Forbes Africa has released their list of Richest
African musicians. The list was put together
using factors such as endorsement value,
popularity, show rates, sales, awards, YouTube
views, appearance in newspapers, investment,
social media presence, Influence and others.

They include:

1. AKON
Akon has over 35 million albums sold
worldwide. He has won numerous awards
including five Grammy Award nominations and
has 45 Billboard Hot 100 songs under his belt.
He tops the list according to Forbes Africa.

2. BLACK COFFEE, SOUTH AFRICA
The multi-award-winning artist’s real name is
Nkosinathi Maphumulo. He was born in South
Africa’s house music province, KwaZulu-Natal
(KZN) and raised in the Eastern Cape province,
where Nelson Mandela hailed from, before
moving back to KZN to study music.

3. HUGH MASEKELA, SOUTH AFRICA
Hugh was born in Witbank, east of
Johannesburg. He has released more than 43
albums and performed with Marvin Gaye, Dizzy
Gillespie, The Byrds, Fela Kuti, Paul Simon,
Stevie Wonder and Miriam Makeba.

4. DON JAZZY, NIGERIA
Don Jazzy is ranked fourth richest in Africa
and also first in Nigeria. Like many artists, his
real name is Michael Collins Ajereh, and he
started playing music as a child in church
before moving to the UK to pursue his career.

5. TINASHE, ZIMBABWE-AMERICAN
Tinashe was a child model by the age of three.
The twenty-four-year-old sang before she
could talk and made her first appearance in
2000 in the film Cora Unashamed. Her voice
also starred in the cartoon feature film The
Polar Express alongside Oscar-winning actor,
Tom Hanks.

6. JIDENNA, NIGERIAN-AMERICAN,
By the age of 10, Jidenna Theodore Mobisson
knew he wanted to do music but was afraid to
tell his father who wanted him to be an
engineer. He is ranked sixth according to
Forbes Africa.

7. WIZKID, NIGERIA
Wizkid is arguably currently the uncrowned king
of African music. Grammy Award-winning
artist, Alicia Keys and husband Swizz Beatz,
danced to his songs Ojuelegba and Caro, with
Keys posting a video on her Instagram account
with the caption, “This song makes me happy”.
Kylie Jenner also posted a video of herself
dancing to Wizkid’s music on Snapchat.

8. DAVIDO, NIGERIA
Davido has claimed a high status in just five
years. He said it was people like P-Square and
D’Banj who made him believe this was
possible. He became famous for his widely
acclaimed 2012 debut album “Omo Baba
Olowo”.

9. SARKODIE, GHANA
Michael Owusu Addo started out as an
underground rapper and through the help of
Duncan Williams, his former manager, his
career was launched. Staying true to his
identity, he is a big advocate of Azonto, a
Ghanaian genre that is said to have been born
out of Kpanlogo, a traditional dance.

His first single off his fourth album, Mewu,
sold almost 4,000 copies on the first day of its
release in Ghana. He was also the first
Ghanaian to win a BET award.

Source : https://naijacrooks.com/2017/05/don-jazzy-wizkid-davido-sarkodie-among-forbes-africas-top-10-richest-african-musician-see-list/

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