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These women have proved that what a man can do, a woman can do more and even better. As we all know we have a lot of the richest female musicians among musicians of Nigeria and they earn significant royalties for their job right now. We all derive joy in listening to Nigerian female musicians and eagerly wait for their new songs as they all are talented and famous.
The means used in calculating these top Nigerian female artiste net worth is not just their musical career, but the deals and endorsement accrued to them. These females have really worked hard to get to where they are today, and they are really enjoying the fame. These female musicians are arranged in no particular order.
1. Tiwa Savage
Tiwa Savage is not just a good singer with an incredible voice, but also a professional song writer. In 2012, she joined Don jazzy’s Mavin records. Her first hit that welcomed her into the game was “kele kele love” and it was able to scale through to Nigeria music charts.
She has also collaborated with many artiste which include Don Jazzy, Reekado Banks, Dr Sid, Korede Bello, and Di’ja. Major hits like “Eminado” and “Love Me” has improved not only her bank account but also her music career. Tiwa has been present in a number of international shows and is brand ambassador to a number of companies, like Konga, Pepsi, Forte Oil and Maggi. She is said to be the richest female musician in Nigeria for 2019.
2. Yemi Alade
Yemi Eberechi Alade was born on 13th March 1989 in Abia state and rose to stardom after she released her biggest hit track “Johnny”. Yemi Alade rose to stardom when she won The Peak Talent Show in 2009, prior to the show she released her first single titled “Fimisile”.
She is one Nigerian artist that has managed to build a huge fan base on YouTube as she gets million of views on her music videos. She has also released some dope tracks like “kissing”, Take over,Tangerine. She won many awards which include ELOY Award in 2013 and has also won the best Female Award at the MTV African Music Awards.
Yemi Alade is a brand ambassador for some big Nigerian companies such as CloseUp Toothpaste, an Online Jewelry store, Bland2Glam, Barcadi Breezer and owns a jewelry line called Yemi Alade collections.
3. Chidinma Ekile
Chidinma Ekile also known as Miss Kedike has a spot on the list of the top 10 richest female musicians in Nigeria 2019.
She’s a Nigerian Singer and song writer. Chidinma was born in 1991 and her fame began after she won the third season of the MTN Project Fame West Africa in 2010, thereafter she released her singles “Jankoliko”and “kedike”. This latter song made it possible for her to win the Kora Awards for Best Female West Africa Act. This” kedike” crooner, has signed in multi million deal with MTN.
4. Omawumi
Omawumi’s birth name is Omawumi Megbele,she is a Nigerian musician,song writer and an actress. Omawumi started her singing career in 2007 after she was voted as the 1st runner-up for Idol West Africa Competition. Her music career got a big boost from her very first single titled “In the Music”, although she has also released other songs.
She is one artiste who dropped her law certificate for music and shot to limelight with her performance in reality show West African Idols. She is a brand ambassador for some huge Nigerian companies like Malta Guinness, Mortein, Konga.com and Globacom.
5. Seyi Shay
Deborah Oluwaseyi Joshua well known as Seyi Shay returned from UK to Nigeria in 2011 before releasing the two hit songs “Loving your way” and “No le le” and in 2013, she released “Irawo”,”chante” etc. She was born on 21st December 1985 and raised in London. She is a Nigerian singer and songwriter.
The talented musician has written three songs for the soundtrack to Konami’s video game. She has signed many endorsement deals with Etisalat, Bacardi Breezer, and the most recent deal with Pepsi and is also one of the ambassadors of the phone brand – Gionee.
6. Asa:
Her stage name is Asa, but her real name is Bukola Elemide. She has dual citizenship as a Nigerian-French musician but she grew up in a small town near Lagos. She made her debut in 2009 when she released songs like Jailer, Eye Adaba, Fire on the Mountain and so on. Subsequently she had released quite a number of songs and also signed an endorsement deal with GTBank that is worth millions of naira.
7. Waje
Aituaje Aina Ebele popularly known as Waje is also one of the best and richest female musicians in Nigeria. She was born on 1st of September 1981 and was featured in Psquare hit singles “Do Me”. She was also a judge on the reality show – The Voice Nigeria and signed a mouth watering endorsement deal with telecommunication giant, GLO.
8. Simi
One can’t help but notice the tiny voice of our celebrity sweetheart, Simi. Simisola “Simi” Ogunleye is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. Simi started her career as a gospel singer, releasing her debut studio album in 2008 titled Ogaju. Her career came into spotlight in 2014 after she released “Tiff”, a song which was nominated in two categories at The Headies 2015 and further brought her to mainstream recognition. Simi is currently signed to X3M Music under which she released her second studio album Simisola.
There you have it folks, the top Nigerian female musicians who are amazing at singing.
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