Full List Of Nigerian Musicians: Both Present & Past Artists

Nigeria is a nation blessed with talents and this has been the reason why artists from Nigeria are highly respected and are the most listened to in Africa. Below is a full List Of Nigerian Musicians.

You must have listened to some cool lyrics or melodies in the past of which you couldn’t remember who sang the song.

This is the main reason why we have compiled the list of Nigerian musicians both past and present, you will definitely find that artist on this list.

If you check our blog categories you will find a lot about Nigerian celebrities most especially those in Nollywood and those in the Music Industry, everything about entertainment is on a different level in Nigeria.

We also have some international celebrities we have written about, but years past a lot of musicians have come and gone, some are still alive while we also have some that are late.

New music artists are also rushing into the industry and their music performance has been top-notch, you see why Nigeria is a blessed country?

The musicians we will be mentioning here have built a very strong reputation over the years since they have been in the entertainment industry. Some only came to release singles, some dropped just an album and we never heard anything about them while some have managed to be on reign for decades.

This list isn’t made for the rich ones, everybody can’t be rich and some didn’t venture into music for money but with the likes of King Sunny Ade, Ebenezer Obey, Bright Chimezie, Onyeka Owenu, Fela Anikolapkokuti, Sir Shina Peters, Orlando Owo and so on have managed to perform both locally and internationally so they have done well for themselves as professional musicians.

The hard work and contributions of those musicians mentioned above have seen Nigeria move beyond other countries in Africa and their works are what most of the new musicians base their careers on now.

What most of the present musicians have been omitting from their music is the morals the lyrics portray, the old musicians have been able to instill morals as their lyrics is so meaningful filled with wise words coupled with the evergreen musical instrument that accompanies their songs they were able to reach beyond the shores of Africa.

Most of those wonderful lyrics are missing from the new songs we listen to now, though some f the new musicians also have good lyrics and nice dancing steps but not as those of old.

In this new century, Nigerian musicians love to utilize the western method of music and have digressed out of the Nigerian cultural songs which are rich in values.

It is very difficult for you to make a sense out of the lyrics our new musicians’ dish out as they copy the American method of singing thereby making so much noise instead of sense.

Nevertheless, they still do better than their other African counterparts as they are able to introduce crazy dance styles.

Today’s post is centered on the list of Nigerian musicians and we will be cutting across various music genres like the Nigerian Highlife, Reggae, Jazz, Fuji, Afro Juju, Gospel, Highlife, Rap, Pop, Juju, Hip-Hop, Rap, RnB, Rock and so on.

List Of Nigerian Musicians: Both Present & Past Artists

Here is the full list of Nigerian musicians both the popular and the less famous also the wealthy ones:

Ada

Alabai

Amaray

Asa

Ayinla Omowura

Ay.com

Baba Fryo

Banky W

Black Magic

Bobby Benson

Boogey

Bongus Ikwue

Bouqui

Bracket

Brymo

Bright Chimezie

Buchi

Burna Boy

Capital FEMI

Celestine Ukwu

Chamillionaire

Chiddy Bang

Chidimma

Chinyere Udoma

Chris Mba

Choco Girl

Cidyrella

Cyrus Da Virus

Dagrin

D’banj

Danny Young

Dammy Krane

Darey Art

Darey

Dayo Bello

Davido

DJ Zeez

Dizzy

Don Jazzy

D’Prince

Dr. Sid

Dr. Victor Olaiya

Duncan Mighty

Durella

Ebenezer Obey

Edu Ghana

Eedris Abdulkareem

ELDee

Emma Nyra

Emeka Morocco Maduka

Erigga New Money

Evangelist Bola Are

Eric Obuh

Esther Igbekele

Eva

Evi-Edna Ogoli

Faze

Fela Kuti

Femi Kuti

Fatai Rolling Dollar

Frank Edward

Funmi Williams

Flavour N’abani

Goldie

Gozie Okeke

GM Compere

GT da Guitarman

H-man

Harrysong

Henrisoul

Ibiso

Ice Prince

Iceberg Slim

I.K Dairo

Ikenga Superstars

ill Bliss

i-Mike

Isaac Black

Iyanya

Jaywon

Jesse Jags

JJC

J Martins

Jennifer

Jybo

Kcee

Kefee

Kelly Handsome

klever jay

Kiss Daniel

Kollington Ayinla

Kris Okotie

Kunle Ajayi

Kwam 1

Lagbaja

Lami

Lanre Teriba

Lara George

Lil Kesh

Majek Fashek

December D

MC Loph

MGabriel

M.I

Mike Okri

Mo’ Cheddah

Mode 9

Mr. Raw Nwanne

Mystro

Naeto C

Nelly Uchendu

Nice ( 9ice)

Nosa

Okukuseke

Olamide

Oliver De Coque

Obiwon

Olu Maintain

Omawunmi

Onyeka Onwenu

Orezi

Orlando

Owoh

Osita Osadebe

Osayomore Joseph

Panam Percy Paul

Patoranking

Paul Nwokocha

Pea**** Band

Pelli

Phyno

Pryse

Psquare

Ras kimono

Resonance (Chinwe Ike)

Rex Lawson

Rugged Man

Sammie Okposo

Sauce Kid

Sasha

Seagulls of Portharcourt

Segun Obe

Seyi Shay

Sheyman

Sikiru Ayinde Barrister

Sinach

Sir victor Uwaifo

Skales

Slow Dog

Sola Rotimi

Solomon Lange

Soje Isreal

Solidstar

Sonny Badu

Sonny Okosun

Sound Sultan

Splash

Starboy

Stormrex

Str8Buttah

StylPlus

Sunny Ade

Timaya

Terry G

Terry Tha Rapman

Tiwa Savage

Tillaman

Teniola Apata (Teni)

T J Bala

Tony Okoroji

Tope AlabiTuface (2face)

Uche Ogbuagu

Various mix

Vector Tha Viper

Victor Uwaifo

Wale

Waje

Wizboy

Wande CoalWizkid

Xproject

YQ

Yinka Ayefele

Yung6ix

This is all we can come up with presently, if you feel we are missing an artist kindly notify us via the comment box below so we can add it immediately.