Forbes Magazine has released a compilation of its top 10
African richest musicians.The list was put together using factors such as
endorsement, popularity, show rates, sales, awards, YouTube views, appearance
in newspapers, investment, social media presence, influence and others.
See full list below…
1. AKON
Akon has over 35 million albums sold worldwide. He has won
numerous awards including five Grammy Award nominations and has 45 Billboard
Hot 100 songs under his belt. He tops the list according to Forbes Africa.
2. BLACK COFFEE,
SOUTH AFRICA
The multi-award-winning artist’s real name is Nkosinathi
Maphumulo. He was born in South Africa’s house music province, KwaZulu-Natal
(KZN) and raised in the Eastern Cape province, where Nelson Mandela hailed
from, before moving back to KZN to study music.
3. HUGH MASEKELA,
SOUTH AFRICA
Hugh was born in Witbank, east of Johannesburg. He has
released more than 43 albums and performed with Marvin Gaye, Dizzy Gillespie,
The Byrds, Fela Kuti, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder and Miriam Makeba.
4. DON JAZZY,
NIGERIA
Don Jazzy is ranked fourth richest in Africa and also first
in Nigeria. Like many artists, his real name is Michael Collins Ajereh, and he
started playing music as a child in church before moving to the UK to pursue
his career.
5. TINASHE,
ZIMBABWE-AMERICAN
Tinashe was a child model by the age of three. The
twenty-four-year-old sang before she could talk and made her first appearance
in 2000 in the film Cora Unashamed. Her voice also starred in the cartoon
feature film The Polar Express alongside Oscar-winning actor, Tom Hanks.
6. JIDENNA,
NIGERIAN-AMERICAN,
By the age of 10,
Jidenna Theodore Mobisson knew he wanted to do music but was afraid to tell his
father who wanted him to be an engineer. He is ranked sixth according to Forbes
Africa.
7. WIZKID, NIGERIA
Wizkid is arguably
currently the uncrowned king of African music. Grammy Award-winning artist,
Alicia Keys and husband Swizz Beatz, danced to his songs Ojuelegba and Caro,
with Keys posting a video on her Instagram account with the caption, “This song
makes me happy”. Kylie Jenner also posted a video of herself dancing to
Wizkid’s music on Snapchat.
8. DAVIDO, NIGERIA
Davido has claimed a
high status in just five years. He said it was people like P-Square and D’Banj
who made him believe this was possible. He became famous for his widely
acclaimed 2012 debut album “Omo Baba Olowo”.
9. SARKODIE, GHANA
Michael Owusu Addo
started out as an underground rapper and through the help of Duncan Williams,
his former manager, his career was launched. Staying true to his identity, he
is a big advocate of Azonto, a Ghanaian genre that is said to have been born out
of Kpanlogo, a traditional dance.
His first single off
his fourth album, Mewu, sold almost 4,000 copies on the first day of its
release in Ghana. He was also the first Ghanaian to win a BET award.
10. OLIVER MTUKUDZI,
ZIMBABWE
Oliver Tuku Mtukudzi
has 65 albums under his belt, more than the legendary Michael Jackson and
Whitney Houston. It’s a remarkable career stretching back 41 years with songs
that have enlivened parties all over the world. He his ranked 10th richest
musician in Africa.
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