Tier 3 · vertical & regional
May D
Person · male · Nigeria · Lagos State · born 1984
Nigerian singer
Timeline
1 events◦ Birth 1
1980s
Biography
English biography173 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1372490898
Biography
Akinmayokun Awodumila (born 28 December 1984), popularly known as May D, is a Nigerian singer. He was formally signed to R&B duo P-Square's record label Square Records.
Biography
May D was born Akinmayokun Awodumila in Lagos into a family of seven. He attended the University of Lagos, where he studied mass communication.
He rose to stardom in the same year he got signed to the label Square Records, in 2011. On 21 August 2012, it was officially announced that May D was no longer in the label, as stated by Premium Times news.
On 13 May 2011, May D released his first single "Soundtrack" via the label Square Records. The music video, directed by Clarence Peters, was released on 12 January 2012. The video originally had over 10 million views on their YouTube channel before being deleted by the label. On 25 September 2012, May D founded an independent record label known as Confam Entertainment. On 18 July 2020, May D announced on his Twitter handle that he had signed with Davido Music Worldwide.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put May D head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:May_D.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27656673genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27656673seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Dbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_D
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Nigerian musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: NdaniTV · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q27656673 · MusicBrainz: 716325ce-2df7-4af1-ada2-d6a96be340a0
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