This article detailed why Wizkid’s run in 2021 will be untouchable.
The previous 12 months have been a tremendous year for Wizkid, and we’re honoured to highlight the run and why his 2021 will be untouchable for a long time.
The Nigerian music industry has seen a variety of musical runs, and in this post, we’ll look at the best of them.
Artists, on the other hand, have their time or possibly a peaking period; some peak after their debut, while others peak during their debut.
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Wizkid and Ice Prince are two examples of artists who had their best run in the Nigerian music industry during their debut period.
Before we proceed, let’s analyze some notable runs in the Nigerian music industry that strikes a moment.
In 2017, Davido had a great year, the year was also very important for the afrobeat global movement and growth, it birthed one of the biggest Afrobeat songs in Africa.
Songs like Fall, and If, were all banger and had a very big turnout with awards, certifications and recognitions.
Davido sweeps some notable awards including, MOBO, MTV-EMA, Afrimma and in some years certified Gold in the US.
From 2019 to 2020, Burna Boy had also massive runs, also up in the book of most successful musical runs in the Nigerian music industry, as he took the industry like a storm, unleashing the African giant flex in the Nigerian music industry.
The Grammy-nominated studio album African Giant contains songs like Anybody, On the Low, Killin Dem etc.
Burna Boy sweeps some awards in 2020, including the Grammys, BET, MOBO, Brits, Edison award and so on with certifications in different global music markets.
Wizkid came with his fourth studio album in 2020 to practically change the game in the Nigerian music industry.
Wizkid was the first Africa to have his song certified platinum in the USA, sold out the O2 3times, first Nigerian song to debut on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at #9, spent multiple weeks at #1 on the Billboard World Albums chart, Highest peaking Nigerian album on BillBoard 200.
He Won an MTV EMA award, got nominated in two categories at the Grammys, was nominated 5 times at the SoulTrain award and won one (first Nigerian song to be nominated at Soultrain), first-ever Apple music Africa artiste of the year and winning 2 MOBO awards on one night.
However, it is the greatest run in the history of the Nigerian music industry as he breaks and sets records in Nigeria and Africa at large.