*Nobody comes close to Olamide in Nigerian music industry*

In world football, two great players, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo competed at the top for a whole decade, sharing the Ballon D'Or between each other, but in the Nigerian music industry, if there's a Ballon D'Or to be won by an artist, only one man stand out amongst all others, and his name is Olamide.

Olamide Adedeji, the man who stepped into the music industry 10 years ago with his debut album, Rap-sodi (Rap upside down) while shouting Eni Duro and just recently released his 10th Album, UY Scuti, precisely 10 years later, calmly saying, "make we rock".

With his discography and everything he has achieved so far, Olamide is that artist that nobody can compete with.

Forget about the hype we give other excellent artists in Nigeria, Olamide is that artist that will easily outshine every other artist in the industry

This is not an exergeration or trying to over hype Olamide, the facts are just there for to see.

While there are many great artists in Nigeria, currently making us proud around the world, Baddo as he his fondly called is Nigeria's all round best artist in this past decade.

In May 2021, an online media platform, Legit.ng conducted a poll to choose artist of the decade in Nigeria, listing Wizkid, Davido and Burnaboy as the nominee.

However, while voters choose Wizkid as artist of the decade amongst the 3 shortlisted by the platform, majority of other voters ask the media platform to take off Burnaboy and replace him with Olamide.

If Olamide is on the list, I have no doubt that he would probably be the choice of majority of the people.

Similarly, some times in 2020, during the covid 19 lock down in Nigeria, several entertainment platforms on now suspended social media platform, Twitter started pitching artists and record labels against each other in #hits4hits and in one of such comparison, Olamide's YBNL label was pitched against Davido's DMW by NotJustOk.com.

But guess what, out of the 10 hit songs pitched against each other from both labels, Olamide's YBNL won 8 and Davido's DMW won only 2.

This is to tell you how much Olamide's impact is felt in the industry.

We can all be hyping our preferred artists, but when it comes to facts, derived from impact and value, not many can be compared to Olamide.

As I have noted earlier, Olamide is Nigeria's all round best artist in this past decade.

When the debate is about best record label in Nigeria, Olamide's YBNL will only compete with Don Jazzy's Mavin and either of the two will emerge, depending on the preference of the individual.

When the the debate is about best rapper in Nigeria, Olamide will only compete with MI and Vector and Baddo will easily emerge, irrespective of the criteria.

When the the debate is about the best artist in Nigeria, Olamide will only compete with Wizkid and Davido and any of them will emerge, depending on the preference of individuals.

Olamide may not be that artist that is strongly pushed in the corporate media, nor one that get himself involved in unnecessary controversy, nonetheless, his quality cannot be relegated.

If we are considering an artist that has raised more music stars in the industry, Olamide has no comparison.

If we are talking about an artist with the highest number of hit records, Olamide can only compete with Wizkid, Tubaba and probably Psquare.

If it is about the number of Albums, no one come close actually. The likes of Brymo and few others may come behind.

In all, irrespective of what the debate is all about, Olamide will always top the chart.

With the release of a new Album, UY Scuti, which is already topping the chart despite the shift in style and mode of delivery, Olamide is still re-asserting his legendary status as the man sitting on the throne.

Abdulrazaq Hamzat is not an entertaiment writer.

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