Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Nigeria’s Most Influential Artistes Under 25!


Davido
Born November 21, 1992
David Adedeji Adeleke, better known by his stagename Davido , is an American-born Nigerian recording artist, performer and record producer.
He stole our hearts with hit single ‘ Dami Duro ‘. Davido has won a BET Award , a Kora Award, a Channel O Music Video Award, a Ghana Music Award, a Nigeria Music Video Award, two MTV
Africa Music Awards , two African Muzik Magazine Awards , five Headies Awards , seven Nigeria Entertainment Awards and two Dynamix All Youth Awards , among others. Hit song of 2015 was The Money featuring Olamide.

Burna Boy
Born 2 July 1991
Probably the most underrated musician in the Nigerian music industry, Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy, is a Nigerian reggae-dancehall singer and songwriter.  He won
Nigeria Entertainment Awards Best New Act of the Year in 2013. He has various international collaborations to his name. He has given way to acceptance of different genres and remains the
ever budding performer.

Chidinma Ekile
Born 2 May 1991
Ms Kedike rose to stardom after winning the third season of MTN Project Fame West Africa. In 2012, Chidinma won the Best Female West African Act category at the 2012 Kora Awards.
You would mostly find Chidinma as a feature artist on other songs, but her musical prowess and her petite physique has earned her a spot on my list.

Lil Kesh
Born March 14, 1995
Keshinro Ololade, is a singer, rapper and songwriter. He rose to fame after his chart-topping song titled “Shoki” rose to critical
acclaim from music critics. He has been releasing hit singles like Efejoku, Lyrically, Gbesere, Is It Because I Love You .

Falz
Born October 27, 1990
Folarin Falana didn’t just get into the scene in 2015, his unique sense of rap and his skits on social media only complemented his hit track “ Marry Me” (featuring Poe and Yemi Alade ). He currently owns an independent record label called Bahd Guys Records.

Cynthia Morgan
Born 23 September 1991
Cynthia Ikponmwenosa Morgan, popularly known by her stage name Cynthia Morgan, her music is a fusion of pop, hip hop, dancehall and rap. The unique vibe of the German Juice
musician, has made her highly influential for her music genre. Cynthia Morgan has won 1 Headies Award.

Korede Bello
Born 29 February 1996
Currently signed to Mavin Records. He is best known for his hit single “Godwin”, a semi-gospel and pop song which topped many music charts in Nigeria. Korede Bello had a good year in 2015, he
won 1 Headies Award in a category nobody expected him to.

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