Top 20 Richest Musicians In Nigeria AndTheir Net Worth

Music has been paying heavily in Nigeria
for the past ten years. No wonder
average Nigerian youths sees music as
the quick means to wealth and fame.
Why not! When a good number of
artistes have risen from nothing to
something over the years, enjoying
wealth that can only be imagined by
average people.
The question is Who is the richest among
these musicians and how much are they
worth?
In music, your popularity determines
your worth, you don’t make poo if you
are not popular.
How do we determine the popularity of
an artiste? Do not let their noises or that
of their fans deafen your ears, some
aren’t worth that much, while some
worth so much.
The number one means of knowing how
popular a musician or music is, is by
checking out it’s YouTube stat.
If you are popular, it will show on your
YouTube views, no manipulation.
And if you have a great stat on YouTube,
you are a great artiste, making good
money.
Another means is through awards but
since most music awards are heavily
manipulated, we are going to skip
awards and use other means such as
endorsement and ability to pull crowed
and command good appearance fee. Self
promotion isn’t gonna count in this
rating.
Here I present to you the top 20 richest
musicians in Nigeria and their estimated
net worth.
This list is the most detailed and most
accurate you can find anywhere on the
internet. Enjoy!
20. Patoranking – This guy is making
name for himself in the music industry
in Nigeria and it’s not surprising that he
made the top 20 richest musicians in
Nigeria despite that it’s not been quite
long since he breaks into the limelight.
His hit song (Girlie O) featuring Tiwa
Savage has grossed over 4 million views
on YouTube as the time this article was
being written. Patoranking’s net worth is
estimated to be – N350,000,000
19. Olamide – One of the craziest rapper
in Nigeria and Africa. So crazy he called
himself Badoo. Olamide has built name
and fortune for himself in the music
industry in Nigeria. Right from the first
day I heard him first song, I knew he was
gonna make it in the music industry.
His song with the highest YouTube views
is “Eleda Mi” with 1.2 million views. He
was able to over take Patoranking due to
the fact he has multiple single with
collective views of more than 5million.
He is believed be to be the mastermind
behind the rise of Shoki. Olamide’s
current net worth is put at –
N560,000,000
18. Chidinma Ekile – Chidinma has one
thing going for her – she is extremely
likeable.
That alone has skyrocketed her take
home performance fees and worth to an
enviable position.
From a mere contestant in MTN Project
Fame to a household name in Nigeria,
Chidinma has created wealth that her
peers could only dream about.
Her biggest video to date is “Kedike”
with 1.2 million YouTube hit, followed
by “Oh Baby” featuring Falvour with
600,000 views. And collective views of
about 5 million. Chidinma’s net worth is
put at – N572,000,000
17. Duncan Mighty – He has refused to step
an inch away from the Niger Delta oil.
With unique beats, superior voice
quality, and dance step to match, Duncan
Mighty is considered one of the most
successful artistes ever come out of the
Niger Delta.
He most popular song on YouTube.com is
“Obianuju” and “Port Harcourt Boy”
which has collective views of 3.1 million.
With strong affiliation to the Niger Delta
politicians, Duncan mighty is estimated
to worth – N700,000,000.
16. Yemi Alade – How she made it? I don’t
know, but she is currently the biggest
female musician in Nigeria after Tiwa
Savage and may overtake Tiwa in a
couple of years if not months.
The first day I heard “Jonny” played in
my car by one of the Nigerian F.M
Station, I knew something serious was
about to hit us.
Yemi currently has the most successful
and most popular music video by any
African female artiste on YouTube. The
total views for “JONNY” as at this time is
13,435,171. Yemi Alade’s current net
worth is N820 million.
15. Ice Prince – He broke into the limelight
with “Oleku” featuring Brymo which
currently has 3.1 million views on
YouTube.
Ice Prince Zamani is one of the finest
rapper in Nigeria. To me, he is better
than M.I in terms of flow.
Few days ago, the picture of when he
was younger and hustling hit the
internet and you can see how far she has
been transformed from a naive young
boy to a world class superstar! Ice prince
net worth is – N870,000,000.
14. Phyno – The only hardcore rapper I’ve
ever seen in Africa. He does it like no
other, providing new dimension to rap
music in Nigeria.
Phyno is to the Igbos what Olamide is for
Yorubas but he does it in a completely
different fashion.
So good that rap haters like me is forced
to like rap music.
Phyno is a genius. Everyone wants to
collaborate with Phyno for good reasons.
He is hot in the market. Phyno’s net
worth is put at – N900,000,000.
13. Tiwa Savage – Welcome the queen of
music in Nigeria, the sexy mama, the
first lady of Mavins Record! Tiwa Savage
is among the very few Nigerian artistes
whose average video is grossing over 1
million on YouTube. She currently has
about five videos with more than a
million views each. Eminado is currently
doing 7+ million.
Her net worth is – N970,000,000 and
may soon crossover to billion in this
rating within the next couple of months.
12. KCee – Currently making serious wave
in the Nigerian music scene, KCee,
formerly a member of the KCPresh is one
of the most fortunate guys in the
industry. He picked the right beat at the
right time, and the rest has become
history.
His hit songs “Limpopo” and “Pull Over”
are currently on 14.5 million views
collectively on YouTube. KCee net worth
is – N983,000,000
11. M.I – Regarded as the most successful
rap artiste ever in Africa, M.I has built a
reputation that will be too difficult for
anyone to surmount. He is among the
major stakeholders in Chocolate City
Records and is credited with the rise to
fame of Ice Prince Zamani.
For the sake of the record label and the
stars that came through it, we are placing
MI at number 11 on this list. His current
net worth is – N988,000,000.
10. Timaya – Timaya’s vocal power is
unmatched in the industry. He is one
one the best and probably the most
successful music star ever come out of
the Niger Delta area. Far more successful
than Daniel Wilson and others. He is
truly the “Egberi Papa 1 of Bayelsa”.
One of his hit track “Sanko” is about to
hit 2 million views while his biggest hit
“Bum Bum” featuring Sean Paul has
already grossed over 16 million on
YouTube. Timaya net worth is –
N1.1billion
09. Banky W – Two best music videos ever
done in Nigeria to his credit (Lagos Party
and Wizkid’s Holla at ur Boy) and a
serious record label of his own, Banky W
is surely a force to reckon with in the
Music business in Nigeria.
From Etisalat to Samsung, he has the
knack to land juicy endorsement deals
anytime. Started with a copycat of
Rihanna’s song, he graduated to
international superstar, doing original
songs and winning awards. Banky W net
worth is – N1.8 billion.
08. Wizkid – From a backup [like] artiste
to Banky W, Wizkid was transformed
into international mega star by just one
music video – Holla at ur Boi! That video
created the defining moment in his
career and today, he is the Wizkid you
and I know.
Widely regarded as the Austine Bieber of
Nigeria, Wizkid one of the stars in the
industry that many upcoming artistes
look up to, to be just like him. What he
lacks in vocal talent, he makes up in
personality appeal. Wizkid net worth is –
N2.3 billion.
07. Iyanya – From a hungry project fame
ex-winner to international famous
superstar within the space of three years.
Iyanya has shown that if you want to be
successful in Nigeria, give them what
they want and you will be blessed with
wealth.
Iyanya’s hit song (“Kukere” complete
with it’s one unique dance step)
currently has more than 15 million views
on YouTube. His net worth is – N2.5
billion.
06. Davido – What he lacks in physical
appeal, he makes up with great vocal
talent – the twisted version of Wizkid.
Davido is one musician in Nigeria that I
so much like his vocal talent, he is a
singer and song maker extraordinaire.
His two songs “Aye” and “Gobe” are
currently having 15 million and 11
million respectively on YouTube. Son of
a politician and business man, Davido’
net worth is – N2.9 billion.
05. Tu Face – The one everyone respects
in the industry. Tu Face has become the
present day legend in African pop
culture. By the time he hangs his
trumpet, he will be studied in
universities across Africa. African Queen
remains his biggest hit ever, meaning
that this legend lives largely in the past
glory
He has not been able to do another song
more popular than the famous African
Queen or even close to it’s popularity.
But what he lacks in hit songs, he makes
up in reproduction, building future
generation of Idibias. Tu Face net worth
is – N4.5 billion.
04. D’Banj – From life in the streets of The
United Kingdom to MoHit and one of the
biggest superstar Nigeria has ever seen.
D’Banj has proved that what you need to
become successful is in you. You don’t
need to look for it elsewhere, it’s within
you.
His biggest song ever is the last song
produced by Don Jazzy, Oliver Twist. It
dethroned P-Square’s songs temporally
in 2013 as the highest viewed Nigerian
song on YouTube before Personally from
P-Square reclaimed the number one
spot. D’Banj net worth is – N5 billion.
03. Flavour – Virtually every artistes in
the industry has featured Flavour in the
songs. His vocal ability is unrivaled.
He is one of the very best the industry
has ever seen. From the moment he
picked up the guitar, you now he is
destined to the top.
Flavour Nabalia is one like no other and
no one could mimic him successfully no
matter how hard you try. He is the one
and only Flavour, and after him there
may be no other Flavour.
He has everything going for him. His
physical appeal, pure vocal talent, and
mastery of the music instruments,
Flavour is everything others desires to
be. His current net worth is – N5.7
billion
02. Don Jazzy – The only musician in this
list with no song to call his own. Yet, he
command so much respect and money
that even the best in the industry dare
not ask who is he.
Don Jazzy is builder, a producer
extraordinaire and industry pacesetter.
Whatever thing he lays his hands on
becomes gold. He produced D’Banj to
international superstar, and when
D’Banj left, he produced other
superstars.
Dorobucci, Eminado, Sulurere, Banana –
these are are some of the major hits he
produced after the MoHit saga. Don
Jazzy net worth is – N7 billion.
01. P-Square – No one does it like P-
Square in the music industry in Nigeria!
When you think they’ve done their best,
they come up with something completely
different.
They have no competition, they only
compete with themselves. Outside Akon,
P-Square is the biggest music stars ever
come out of Africa – dead or alive!
You may ask, how about Fela, Ndiaye,
Lucky Dube, Blenda Fassie, and Awilo
Logomba? Well, they are all legends of
music in Africa but when it comes to
earning and popularity allover Africa,
they are no match to P-Square with all
due respect. This is based on facts and
figures.
Pick up the all times African top 10 music
video on YouTube, P-Square alone has 5,
leaving the other 5 for the entire artistes
in Africa to share!
Chop my money = 24 million+.
Do me = 14 million+.
Personally = 35 million+.
Beautiful Onyinye = 21 million+.
Alingo = 7 million+.
The only celebrities in the Nigerian
entertainment industry that has mansion
in Banana Island. They are the Cristiano
Ronaldo and Lionel Messi of African
music.
The only artistes in Africa you can not
book with less than $100,000. P-Square
net worth is – N25.6 billion.