In the Nigerian music industry, we have so many talented musicians who are known all around the world for their impact in the music industry.
So far in the year 2021, there are many upcoming musicians who rose to fame due to the fact that they release some hit song that topped the charts across different music streaming platforms.
So after a careful research, I present to you 4 Nigerian musicians who rose to limelight this year after releasing one or more hit song.
(1) Buju:
Daniel Benson who is popularly known with his stage name as Buju is one of the fast rising Nigerian celebrities who rose to limelight this year.
He was brought into the limelight after he collaborated with Ladipoe, a fellow Nigerian rapper in his single tittled Feelings. The song was released on May 7, 2021 under mavins record. Ever since the release of the song, it has been trending accross different music streaming platform.
Apart from that, he gained more recognition after he was featured in Wizkid Made In Lagos Deluxe which was released recently.
(2) Ruger:
Michael Adebayo who is popularly known as Ruger is one of the fast rising Nigerian musician who rose to fame this year.
He was brought into the limelight after he released his hit single tittled Bounce on March 12, 2021. The music video of bounce is more than 9.6 million views on YouTube four months after it was officially released.
(3) Ayra Starr:
Ayra Starr is one of the Mavins record female signer who became popular this year after she released a hit song under her record label.
Her first hit single tittled Away has surpassed over 4.5 million views on YouTube and counting. In August 6, 2021, she released an album tittled 19 And Dangerous with Blood Samaritan as the main leading singles from the album.
(4) AV:
Adindu Victor who is popularly known with his stage name, AV became well known in the Nigerian music industry after he released the insult titty Big Thug Boys.
The music video of the song was released July 9, 2021 and it has over 2.2 Millon views on YouTube presently. The song also topped charts across different music streaming platforms which added to his popularly in the industry.