Wooooow! So Sade Adu is Nigeria's first grammy winner. She deserves it anyway. Very sonorous and pretty. Could you provide me with other Nigerians that have achieved the same. I used to think there was no grammy winner from Nigeria

Katsumoto:

Seal & Taio Cruz both lived in Naija. Sade Adu was born in Nigeria as well.

Do they have to wrap themselves in the Nigerian flag before they rep their roots?

Dayumm!! I always knew Taio Cruz lived outside the UK for a bit. His accent is a give-away, however, I thought it probably had to do with being raised outside London. Still don't why he doesn't rep that green-white-white. Heck, even Lemar reps naija all the time but it's just a pity that he didn't get the crossover in America like he should have. Tinie Tempah also flopped as well but he's still making money off singles despite his dumb lyrics.

Anyway, most people don't even know how big Sade Adu is and how her fan base are the most loyal on the planet. This is a woman that goes platinum every time she releases an album. And she does that like once in every decade with no publicity and in an inconspicuous way. That's legendary!

As for Fela Kuti, nothing out of Africa can touch his music and star-power - that's the most sampled African artist ever. Then Shirley Bassey is ever-green.

Seal is more like a one-hit wonder to me. But he's defo very popular.

shymexx:

Nobody knows Tuface. African Queen - yes. The artist - NO!!

Wizkid is more popular than that man!

African queen by 2face gets 2million views on youtube... oliver twist by d'banj gets 22million views on same youtube

Mybettingtips:
African queen by 2face gets 2million views on youtube... oliver twist by d'banj gets 22million views on same youtube

African Queen was/is a big tune and it's ever-green but the man who made it is defo not popular. Nobody knows that man apart from Nigerians. Heck, we can say Nigerians in Nigeria. I only got to know he made the "African Queen" tune like three or four years ago.

shymexx:
Heck, even Lemar reps naija all the time but it's just a pity that he didn't get the crossover in America like he should have. Tinie Tempah also flopped as well but he's still making money off singles despite his dumb lyrics.

Anyway, most people don't even know how big Sade Adu is and how her fan base are the most loyal on the planet. This is a woman that goes platinum every time she releases an album. And she does that like once in every decade with no publicity and in an inconspicuous way. That's legendary!

As for Fela Kuti, nothing out of Africa can touch his music and star-power - that's the most sampled African artist ever. Then Shirley Bassey is ever-green.

Seal is more like a one-hit wonder to me. But he's defo very popular.

You are spot on with your analysis.

Where is KING SUNNY ADE.. Have u guyz forgotten his song was featured by over four hollywood movies which include: O.C sting and Breathless..

I never knew tinie was nigerian. Tot he was ghanian. Nice one

Dey forgot 2 mention d most popular due












Ma grandpa

Mybettingtips:
African queen by 2face gets 2million views on youtube... oliver twist by d'banj gets 22million views on same youtube

when african queen was released..did u knw what youtube meant*no offence bro

@ops, tinie tempah wasnt the owner of i'm coming home which was used in wrestlemania 27.. He was featured by diddy dirty.

where is tunde of light house family?

Wat about my guy Kanye Chuckwu Tunde West....LOL....*wink*

As everybody dey mention name. I don't wanna be outer it so make I contribute

I'm a learner here ooo at shymmex

Fela is Nigeria's greatest music product for me. And Im surprised by how many foreigners I've spoken too (elderly people usually) who know him. In fact, I got into Fela's music because of some white dude and I've been a big fan ever since. Love his arrangements, particularly the various discernible layers he gradually builds into his slow starting songs as more instruments get added to the beat. "Lady" is a perfect example of this genius. The satire of the government and African society in the songs only add to the legend of the great man.

OP missed the lead singer in the group 'lighthouse family'..

King Sunny Ade should be on the list!

Who said Ne-Yo is not a Nigerian?

Mybettingtips:
African queen by 2face gets 2million views on youtube... oliver twist by d'banj gets 22million views on same youtube

African queen had almost 10million views on youtube before it was taken down.

p square had 12 million views for "no one like you", 8 million views for "e no easy", 5 million views for ifunanya, 4 million for roll it and some of their songs before iroking became the sole owner on youtube.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuai3RtX71M

African queen in samoa the pacific, 2010.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHKcOhHsSZQ

The pacific 2007

Katsumoto: @ OP

Perhaps you are referring to living artistes because none of them got nothing on Baba 70.

Nneka Egbuna can't be higher than DBanj.

Lol...
Nneka is higher and way more popular.

Y'all got your list and I got mine.

1.Psquare
2.Dbanj
3.Olamide
4.Modenine
5.Vector
6.Terry D Rapman
7. Banky W
8.Wizkid
9. Asa
10. Oluamid

@katsumoto nneka is way way way higher n bigger dan dbanj ooo u tynk itz by singing street songs or club songs... dt gal is gon b a legend jst lyk 2face n asa... dbanj's career will end soon cos in d future most of his songs wont b heard by d unborn ones

Red_Card: Nobody knows 2face, D'banj and even P Square. Forget the hype they all get over here. Wale and many others you listed are not claiming to be Nigerians so they don't qualify to be on that list. As for Asa and Nneka, I agree @least for the quality songs they are both known for.

U DEY MIND THEM?
LIKE MOST NARROW MINDED PPLE
NIGGERIANS BELIEVE THE SUN RISES
AND SETS ON THEM. EVERY SUCCESSFUL
BLACK PERSON IS AUTOMATICALLY NIGERIAN
I REMEBER WHEN SOME DELUDED FOLKS
WENT TO CLAIM SOME RELATIONSHIP
WITH BARACK OBAMA
SMH

Nas shoulh be number1 on the list!

airmark: It seems south west Nigeria has more musical talents than others. Northern part not repping on your list. At least put MI or Iceprince.

At least No1 and 2 originated from South East. Quality not quantity

JMOI: What do you make of the list?

I think ur list doesn't make much sense in terms of some artistes on ur list. For eg, even though artistes from Sade down 2 Tinie Temper gave Nigerian ancestry u can't really classify them as Nigerian artistes because their musical influence genre and influence comes from d Western society n also their of music is made mainly 4 d western market even though we Nigerians/Africans like to forcefeed ourselves with their type of music unlike dem d westerners. Also some of d artistes in ur list like Seal n Taio Cruz don't really like to relate publicly with their naija ancestry, so I wonder why u included them in this list

Obi1kenobi: Fela is Nigeria's greatest music product for me. And Im surprised by how many foreigners I've spoken too (elderly people usually) who know him. In fact, I got into Fela's music because of some white dude and I've been a big fan ever since. Love his arrangements, particularly the various discernible layers he gradually builds into his slow starting songs as more instruments get added to the beat. "Lady" is a perfect example of this genius. The satire of the government and African society in the songs only add to the legend of the great man.

It's amazing how popular Fela Kuti is outside Nigeria. In fact, I had a chat with a Caucasian male who may be in his 50s (give or take) last year who said he has a good number of Fela's albums even though he's never been to Africa or personally knows any African. He even sang some of the tracks.

BlackPikiN:



Lol...
Nneka is higher and way more popular.

This is debatable. Dbanj became more popular after oliver twist was released. I remembered the first time I heard about nneka was on an airfrance continental flight. That girls is good.

Seal was living in Nigeria before he had a quarrel with his mother.,

Tyler,The Creator.

airmark: It seems south west Nigeria has more musical talents than others. Northern part not repping on your list. At least put MI or Iceprince.

I just confirmed That You are a Tribalist! Change ur ways!

airmark: It seems south west Nigeria has more musical talents than others. Northern part not repping on your list. At least put MI or Iceprince.

2face and chamillionaire are notherners.
Psquare are more of notherners; born and brought up in d north.
I even heard d'banj spent some of life in zaria(born there).
So what ar u saying?

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Ich liebe dich: I stil believe they shudnt be on the list they dnt recognize their 'nigerian descent', then why shud we

just wait, when they get 2the age of 60 to 70s.... then they ll remember their fathers land...