10 Richest Musicians in Nigeria and Their Net Worth 2020

Nigeria is a country blessed with a lot of talent. And music is not an exemption. The country is blessed with top musicians who are known worldwide. Today I am going to be taking you through the list of top 10 richest Nigerian musicians, a little part of their history, and their assets which may include their cars and houses. Without wasting time let’s go top 10.

1. Wizkid

He is undoubtedly leading as the richest artiste in Nigeria by Wikipedia this year. Wizkid’s real name is Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun was recently ranked by Forbes among the richest celebrities in Africa in 2020.

Wizkid is the founder and CEO of Starboy music record label. He is an award-winning act who is recognized not only in Nigeria but internationally. His hit songs continue to top the musical billboard chart and have recorded financial success in the music industry.

Some of the endorsement deals which Wizkid signed that worth millions of Naira and helped him rack up enough wealth are: Being an ambassador for Pepsi, Globacom, MTN deal worth N40 million.

Wizkid has cars, mansions in various countries plus other investments, businesses, and assets. He charges 5 million Naira per show and has an estimated net worth of $40 million according to Forbes.

2. Davido

Davido is the second top richest musician in Nigeria at the moment. His real name is David Adedeji Adeleke. He took the music industry by storm producing interesting songs.

He has won a series of awards such as the Mobo award, and also emerging the best African Act for the year, beating a field of artists, including Wizkid to get the price.

Let’s not forget that Davido is the son of one of the wealthiest men in Nigeria, Deji Adeleke. He also owns his own record label which is worth billions of Naira.

He is presently signed with world music giants SONY records, known to sign best musicians in the Nigerian music industry like Tiwa Savage, Tekno, and Wizkid.

Davido is a rich celebrity who has mansions, cars, and a series of investments due to his background. He is also a director of his father’s company.

As for his shows, he charges from N3 to N5 million per show. You hardly see him feature on adverts, so we can’t say if he has any endorsement deals. Davido’s net worth in Naira stands at an estimated N10 billion.

Davido recently bought a private jet which cost him N9.7billion. He also bought a N45 million car for his current girlfriend, Chioma. Davido got an endorsement from Infinix worthy over N350 million while Chioma got hers for N150 million too.

Most would ask, who is richer between Davido and Wizkid or does Starboy has more money than Davido? You should know that both are wealthy but Davido might just be richer than Wizkid.

3. Don Jazzy

Don Jazzy, is Nigeria’s wealthiest record producer and CEO of Mavin Records. He co-founded Mo’ Hits Records in 2004 which saw the likes of superstars D’Banj, Wande coal, etc excel under him.

Under his new record label, he has produced a lot of songs and also talents in the Nigerian music industry. Among which the likes of Tiwa Savage, Korede Bello, Reekado Banks e.t.c have prospered under.

Don Jazzy’s real name is Michael Collins Ajereh. He is reported to charge about N500,000 or more to produce a song that explains how he makes his money. He has signed various endorsement deals that worth millions of Naira.

Don Jazzy also lives in his own mansion and has numerous cars that explain his wealthy lifestyle. He is not yet married as of writing this post and his estimated financial worth is estimated at $35 million in dollars and about N8 billion in Naira.

4. Tubaba Net Worth $22 million

One of the best male singers in the country at the moment is 2face whose real name is Innocent Ujah Idibia. He was part of the defunct plantashun boiz and had been the richest musician in Nigeria and Africa for so many years before the likes of youngest artiste Davido and Wizkid took his position.

The music legend has produced hit tracks which has sold internationally and have topped the charts. African Queen still remains his best song so far as it is still in vogue since its release. 2baba is married to Annie Idibia and has other women outside wedlock who have children for him.

Apart from being a singer-songwriter, record producer, investment-wise, he is an entrepreneur. He also has endorsement deals with top organizations in the country which runs in millions. It is rumored that 2Baba charges about 2.5 million naira per show. His worth is said to at an estimated sum of $22 million which makes him one of the top ten richest musicians in Nigeria.

5. Olamide

Olamide Adedeji known by his stage name Badoo or Olamide is another wealthy Nigerian male rapper and musician and the founder and CEO of a popular music record label in Nigeria – YBNL Nation. As for this 2020, he is known to be the richest Nigerian rapper.

Apart from making money through his music which have he sold over 40 million copies worldwide. He makes most of his cash from his collaborations with other musicians and his record label signees and event organization. Olamide is also a brand ambassador and a businessman who has invested heavily in Lagos state.

Olamide signed an endorsement deal with Ciroc worth N30Million. Other deals that he signed include being a brand ambassadors for Guinness worth N80Million, Etisalat deal worth around N50Million which has since being renewed with an additional N30 million Naira.

It is said that Olamide net worth in dollars in $6 million as of 2017 but his current financial status shows that he is more than that figure. Apart from the two filling stations and landed properties he has around the country, Olamide charges between N2 million to N4 million per show.

6. Phyno

The sixth richest Nigerian musician in the country is no other person than Phyno. His real name is Azubuike Nelson Chibuzor. He is the current second-best rapper in the country who raps and sings in Igbo and English language fluently.

Apart from winning a series of awards, Phyno has made a name for himself in the music industry as a top artiste and celebrity. He is built a brand for himself through his songs which sets him apart from other rappers. Phyno rich lifestyle can be seen in his assets and financial worth.

Just like Olamide, Phyno also invested his wealth into fashion, real estate, etc. It is said that the duo can’t be matched in what they do as they have taken the entertainment market by storm by the way they perform on stage. Phyno charges about N2 to 3 million Naira for shows and his net worth is estimated to be $5 million.

7. P-Square

P-Square is still ranked as one of the richest musicians in the country this 2020 even if they split. For those who don’t know about them, here is a brief profile on Nigeria’s most celebrated twins who took the Nigerian music industry to another level since their emergence.

Peter Okoye and Paul Okoye are twin brothers who sang and danced together from the onset before Paul decided to stop dancing and concentrate more on singing. Peter, on the other hand, choose to do both. They produced and released their albums through Square Records which was managed by their elder brother, Jude Engenes.

It was until recently that they both split after some internal family issues and divided their properties among themselves which led to the dissolution of P-square to the abasement of their fans. While they were together, they signed a record deal with Akon’s Konvict Muzik label.

Apart from singing and dancing at shows, they have other investments which are not made public.

It is rumored that both brothers have about 7 cars between them, mansions, and even landed properties around the country and were worth about $40 million when they were together which made these richest Nigerian musicians plus other endorsements benefits.

8. Timaya

His name is Inetimi Alfred Odon is called by his stage name, Timaya. He is a Nigerian singer and songwriter and owns a record label called the South-South hip hop group, Dem Mama Soldiers.

Timaya began his career in 2005 and has since became one of the most respected artistes in the entertainment industry. His second album Gift and Grace was released in 2008 which sold about 10 million copies in Africa.

We know that he should have investments even though its not listed as his net worth in Naira is estimated at N7 billion. For the record, Wizkid and Tuface are richer musicians than Timaya.

9. Flavour

Chinedu Okoli better known by his stage name Flavour N’abania is a Nigerian male singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and performer.

He started his musical career as a drummer for a local church in Enugu State. He also is a popular musician in Nigeria. The singer is valued at an estimated net worth of N2.5 Billion Naira. He has many investments in the southeastern part of Nigeria.

Flavour is not yet married but has children by different women, who are regarded as his baby mama’s. This richest musician in the country is also a model due to his physique.

10. D’banj

D’banj real name is Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo, but he is known by his stage name D’banj. He is another richest Nigerian musician who has made wealth from his musical career and other investments. He has also signed top endorsement deals which have fetched him money in recent years.

He was formerly a co-founder of MO’ Hits record label with Don Jazzy before their split up. As a singer-songwriter, entrepreneur and television personality, Dapo has evolved into an international act.

Although he is not as pronounced as he was before, he managed to make it to our list of richest Nigerian musicians in the country for 2020.

He is valued at $3 million recently which makes him one of the richest musicians in Nigeria 2020 according to Wikipedia sources.

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