Africans are household name in music, most of the richest African musicians are featured on the Forbes magazine.

The list is based on how much they charge per show, endorsement deals, investment, and also how popular they are in Africa and the world at large.

Here are the top 10 richest musicians in Africa and their net worth in 2020 in descending order.
(10) Hugh Masekela (South Africa)



Hugh Masekela was a south African trumpeter, flugelhornist, singer, cornetist and composer who has been described as the father of Jazz in South African. Even though he is late Masekela is still worth some chunk of money. He has released over sixty albums and won the international award by the BBC Jazz awards in 2002, also he won the legend award by MTV base music awards in 2016. Masekela has been nominated for Grammy awards for three consecutive times. In 2019 Google decided to honor his music legacy of Hugh Maseleka with Google doodle for his 80th birthday.
Net worth of Hugh Masekela
Hugh Masekela is number ten on our list of ten richest African musician with an estimated net worth of $1.5 Million,

(9) Tinashe (Zimbabwean-American)



Tinashe is the female on our list and she is the richest musician in Zimbabwe. Tinashe was born on February 6th, 1993 in Kentucky, U.S.A. she is a singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, and actress who happens to be a citizen of Zimbabwe.

She started her career in playing a role in children’s films cartoons and animated films. She was a member of all-girls’ group dancers and singers called the stunners between 2007 and 2011.

Tinashe is signed to Roc Nation record label and formerly to RCA records, she has released numerous songs and mixtapes which peaked at number 58 on the Billboard 200 chart and reached number 6 on the UK R&B album charts. She has won music artist of the year in Zimbabwe achievers award U.S.A.
Net worth of Tinashe
Tinashe is number nine on our list of ten richest African musicians with an estimated net worth of $6 million.

(8.) Shatta Wale (Ghana)



Shatta Wale is a Ghanaian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was born on 17th October 1985 in Accra Ghana. In 2019 Shatta wale was featured on Beyonce’s Lion king The Gift Album alongside other top African musicians.

Shatta wale is the brand ambassador of Guinness Brew in Ghana, Rush Energy drink among other
Net worth of Shatta wale
Shatta wale is number eight on our list of ten richest African musicians with an estimated net worth of $6.2Million.

(7) Jidenna (Nigerian- American)

Jidenna Theodore Mobisson is a Nigerian American rapper born on May 4th, 1985 in Wisconsin, the United States to a Nigerian father and an American mother.

Jidenna is a rapper, singer, songwriter and a record producer, he is currently signed to Janelle monáe’s Wonderland Records label and distributed through Epic Records.

Jidenna was been nominated for Grammy Awards in 2016 and won four awards on the Soul Train Music Awards which includes some of the year and best dance performance awards nominee

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