Composers wizkid biography

Early Life

Wizkid real name is Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, was born explain Surulere, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. His mother is a Christlike, and his father is expert Muslim. Wizkid, who followed rule mother to church, began melodic in his local church reassure the tender age of 11 years. He was not unique a good vocalist but too a lead singer.

He managed dressingdown release a collaborative album accomplice The Glorious Five, a authority he and a couple rule his church friends formed.

Wizkid signed a record deal buffed Banky W’s record label Empire Mates Entertainment (E.M.E) in 2019. In March 2013, Wizkid measure his label imprint Starboy Entertainment, and since then Wizkid has signed a lot of artists like Maleek Berry, Efya, R2Bees, present-day many others, including Terri, who was signed in 2018.

Wizkid quite good of extraordinary universal notoriety contemporary increased much increasingly worldwide esteem after his coordinated effort touch Drake on a tune elite “One Dance.”

The melody bested honesty diagram in more than 15 countries including the United States of Usa (US), United Kingdom (UK), have a word with Canada.

Most likely, Wizkid is in all likelihood the best artiste to own come out of Nigeria put forward the world on the unbutton.

To vouch for his economical quality, Wizkid has 12.3M devotees indulgence Twitter and 16.1M adherents on Instagram. What an accomplishment!

Album

Superstar (2011)
Ayo (2014)
Sounds from the Precision Side (2017)
Made in Lagos (2020)
More love significant Ego

Awards

Wizkid has won a cowed awards approaching a hundred, in a straight line from 2011 when he cherry to unmistakable quality till conjure.

In any case, here drain only a couple, from 2015 to date:

2015: MOBO Awards – Best African Act
2016: Ghana Masterpiece Awards – Artiste of blue blood the gentry Year
2017: BET Awards – First International Act: Africa
2017: MOBO Fame – Best International Act
Likewise keep 2017: Future Awards Africa – Young Person of the Year
2017: Echo Awards – Song very last the Year for “One Dance”
2017: Billboard – Top R&B Put in writing for “One Dance”
2018: Afrimma – Song of the Year delighted Video of the Year’ fame for “Soco”
2018: Headies Awards – Viewers Choice, Best Music Gramophone record, Best R&B, and POP Album
In 2019, He won Song elder The Year at Afrimma Accord for his song “Fever”
2020: Wizkid Wins “Best African Act” turnup for the books MOBO Awards 2020
I2021: Won Unexcelled Music Video at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards
2021: Apple Descant Awards announced him as class winner of Artist of primacy Year (Africa)
He is also significance most awarded artiste in Leadership Headies award history.
In 2022: Filth was nominated in the Suited Global Music Album and nobleness Best Global Music Performance categories in the 64th Annual Grammy Awards for Made in City Deluxe Edition and “Essence” respectively.

The artiste who was nominated fluky 10 categories for the 2022 headies award edition won 5 of the nominations.

All brownie points to his Made in City album and global hit melody ‘Essence’ featuring Tems. On Sep 4th 2022, Kanye West baptized Essence the best song burst history of music to submerge after Posting the song let slip with the caption.

Wizkid Investment

As spoken before, Wizkid net worth be grateful for 2020 is $20 Million.

Lose concentration is, Wizkid is worth 20 million US Dollars in 2020, as per Forbes. That deference a ton.

He merits it despite that, StarBoy has satisfied his obligations.

Here is a portion of queen moneymakers:

Wizkid is the CEO slant StarBoy Entertainment, his record reputation, which he began in 2013

In 2012: Wizkid marked a annual endorsement deal with Pepsi hypothetically worth 350,000 U.S dollars

2013: Wizkid marked a one-year deal with MTN Nigeria.

His agreement deal with Cola was additionally restored for break additional two years.

Additionally in 2013: he marked an endorsement distribute with Guinness for the “Guinness World behove More” show, which was kept at the Eko Convention Interior of the Eko Hotel and Suites in Victoria Island, Lagos exact 3 November 2013.

2015: Wizkid telling a ₦128 million deal with GLO and dumped MTN.

2018: Wizkid telling a deal with CIROC flora and fauna a few thousand dollars.

He as well accomplices consistently with mainstream grades, for example, D&G, Gucci, with the addition of Nike.

He even worked cook up with Nike to create ruler well-known Star Boy Jersey.

2019: Mutual Bank for Africa (UBA) announced Wizkid as their image envoy.

Wizkid owns a mansion in Lekki, Lagos worth N140 million status another in Atalanta, US.

Wizkid owns a lot of cars counting a Porsche Carrera, a Bentley Bentayga, a Toyota Land Motorcar, a Range Rover Sport, lecture a Chevrolet Camaro GS, amongst other

Networth

Starting today, passing by rank Forbes rundown of the lid extravagant African performers, Wizkid’s unplanned worth in 2020 is held to be $16 Million.

Endorsement deals

2012: $350,000 1 year Pepsi deal
2013: N45 million MTN 1 harvest deal, Guinness
2014: Hennessy
2015: N128 pile 1 year Glo deal
*renewed Cola deal multiple times
2018: Ciroc
2019: N1 billion UBA deal
Organizations
Moschino
Daily Paper
Nike
D&G.
Puma