TOP 10 RICHEST MUSICIANS IN NIGERIA 2017 AND THEIR NET WORTH

TOP 10 RICHEST MUSICIANS IN NIGERIA AND THEIR NET WORTH

Due to my research on the richest musicians in the world. At the end of my research I did a countdown of top 10 richest musicians in Nigeria.

COUNTDOWN FROM 10-1

Number 10 top richest musician goes to TIMAYA

Ekperipapa 1 of Bayelsa Timaya is one of the Nigeria’s top richest musicians. The and not so much from music sales. Timaya is a brand ambassador to GLO and Hennessy X.O.Cognac. His estimated net worth 15 billion Naira.

Number 9 goes to IYANYA

Iyanya who hails from Cross River state hit stardom after he won the maiden edition of MTN, SOLO phones, Dunes Nigeria and Cross River State tourism ambassador. Iyanya’s estimated net worth is put at 1.8 billion Naira.

Number 8 goes to BANKY W

Nigeria’s own king of R&B Banky W has a good share of the money generated in the music industry. A mentor to wizkid, Banky is one of the longest serving brand ambassadors for Samsung Africa. He is also ambassador to many multinational corporations and most importantly co-founder of EME records. All these and many more put his total estimated net worth at 2.3 billion Naira.

Number 7 goes to FLAVOUR

Chinedu Okoli, who is popularly known as flavour Is not only Nigeria’s king of contemporary highlife music, his fame runs through Africa. The dreadlocks sporting musician rakes in good cash performing at big events around Africa and overseas 3-4 times in a week all year long. He has backed many endorsement deals, one notably with NBC [Nigeria Breweries Company]. The singer is valued at an estimated net worth of 2.5 billion Naira.

Number 6 goes to WIZKID [Star boy]

Star boy! Wizkid who has been a big sensation on the Nigerian music scene cuts big checks Yo! He is one artiste that doesn’t run short on endorsement deals, from MTN, to GLO, Pepsi e.t.c.

Wizkid who is now a bona-fide Sony music act charges heavy fees to perform at shows. Wizkid is CEO of star Boy worldwide, his estimated net worth is 2.8 billion Naira. His Sony music deal excluded.

Number 5 goes to DAVIDO [OBO-Omo Baba Olowo] baddest

One time for OBO [Omo Baba Olowo].since his entry into the Nigerian music industry, Davido has always shown he has loads of money, especially when you put in mind his Nigerian billionaire father. Well, besides his father’s mulla Davido rakes in millions for himself monthly. He is well known for his ostentatious lifestyle, a Sony music act as well as Wizkid. Davido’s estimated net worth is 2.9 billion Naira.

Number 4 goes to 2FACE [2BABA]

2face who now prefers to be addressed as 2baba is the most prominent of the defunct music group Plantishun Boyz. 2baba has a music career spanning over 20 years and he has a lot of money in the bank to show for it. Aside his normal booking fees and numerous endorsements, 2baba is a real estate investor. He owns the popular Rumours Night Club situated in festac, Victoria Island and Ikeja. The ‘African Queen’ is valued at about estimated net worth of 4.5 billion Naira. Wow!! That’s a huge amount.

Number 3 goes to D’banj

 One of Nigerian’s biggest music exports is more of a shrewd business man. He is CEO of Db records and KOKO Holdings.

D’banj has a multitude of endorsements from United Nations, Bank of industry, Slot e.t.c. The ‘Oliver Twist ‘crooner has estimated net worth of 5 billion Naira.

Number 2 goes to Don Jazzy

Don Jazzy who was a former partner with D’banj during the defunct MO’Hits era makes number two spot.

Now Don Jazzy is the CEO of the Mavins Records. Michael Collins [Don Jazzy] has a good number of endorsements from Samsung to Johnny Walker. He has several investments and most recently his newest company [FLOBYT]. The ace music producer is valued at an estimated net worth of 6.5 billion Naira.

Finally to our top 1 richest musician goes to our African singing duo Psquare

Sitting on the top of the list is Africa’s most successful singing duo Psquare. The singers, who are from Anambra state Nigeria, are highest earning Nigerian musicians. Booking Psquare for a show definitely cost a lot as the twin charge the highest fee. Much of their money comes from booking fees, music sales and other investments. Psquare are highest grossing Nigerian artistes on YouTube. The ‘Bank Alert’ crooners won multi- million Naira homes in the best neighborhood in Lagos. The estimated net worth of the singing twins is put at an impressive 15 billion Naira.

So far So good, at the end of my research I got to realize that in time past Nigerian parents rebuked their wards for dare dreaming about becoming musicians. You dare not harbor such thoughts talk more of telling your parents about it. You’ll get a good chance dose of the cane and rebuke.

Fast forward to the present, music is probably one sure way to earn a good fortune for yourself. ‘Music dey pay pass some white collar jobs these days’ and we all know these.

Some of our artistes have been able to beat others to top the list of the Richest Nigerian Artistes. These are the values which are used to estimate net worth [A realistic measure of wealth] and hence used to rank the artistes.

So if your favourite artist is not on the list, there can be only one solution. They have to double their efforts to appear on the list next time.

This is the TOP 10 RICHEST MUSICIANS IN NIGERIA 2017.