He has a staggering seven nominations at the Billboard Music Awards and will come to the UK to headline festivals this summer. All of this has culminated in a staggering seven nominations at the Billboard Music Awards tonight even as he prepares to join a star-studded cast at the UK Wireless Festival in London this summer. Ayodeji Ibrahim — Wizkid — began singing at the age of 11 in the church choir. A few years later, he formed a boy band, SI, while running errands in the studio where musicians 2face Idibia and Jazzman Olofin recorded circa It reinforced what many had suspected from the singles since he was first introduced to the listening public; the innocent-faced kid had a knack for cooing catchy hooks and plastering greatness on guest features. Aided by a solid label and management, Wizkid got into bed with top-notch producers, fellow artists and promoters across Africa and the UK, stacking up collaborations, playing at gigs and morphing into a continental sweetheart. In , Chris Brown came to Lagos for a performance. At some point during the show, Wizkid was on stage with him and even danced with him. A few months later, he was hanging out with Brown in Los Angeles. This was before he released Ojuelegba.


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All of Wizkid's biggest hits to date, including the Nigerian Starboy's massive singles and notable features. Updated in Wizkid is one of the biggest artist coming out of Africa right now. Since landing on the scene with 's "Holla At Your Boy" and rising to higher levels with his debut album, Superstar , and the excellent tour de force, Ayo , the young Starboy has been steadily staking his claim to the throne of new African pop. With his smash hit singles, top tier collaborations, and awards—he's taken took home 3 Billboard Music Awards and a BET Award —Wizkid is clearly one of the leading African artists knocking at the doors of global pop stardom. We look back at some of Wizkid's biggest hits to date, including solo singles and his many notable features. Wizkid's addictive Superstar single, produced by Samklef, offers up an original take on the syncopated afrobeats-dancehall-reggaeton fusion that's become the backbone of so many pop songs nowadays—and it still bangs in Afrobeat meets afrobeats in "Jaiye Jaiye," the lead single from Wizkid's second album, Ayo. In this high-energy Sarz-produced track, the Nigerian star is given a helping hand and saxophone lines by none-other-than Femi Kuti.
Superstar is the debut studio album by Nigerian singer Wizkid. It was released by Empire Mates Entertainment on June 12, It is the second best selling album on NotJustOk and was the most highly anticipated Nigerian album of In an interview with Factory78 TV, Wizkid said the album was meant to be released on Valentine's Day, but was postponed due to preparations for a London gig. The album's themes deal primarily with starting from the bottom and reaching to the top, i. In "No Lele", Wizkid talks about hustle and how he had to work hard to succeed.