Top 10 Trending Nigerian Collaborations that have taken over the music scene in the past few months.
The second half produced the best set of songs in the Nigerian Music Industry with albums from the industry’s top stars dropped.
While solo songs dominated the airwaves, collaborations seemed to have things a notch higher. Mp3bullet.ng puts together a list of top trending songs in the second half of 2020.
Thsi list contains music from Davido, Burna Boy, Wizkid, Mayorkun and the rest.
The Best- Davido ft Mayorkun
The Best is a collaboration between Davido and Mayorkun who are known for their chemistry on songs.
The song is considered to be one of the best from Davido’s “A Better Time” album. The Fresh produced song contains catchy lyrics thanks to Mayorkun’s wordplays.
Betty Butter – Mayorkun ft Davido
Betty Butter was released before ‘The Best’ was dropped. In this case, Mayorkun owns the song while Davido is the featured artist.
The song which talks about a love interest called ‘Betty’ that plays around with feelings is produced by one of DMW’s music producers, SperoachBeatz.
Ginger- Wizkid ft Burna Boy
When Pictures dropped online showing both Wizkid and Burna Boy in the studio, people were expectant as to what would come out of their session.
When Wizkid’s “Made In Lagos” album, dropped, “Ginger’ became most people’s favorite.
Wizkid and Burna Boy both go at the song in a competitive-like manner, as if trying to outdo each other on it and interestingly, this gives the song its much-needed spice.
Trumphiant- Olamide ft Bella Shmurda
“Triumphant” shows a matured Olamide who is not afraid of showing he just like every human being feels vulnerable especially when a personal loss is involved.
Rising Star, Bella Shmurda who gives us one of 2020’s best choruses singing in English with his Fuji-like vocals excitedly sings of his victories despite the obstacles life threw his way.
The song has gone to become one of 2020’s best motivational songs as it shows that no matter how far and how much loss you encounter, you can’t give up yet.
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Cashapp- Bella Shmurda ft Zlatan, Lincoln
Bella Shmurda is one of 2020’s best breakout artists, though he had introduced himself with “Vision 2020″, the song didn’t take off properly until 2020 with its remix featuring Olamide.
He didn’t stop there but dropped an EP, High Tension” and went to release “Cashapp”. The song has the same potential as Chinko Ekun’s 2018 song, “Able God”.
The two songs also feature Zlatan who is a music wizard in his own right. On Cashapp, Zlatan raps in Yoruba and English while Lincoln rounds up things.
What Type of Dance- Dj Kaywise ft Naira Marley, Zlatan, Mayorkun
To celebrate his birthday, DJ Kaywise dropped “What Type of Dance”. Mayorkun handles the chorus and Verse one while Zlatan and Naira Marley follows suit.
DJ Kaywise despite never singing on his songs knows to pick the right artists for them and for “WTOD”, he doesn’t disappoint, instead, creating a club banger that is sure to get to get moving.
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Maserati (Remix)- Olakira ft Davido
“Maserati” was Olakira’s groundbreaking song for 2020. The song became popular on Social Media, especially on Tiktok.
He took things a notch higher by featuring DMW’s boss, Davido on the remix. Davido’s verse on the song made it more interesting.
MJ(Remix)- Bad Boy Timz ft Mayorkun
Bad Boy Timz is also another of 2020’s breakout star who started making waves with his “MJ” song. While the song was doing averagely well commercially, he released a remix with Mayorkun.
The chemistry between the two on this remix made the song a whole lot interesting. Mayorkun’s verse on the song
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If You No love me- Chike ft Mayorkun
Chiké and Mayorkun deliver a power anthem about unrequited love with “Boo of the Booless” fan favorite “If You No Love”.
In this song, the duo wears their hearts on their sleeves, harmonizing, If you no love me, make you nor talk say you love me…”
Merging highlife guitars, African folk percussion, R&B rhythms, pop story-telling, and sensational vocals, “If You No Love” hits the bulls-eye as an instant African classic.
If No be You- Jamopyper ft Mayorkun
Zanku Records act, Jamopyper teams up with Mayorkun for his 2020 groundbreaking song, ‘If No Be You”.
The song saw Jamopyper blossom from just a featured artist on “La La” to a star in the making.
Mayorkun who is known for his catchy wordplays didn’t disappoint as he flawlessly handled the second verse.