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Ninho
Person · male · France · Longjumeau · born 1996
French rapper
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Also known as 尼尼奥
Timeline
1990s
Biography
Biography
William Nzobazola better known by his stage name Ninho (French pronunciation: [niɲo]; born 2 April 1996) is a French rapper and singer.
Early life
William Nzobazola grew up in Nemours, in Seine-et-Marne. His parents are Congolese. His father was Congolese singer Serge Kiambukuta. Ninho started rapping at the age of 12. He has credited American artists T.I., Gucci Mane, and Young Thug as early influences on his hip hop career.
Career
From 2013 to 2016, Ninho released three mixtapes: Ils sont pas au courant Vol. 1 (2013), En attendant I.S.P.A.C 2 (Ils sont pas au courant 2, 2014) and I.S.P.A.C 2 (2016). On 26 October 2016, he released M.I.L.S (Maintenant ils le savent) which is certified Platinum, selling over 100,000 copies in France and reaching the #11 spot on the SNEP chart. Ninho then released five studio albums: Comme prévu (2017), M.I.L.S 2.0 (2018), Destin (2019), M.I.L.S 3.0 (2020), Jefe (2021), NI (2023). In February 2023, Ninho counted exactly 150 Gold singles, 82 Platinum singles, and 45 Diamond singles.
Singles
- Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
Featured in
- Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
Other charting songs
- Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
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 | 8,317,944 | 23.4th |
| 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 | 3 | 80.4th |
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 Ninho head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | 8,317,944 | 23.4th |
| 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 | 3 | 80.4th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Festival_des_Vieilles_Charrues_2022_-_Ninho_-_004.jpgpopularity—kworb.net · no licence published · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://kworb.net/spotify/listeners.htmlcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41789930genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41789930seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninhobiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninho
Why this artist is in the database
- Spotify monthly listeners (kworb.net) — rank #1680 · 8,317,944
Ninho
- List of hip-hop musicians
Tier rule: notable long tail (listeners 8,317,944, 7 language versions)
Image: Fab_Photo_29 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q41789930 · MusicBrainz: 41fe37a6-f4bb-4340-9c14-e2c8e5d854f1
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