The Nigerian music industry is the biggest in Africa, with thousands of music-successful and globally successful artists, including several upcoming artists who are struggling to succeed in the music industry because it’s so competitive. That is why many forthcoming artists need help to succeed in the industry.
- New music artists are coming up yearly, and the competition is getting longer than expected.
Several music projects are going on in the Nigerian music industry. Many professionals who have been in the industry for a long time are even surprised by the new strategies for producing and promoting songs because they now use methods completely different from what they were using some years ago.
- One of the new and effective methods of promoting songs and music artists in the Nigerian music industry at the moment is collaboration.
- Music collaboration has helped many upcoming artists become successful overnight in the Nigerian music industry.
The collaboration strategy has worked for many music artists and is still working. That is why many upcoming artists now choose to save huge amounts of money to collaborate with successful music artists in the industry so that they can succeed in the industry as well.
These are The Best Nigerian Music Collaborations of All Time.
P-Square Ft. Akon, May D – Chop My Money Remix
- Chop My Money Remix is the best Nigerian music collaboration of all time.
- Chop My Money Remix was released on February 23, 2012, over 12 years ago; it is one of the greatest Nigerian songs ever.
At the moment of writing this content, Chop My Money Remix’s official video, which was uploaded on the most popular video streaming platform, YouTube has received over 42 million views. The music video was directed by both Jude Engees Okoye and Ben Marc.
The popular Nigerian duo P Square is one of Nigeria’s most successful music bands. They are known by their real names, Peter and Paul Okoye, and Mr P and Rudeboy.
Akon is a popular American singer and songwriter who was featured in Nigerian music; it is not common for an American music artist to work with Nigerian music artists, but this makes the song much more iconic because he is one of the most successful in the American industry during the moment of the song. Likewise, May D, a Nigerian singer, was featured in the Chop My Money and Chop My Money Remix.
It is very important to know that P-square only featured May D in Chop My Money before they went on to feature both May D and Akon in Chop My Money Remix.
Wizkid – Essence ft. Tems
Wizkid has been one of the globally recognized Nigerian music artists for years. He has been in the music industry for many years and has been at the top for over 10 years. He dropped his studio album Made in Lagos on October 30, 2020, under Starboy Entertainment and RCA Records; Wizkid featured a female upcoming singer, Tems.
Essence was the lead single in the Made In Lagos album, and the song earned several local and international nominations and awards.
In 2021, Wizkid – Essence ft. Tems won two awards from the All Africa Music Awards for Best African Collaboration and Song of the Year in Africa. Also, they won four awards from the African Entertainment Awards USA.
Ice Prince Feat Brymo – Oleku
Ice Prince is one of the greatest Nigerian rappers; he came into the limelight in the Nigerian music industry when he was signed to Chocolate City record label, which another amazing Nigerian rapper, M.I., owned.
- As Ice Prince was signed to Chocolate City record label, he dropped his first album, Everybody Loves Ice Prince, in 2011.
- Ice Prince collaborated with another Chocolate City artist, Brymo, to drop Oleku.
It has been over 13 years since Oleku was released. However, it is still one of the amazing collaborations in the Nigerian music industry because the song has topped the charts for years, even making it to the international scene. Ice Prince performed Oleku on Maida Vale as part of BBC 1Xtra’s Afrobeats special session.
9ice – Street Credibility Ft. 2face Idibia
9ice has been one of Nigeria’s most successful music artists over the years. He collaborated with 2Face, now known as 2Baba, to drop a hit song still relevant tomorrow in the Nigerian music industry.
- Street Credibility rocked the music industry for many years, thanks to the successful careers of both artists 9ice and 2face Idibia.
- Street Credibility is one of the hit songs on the Gongo Aso album released on March 15, 2008.
D’banj – Mr. Endowed (Remix) ft. Snoop Dogg
Dapo Oyebanjo, who is popularly known as D’banj, a popular Nigerian singer and songwriter, collaborated with American rapper Snoop Dogg to release the remix of Mr Endowed. Both Mr Endowed And Mr Endowed Remix were released under Mo’ Hits Records.
D’banj – Mr. Endowed (Remix) ft. Snoop Dogg was released on February 9, 2011.
This music collaboration is one of the few intercontinental collaborations in Nigeria and Africa when this song was released, which is why it is one of the best Nigerian music collaborations of all time.
D’banj – Mr. Endowed (Remix) ft. Don Jazzy, the co-founder of Mo’ Hits Records, produced Snoop Dogg.
The impact of song on artists is one factor when it comes to selecting Nigerian all-time best collaboration. Likewise, the effect of the songs and how long they remain at the top of the industry.
You need to know that there are thousands of collaborations between Nigerian, Continental, and Intercontinental music artists.
The collaborations that made the list in this content are carefully selected after hours of research, and the songs are chosen based on their positive impact on the Nigerian music industry.
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