successful artistes ever come out of
the Niger Delta.
He most popular song on
YouTube.com is “Obianuju” and
“Port Harcourt Boy” which has
collective views of 3.1 million.
With strong affiliation to the Niger
Delta politicians, Duncan mighty is
estimated to worth – N700,000,000.
16. Yemi Alade – How she made it? I
don’t know, but she is currently the
biggest female musician in Nigeria
after Tiwa Savage and may
overtake Tiwa in a couple of years
if not months.
The first day I heard “Jonny”
played in my car by one of the
Nigerian F.M Station, I knew
something serious was about to hit
us.
Yemi currently has the most
successful and most popular music
video by any African female artiste
on YouTube. The total views for
“JONNY” as at this time is
13,435,171. Yemi Alade’s current
net worth is N820 million.
15. Ice Prince – He broke into the
limelight with “Oleku” featuring
Brymo which currently has 3.1
million views on YouTube.
Ice Prince Zamani is one of the
finest rapper in Nigeria. To me, he
is better than M.I in terms of flow.
Few days ago, the picture of when
he was younger and hustling hit the
internet and you can see how far
she has been transformed from a
naive young boy to a world class
superstar! Ice prince net worth is –
N870,000,000.
14. Phyno – The only hardcore
rapper I’ve ever seen in Africa. He
does it like no other, providing new
dimension to rap music in Nigeria.
Phyno is to the Igbos what Olamide
is for Yorubas but he does it in a
completely different fashion.
So good that rap haters like me is
forced to like rap music.
Phyno is a genius. Everyone wants
to collaborate with Phyno for good
reasons. He is hot in the market.
Phyno’s net worth is put at –
N900,000,000.
13. Tiwa Savage – Welcome the
queen of music in Nigeria, the sexy
mama, the first lady of Mavins
Record! Tiwa Savage is among the
very few Nigerian artistes whose
average video is grossing over 1
million on YouTube. She currently
has about five videos with more
than a million views each.
Eminado is currently doing 7+
million.
Her net worth is – N970,000,000
and may soon crossover to billion
in this rating within the next couple
of months.
12. KCee – Currently making serious
wave in the Nigerian music scene,
KCee, formerly a member of the
KCPresh is one of the most
fortunate guys in the industry. He
picked the right beat at the right
time, and the rest has become
history.
His hit songs “Limpopo” and “Pull
Over” are currently on 14.5 million
views collectively on YouTube.
KCee net worth is – N983,000,000
11. M.I – Regarded as the most
successful rap artiste ever in Africa,
M.I has built a reputation that will
be too difficult for anyone to
surmount. He is among the major
stakeholders in Chocolate City
Records and is credited with the
rise to fame of Ice Prince Zamani.
For the sake of the record label and
the stars that came through it, we
are placing MI at number 11 on
this list. His current net worth is –
N988,000,000.
10. Timaya – Timaya’s vocal power
is unmatched in the industry. He is
one one the best and probably the
most successful music star ever
come out of the Niger Delta area.
Far more successful than Daniel
Wilson and others. He is truly the
“Egberi Papa 1 of Bayelsa”.
One of his hit track “Sanko” is
about to hit 2 million views while
his biggest hit “Bum Bum”
featuring Sean Paul has already
grossed over 16 million on
YouTube. Timaya net worth is –
N1.1billion
09. Banky W – Two best music videos
ever done in Nigeria to his credit
(Lagos Party and Wizkid’s Holla at
ur Boy) and a serious record label
of his own, Banky W is surely a
force to reckon with in the Music
business in Nigeria.
From Etisalat to Samsung, he has
the knack to land juicy
endorsement deals anytime. Started
with a copycat of Rihanna’s song,
he graduated to international
superstar, doing original songs and
winning awards. Banky W net
worth is – N1.8 billion.
08. Wizkid – From a backup [like]
artiste to Banky W, Wizkid was
transformed into international
mega star by just one music video –
Holla at ur Boi! That video created
the defining moment in his career
and today, he is the Wizkid you
and I know.
Widely regarded as the Austine
Bieber of Nigeria, Wizkid one of
the stars in the industry that many
upcoming artistes look up to, to be
just like him. What he lacks in
vocal talent, he makes up in
personality appeal. Wizkid net
worth is – N2.3 billion.
07. Iyanya – From a hungry project
fame ex-winner to international
famous superstar within the space
of three years. Iyanya has shown
that if you want to be successful in
Nigeria, give them what they want
and you will be blessed with
wealth.
Iyanya’s hit song (“Kukere”
complete with it’s one unique
dance step) currently has more
than 15 million views on YouTube.
His net worth is – N2.5 billion.
06. Davido – What he lacks in
physical appeal, he makes up with
great vocal talent – the twisted
version of Wizkid. Davido is one
musician in Nigeria that I so much
like his vocal talent, he is a singer
and song maker extraordinaire.
His two songs “Aye” and “Gobe”
are currently having 15 million and
11 million respectively on YouTube.
Son of a politician and business
man, Davido’ net worth is – N2.9
billion.
05. Tu Face – The one everyone
respects in the industry. Tu Face
has become the present day legend
in African pop culture. By the time
he hangs his trumpet, he will be
studied in universities across
Africa. African Queen remains his
biggest hit ever, meaning that this
legend lives largely in the past
glory
He has not been able to do another
song more popular than the famous
African Queen or even close to it’s
popularity. But what he lacks in hit
songs, he makes up in
reproduction, building future
generation of Idibias. Tu Face net
worth is – N4.5 billion.
04. D’Banj – From life in the streets
of The United Kingdom to MoHit
and one of the biggest superstar
Nigeria has ever seen. D’Banj has
proved that what you need to
become successful is in you. You
don’t need to look for it elsewhere,
it’s within you.
His biggest song ever is the last
song produced by Don Jazzy, Oliver
Twist. It dethroned P-Square’s
songs temporally in 2013 as the
highest viewed Nigerian song on
YouTube before Personally from P-
Square reclaimed the number one
spot. D’Banj net worth is – N5
billion.
03. Flavour – Virtually every artistes
in the industry has featured
Flavour in the songs. His vocal
ability is unrivaled.
He is one of the very best the
industry has ever seen. From the
moment he picked up the guitar,
you now he is destined to the top.
Flavour Nabalia is one like no other
and no one could mimic him
successfully no matter how hard
you try. He is the one and only
Flavour, and after him there may
be no other Flavour.
He has everything going for him.
His physical appeal, pure vocal
talent, and mastery of the music
instruments, Flavour is everything
others desires to be. His current
net worth is – N5.7 billion
02. Don Jazzy – The only musician in
this list with no song to call his
own. Yet, he command so much
respect and money that even the
best in the industry dare not ask
who is he.
Don Jazzy is builder, a producer
extraordinaire and industry
pacesetter. Whatever thing he lays
his hands on becomes gold. He
produced D’Banj to international
superstar, and when D’Banj left, he
produced other superstars.
Dorobucci, Eminado, Sulurere,
Banana – these are are some of the
major hits he produced after the
MoHit saga. Don Jazzy net worth is
– N7 billion.
01. P-Square – No one does it like P-
Square in the music industry in
Nigeria! When you think they’ve
done their best, they come up with
something completely different.
They have no competition, they
only compete with themselves.
Outside Akon, P-Square is the
biggest music stars ever come out of
Africa – dead or alive!
You may ask, how about Fela,
Ndiaye, Lucky Dube, Blenda Fassie,
and Awilo Logomba? Well, they are
all legends of music in Africa but
when it comes to earning and
popularity allover Africa, they are
no match to P-Square with all due
respect. This is based on facts and
figures.
Pick up the all times African top 10
music video on YouTube, P-Square
alone has 5, leaving the other 5 for
the entire artistes in Africa to
share!
Chop my money = 24 million+.
Do me = 14 million+.
Personally = 35 million+.
Beautiful Onyinye = 21 million+.
Alingo = 7 million+.
The only celebrities in the Nigerian
entertainment industry that has
mansion in Banana Island. They
are the Cristiano Ronaldo and
Lionel Messi of African music.
The only artistes in Africa you can
not book with less than $100,000.
P-Square net worth is – N25.6
billion.
Mavin act, Korede Bello has once again performed at another Church service despite the view of some fans that a secular musician should not be allowed to mount a pulpit and sing in the church.
He performed last weekend at Embrace International Assembly in Lagos.
Korede first appearance as a performing act in a Church was at HICC (Harvesters International Christian Centre) where he sang his smash hitGodwin.
When he was criticized for his actions, the Young singer said that he was going to perform in a church again.
In an earlier interview with NET, he said;
“If you are the pastor of a church and you invite me to perform the song, Yes I will perform the song again.
“It’s God’s song and whatever is happening now is predetermined, people are talking about God that’s all that matters”.
“From the inception of Godwin, I knew that it wasn’t my song, I knew that anything that’s for God has the potential of growing bigger than you imagine. It’s not quite a gospel song, it’s an inspirational song, what I mean by it’s for God is the fact that it’s dedicated to God. I don’t see it as my song, I see it as people’s song and I see it as a song for God.”
