In times past, Nigerian parents never allow their children dream of becoming a performing artist. You dare not harbour such thoughts; talk more of discussing it with your parents. You would certainly be flogged till the spirit of music leaves your body. Many parents want their kids to be in a school where they’d learn to become a Medical Doctor or a Lawyer and some other nice professions.

In recent times, music has become one of the surest ways to earn a good fortune for yourself and family. Music pay than white-collar jobs these days – no argument. We have witnessed a lot of musicians who had B.Sc., even some with M.Sc. but still doing music full time.

Some of our Nigerian artistes have made it big time, and they rank higher (than others) on the list of Richest Nigerian Artistes. The metric for the placement in this list is the estimated net worth value (a realistic measure of wealth) of the artists.

If you can’t find your favourite artist on the list, there are two solutions. It is either you buy more of their works, visit all their pay shows or your favourite artist double his/her efforts to be in the ears of many music-loving Nigerians.

[s]Below is the list of Top 10 Richest Nigerian Musicians[/s]

10. Timaya

Ekperipapa 1 of Bayelsa Timaya is one of Nigeria’s top ten richest musicians. The dancehall king net worth comes from heavy booking fees, brand endorsement and music sales. Timaya is a brand ambassador to Glo Telecoms and Hennessy X. O. Cognac. His estimated net worth is about ₦1.1 Billion Naira

9. Iyanya

Iyanya who hails from Cross River State hit stardom after he came top in the maiden edition of MTN project fame. After that first shot at fame subsided, he bounced back with one of the biggest hit songs in the history of Nigerian Music, ‘Kukere’. Iyanya has been a brand ambassador to MTN, Solo phones, Dunes Nigeria and Cross River State tourism. Iyanya’s estimated net worth is put at ₦1.8 Billion Naira.

8. 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 an ambassador to many multinational corporations and most importantly, the co-founder of EME records. All these and much more put his total estimated net worth at ₦2.3 Billion Naira.

7. Flavour

Chinedu Okoli popularly known as Flavour is not only Nigeria’s king of contemporary highlife music, his fame runs across 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 bagged many endorsement deals, one notably with NBC (Nigerian Breweries Company). The singer is valued at an estimated net worth of ₦2.5 Billion Naira.

6. Wizkid

Star boy Wizkid who has been a big sensation on the Nigerian music scene cuts big checks! He is one artist that doesn’t run short of endorsement deals because of his apparent marketability, from MTN to Glo, Pepsi etc. Wizkid who is now a bonafide Sony Music act charges heavy fees to perform at shows. Wizkid is also the CEO of StarBoy Worldwide, his own music label with signed acts like Mr Eazi and Efya of Ghana. He is worth and estimated net of ₦2.8 Billion Naira. His new Sony Music deal excluded.


Read more about the remaining 5 here: http://www.rapportnaija.com/2017/03/top-10-richest-musicians-in-nigeria.html

No female made the list?

soulfood:
No female made the list?

how do you think they would Btw where is Mr Ronaldo aka tatti billion fah akantt