Mayorkun still maintains the top 10 conversations in the Nigerian music industry.
Mayorkun’s creativity was fostered from a young age by his parents and here is the breakdown on how he still maintains the top 10 conversations in the Nigerian music industry.
Quick Bio
Nigerian singer, songwriter, and keyboardist Mayorkun made a quick rise to fame in 2016 when he was discovered by pop star Davido, who signed him to his label.
After paving the way with a series of singles, Mayorkun’s bright mix of electronic Afro-pop and R&B helped his 2018 debut album, The Mayor of Lagos, hit number 15 on Billboard’s World Music chart.
After earning an accounting degree from the University of Lagos, he spent several years working at a bank while writing and recording songs on the side.
Consistency
He was plucked from obscurity in 2016 when Nigerian-American star Davido came across a video of Mayorkun covering one of his songs online.
Intrigued, Davido reached out to the young artist and after hearing some of his original songs, offered him a contract to his Davido Music Worldwide label.
Mayorkun debuted later that year with “Eleko,” a warm, melodic, synth-pop single whose video racked up millions of views in its first couple of weeks.
Additional singles like “Yawa” and “Sade” followed over the next year as he prepared his first album.
Anchored by “Mama” and the Davido-assisted “Bobo,” Mayorkun’s debut full-length, The Mayor of Lagos, was released in November 2018, making a strong international showing on the Billboard World Music chart and picked up a Best R&B/Pop Album award at the 2019 Headies.
The singer has already released many hit tracks in the past that were rated #No. 1. They are the Mayor of Lagos, The Geng, and Betty Butter.
The music industry was filled with these tracks for quite some time, Mayorkun capitalized on his success with a bevy of follow-up singles including the Kizz Daniel collaboration “True” and the smooth hit “Up to Something.”
He stayed busy into the next decade, beginning 2020 with a prolific run of songs like “Ginger You” and “Geng.
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The new solo single of the singer Mayorkun was released in August 2021, but still, it is onboard the current music chart.
Through this single, Adewale has made a grand debut in the Nigerian music industry. Nigerians are already known for their sporty lives and fun culture.
Many songs on the Afrobeat genre are already in line and topping the music industry charts already. However, the sweet thing is the song still is immersed in romance.
The singer has stated that his new track involves love, betrayal, envy, loneliness, and other different experiences.
After 9 months, he was ready to come out with his single, and that too solo, last Mayorkun was seen in the collaborative track with Davido and Zlatan, namely Cho Cho.
Now that Mayorkun appears to be settling well in this echelon, he premieres a brand new single today titled “Let Me Know,” which is a smooth and earnest dose of Afrobeats with romance at its heart.
The track is Mayor’s first solo release in almost nine months and is coming amid speculations of an album project especially from his fans who have clamored that he is past due for a sophomore LP release.