Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, better known by his stage name Wizkid, is a Nigerian recording artist, songwriter and performer. He started his musical career at age 11, releasing a collaborative album with Glorious Five entitled Lil Prinz. Wikipedia
Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun also known as Wizkid was
born on July 16th, 1990, Wizkid is a
talented singer, songwriter and performer. He kicked off his singing career at
the early age of 11 when he recorded his first song with one of Nigeria's
celebrated music icons, OJB Jezreel. He went on to record a 7-track album,
which he released in his church in Lagos, under the name of Lil' Prinz; this
was just a stint that earned him a remarkable deal of encouragement and
recognition from family, his church and other artistes.
Babanla has won the world’s attention since coming
into the music industry. wizzy has grown to become one of the forces in the
Nigerian music industry; Wizzy is a songwriter as well as producer. Wizzy got
the world’s attention with his first popular single “Holla at Your Boy“. In
2009, Banky W signed Wizkid to his record label Empire Mates Entertainment and
the rest became history.
Wizkidayo
Wizzy is the CEO of Starboy
International currently working with different International artistes and also
got some signed to his fast rising label includingR2bees, Efya and Mr Eazi, while his still working with LAX and Maleek Berry among others.
Wizkid and R2Bees
Wizkid is currently one of the fastest rising
Nigerian entertainers in the music industry operating from West Africa Lagos
Nigeria to the rest of the world. Wizzy was the first Nigerian act to be
featured on Billboard with his recent collaboration with Canadian doppest act
Drake single "One Dance" song also featured Kayla.
Efya and Wizkid working in the studio
Ever since then Wizzy as fondly called has worked a
lot and also has contributed his quota to the Nigerian Music Industry and all over Africa, he of
cause has a couple achievements since he came into the lime light.
Wizkid "FellaTatoo"
Dont be surprise if you see babanla on Grammy list because his not settling for less, wizzy has been working back to back both in Africa and all over the continent, His present single - Shabba - featuring Top America Super Stars Chris Brown, Trey Songz and French Montana will surely take our Super Star Boy CEO into another level in his career.
Some of Wizkid songs
| Holla at Your Boy Superstar·2011 | Love My Baby Superstar ·2011 | Don’t |
| Dull Superstar·2011 | Caro 2013 | On Top Your
Matter Ayo ·2014 |
| Bombay Ayo ·2014b| Show You the
Money Ayo · 2014 |
| In My Bed Ayo ·2014 | Jaiye Jaiye Ayo 2014 |
| Ojuelegba Ayo ·2014 | Final 2015 |
| Shabba 2016 |
List of Wizkid's Awards, Year and Category
With a huge pile of awards, Wizkid is unarguably one
of the biggest acts from Africa. Check out his list of awards below…… 1. 2013
Channel O Music Video Awards – Most Gifted Video of the Year – ‘Azonto’
2. 2013 Ghana Music Awards – African Artiste of the
Year
3. 2013 City People Entertainment Awards – Musician
of the Year
4. 2013 The Future Awards – Musician of the Year BET
Awards
5. 2012 – Best International Act: Africa Headies
6. 2012 – Artiste of the Year, Hip Hop World
Revelation of the year
7. Nigeria Entertainment Awards – Best Album of the
Year for Superstar, Best Pop/R&B Artiste of the Year
8. 2012 MOBO Awards – Best African Act
9. 2011 Dynamix All Youth Awards – Artiste of the
Year
10. 2011 Nigeria Entertainment Awards – Best New Act
of the Year
11. 2011 The Headies – Next Rated
12. 2011 City People Entertainment Awards – Best New
Male Artiste
13. 2011 Dynamix All Youth Awards – Promising
Artiste of the Year…
14. 2015 MAMA
15. 2015 MOBO Awards – Best African Act
16. 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards – Male Artiste
of the Year
17. 2014 NEA – Best Music Video of the Year
18. 2014 Africa Muzik Magazine Awards – Best Male
West Africa Artiste of the Year
19. 2014 City People Entertainment Awards – Musician
of the Year & Most Popular Song of the Year.
20. 2014 World Music Awards – World’s Best Live Act,
World’s Best Male Artiste, World’s Best Song
21. 2013 – The Headies – Best Music Video, Best
Collabo
22. 2013 NMVA – Best Afro Beat Video
23. 2013 – MTV Europe Music Awards – Best African
Act
24. 2013 – MOBO Awards – Best African Act
25. 2013 NEA – Best Pop/R&B Artiste of the Year
26. 2013 MTV Europe Music Awards – Best African Act
27. 2013 Most Gifted West African Video of the Year
28. 2012 The Headies – Album of the Year NEA
29. 2012 – Hottest Single of the Year, Best Music
Video of the Year,
30. 2012 Ghana Music Awards – African Artiste of the
Year
31. 2012 NMVA Best Afro Pop Video
32. 2012 Channel O Music Video Awards – Most Gifted
Newcomer Video
33. 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards 2011 The Headies –
Best Pop Single
Wizkid and Davido are the two Nigerian singer. Which one of them is the richest and most popular? Are you eager to find out more interesting facts about celebrities, their lifestyle and career? Then we are ready to share this information with you. Today we are going to compare two popular Nigeria big stars. We will observe any possible detail, concerning Wizkid X Davido. Wizkid X Davido These two artsites giants are not only prominent by themselves. They also have some tracks, recorded together. However, today we are going to observe them separately. We will look at the awards, money, songs, and fans. Wizkid a.k.a Star Boy This Nigerian singer is extremely talented. His career started when he was a little 11-year-old boy. He was born in Nigeria in 1990. Nowadays he is a prominent recording artist, performer, and songwriter. His earliest album was released in 2001. It was collaborative with Glorious Five band and was called Lil Prinz. He became widely known i
DB records boss, D’banj who caused a frenzy in the digital space, after news broke that he secretly got married, has come out to say his marital status is nobody’s business. While addressing his marital status, the singer said his private life was nobody’s concern and pleaded with the public to keep his family life private. “My marriage is my business and it is none of your business. Whether I am married or not, mind your business. If you ever see a wedding ring on my finger, fine, but if you don’t, fine. The truth about it is that it is very important to know what you want as a brand. As a brand, I wanted to focus on the business side and keep my family and private life, private and concentrate on CREAM.” D’banj said The singer, who seemed adamant about not revealing his marital status, further gave an insight into his new initiative, CREAM, which stands for Creative Reality Entertainment Arts Music. “CREAM covers the whole entertainment creative industry. The thought
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