Artists from Nigeria

207 published artists from Nigeria, led by Burna Boy, Tems and Rema. The list below shows the 120 most famous.

At a glance

207 published artists from Nigeria; 323 studio albums have verified cover art.

Published artists5 tier 1 · 3 tier 2 · 199 tier 3: 207
Release groups: 1,323
Studio albums: 406
Albums with cover artverified Cover Art Archive: 323
Timeline events: 828
Monthly listenerssum across artists: 202.9M
Average career spanfirst to last dated release: 13.7 years
Full biographies: 118
Biography words: 172,836

When they started

Debut decade from each artist's earliest dated release. Most debuts fell in the 2010s (48 artists).

Artists by debut decade
Decade	Artists
1950s	2
1960s	1
1970s	5
1980s	8
1990s	7
2000s	15
2010s	48
2020s	20

101 artists have no dated release or formation year and are not plotted.

Genres in Nigeria

Top 8 genres by artist count. hip-hop is the most common, with 46 artists.

Covers from Nigeria

323 studio albums have verified cover art. The 12 shown come from the most famous artists.

No Sign of Weakness
Burna Boy · 2025
I Told Them…
Burna Boy · 2023
Love, Damini
Burna Boy · 2022
Twice as Tall
Burna Boy · 2020
African Giant
Burna Boy · 2019
Outside
Burna Boy · 2018
Redemption
Burna Boy · 2016
On a Spaceship
Burna Boy · 2015
L.I.F.E: Leaving an Impact for Eternity
Burna Boy · 2013
Best of Burn Series, Vol. 1
Burna Boy · 2011
Born in the Wild
Tems · 2024
HEIS
Rema · 2024

Leaders

Fela Kuti has the most release groups (117); Fela Kuti the longest career (61 years); Wizkid the most awards (36).

Most prolific

Most prolific, by number of release groups
Artist	release groups
Fela Kuti	117
Skepta	93
Dr. Alban	77
Burna Boy	64
Wizkid	61

Longest careers

first to last dated release

Longest careers, by number of years
Artist	years
Fela Kuti	61
Babatunde Olatunji	50
Tony Allen	50
Christy Essien-Igbokwe	46
King Sunny Adé	42

Most decorated

Most decorated, by number of awards
Artist	awards
Wizkid	36
Burna Boy	22
D'banj	14
Ali Nuhu	11
Tems	8

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Most famous artists from Nigeria

Burna Boy

Nigeria · Person · born 1991

rhythm and blues, dancehall, hip-hop, reggae, Afrobeat

44.8M listeners · 44 wikis

Tems

Nigeria · Person · born 1995

alternative R&B, Afrobeats

35.5M listeners · 34 wikis

Rema

Nigeria · Person · born 2000

Afrobeats

28M listeners · 33 wikis

Wizkid

Nigeria · Person · born 1990

rhythm and blues, dancehall, Afrobeats

15.6M listeners · 35 wikis

Skepta

Nigeria · Person · born 1982

grime, UK rap

14.8M listeners · 25 wikis

Davido

Nigeria · Person · born 1992

pop music, rhythm and blues, dancehall, Afrobeats, African popular music, screamo, screamo rap

10.3M listeners · 29 wikis

CKay

Nigeria · Person · born 1995

rhythm and blues, Afrobeats, Amapiano

11.1M listeners · 19 wikis

Omah Lay

Nigeria · Person · born 1997

contemporary R&B, Afrobeat, Afrobeats

11.3M listeners · 13 wikis

Fireboy DML

Nigeria · Person · born 1995

contemporary R&B, Afrobeat

9.1M listeners · 17 wikis

Asake

Nigeria · Person · born 1995

9M listeners · 15 wikis

Buju

Nigeria · Person · born 1997

Afrobeats

6M listeners · 11 wikis

Victony

Nigeria · Person · born 2001

7.4M listeners · 5 wikis

Artists from Nigeria

At a glance

When they started

Genres in Nigeria

Covers from Nigeria

Leaders

Most prolific

Longest careers

Most decorated

Related

hip-hop in other countries

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Most famous artists from Nigeria

Burna Boy

Tems

Rema

Wizkid

Skepta

Davido

CKay

Omah Lay

Fireboy DML

Asake

Buju

Victony

More from Nigeria

Fela Kuti

Genevieve Nnaji

Dr. Alban

Yemi Alade

Adesua Etomi

Femi Kuti

Omotola Jalade Ekeinde

Afro Candy

Tony Allen

Onyeka Onwenu

King Sunny Adé

Tonto Dikeh

2Baba

Muma Gee

Fela Sowande

Nkem Owoh

Seun Kuti

Simi

Mercy Chinwo-Blessed

Ali Nuhu

Patience Ozokwor

Omawumi

D'banj

Muna

Ada Ehi

Sinach

Adekunle Gold

Babatunde Olatunji

Niniola

Waje

Eddy Wata

Joeboy

Naira Marley

Tope Alabi

Toyin Sokefun-Bello

Chidinma Ekile

Tamara Eteimo

9ice

Falz

Olamide

Patoranking

Teni

Majek Fashek

Eedris Abdulkareem

Eva Alordiah

Ice Prince

Korede Bello

Mo'Cheddah

Mr Eazi

Timaya

Brymo

Lara George

Emma Nyra

Kizz Daniel