She’s arguably one of the richest female artistes in Nigeria, occupying number 14 in the list of top 20 richest musicians in Nigeria. Tiwa Savage is loved by many and respected by all due to her consistency, romantic vocals, pedigree, jaw drop gorgeousness and an ever scintillating stage performance. She’s a singer, songwriter, actress and performer. She sings in English and Yoruba and is known as the Mavins first lady. Mavins record is richest entertainment label in the country with a high reputation and credibility. You can see where she’s coming from as the first lady.
In terms of achievements, fame, international exposure and wealth she comes first amongst her female colleagues in the music industry. Her attainment to this level of success can be partly attributed to her life in the UK as a songwriter, her manager Teebillz who later became her husband and the music school she attended in the US. Let’s take a look at the early life, success story and achievement of Nigeria’s most valued enchanting diva.
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She was born Tiwatope Savage-Balogun on 5, February 1980 in Ikeja the capital of Lagos Nigeria. She hails from Isale Eko, in Lagos Island Local Development Council. At age 11, the family relocated to London. She grew up in a multicultural setting due relocations from Nigeria to London and then to the United States. No wonder she is more advanced in music than her peers. What compares to a perfect blend of talent, education and exposure?
She had her high school and college education in London. She obtained a degree in Business Administration from the University of Kent. At 27, she graduated with a degree from the Berklee College of Music, Massachusetts, United States where she was motivated by the younger students and the atmosphere. These educational qualifications gave her an edge over others when she got back to Nigeria and helped her to understand the Nigerian music industry.
While in high school she played trombone for her school’s orchestra band. She did backup vocals for George Michael and assisted musicians like Mary J. Blige, Kelly Clarkson, Chaka Khan, Blu Cantrell and a host of others in vocals at the of 16. In 2006, still a student at berklee, she participated in the UK X-Factor but couldn’t make it to the final 12 stopping at the last 24, which was bad news for her at the time but she moved on undeterred by the failure and the challenge of stage fright she battled with at the time.
In 2009, Sony/ATV Music signed her to a deal. The deal will see her write for Babyface, Kat Deluna, Fantasia Barrino and Monica. Her collaboration with Fantasia on the song “Collard Greens & Cornbread” earned the American artist a Grammy nomination in 2010. Tiwa Savage wrote for lots of American artist while in the states including Jaicko’s “Oh Yeah” that featured Snoop Dogg, and Kat Deluna’s “Push Push” featuring Akon and David Guetta. She performed background vocals on Whitney Houston’s album “I look to you”.
She established her own record label, “323 entertainments” with her manager as at then and husband “Tee Billz”. In 2012 she joined Don Jazzy’s Mavin record after her manager cum husband decided to work together with Don jazzy. She started work on her debut studio album in 2010 but it was launched in 2013 due to some legal bottlenecks and her desire to make it a hit. She held her album listening party in May 2013 where she revealed the entire track list of the project and announced the artists she collaborated with.
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In July 3, the album was officially launched after all the myriads of hitches and long waits. She named it “once upon a time”. The brain behind the name was to inspire other upcoming artists never to be perturbed by setbacks, stating her as reference.
Once upon a time (2013)
R.E.D (2015)
Solar Plexus (a compilation album in 2012)
Tiwa Savage made her film debut with Joke Silva and Ireti Doyle in the stage adaptation of “For Coloured Girls” in 2011 and was among the cast in the Nigeria series “Shuga” season 3 between 2013/2014.
MTV Africa Music Award
Two “The Headies” Award
Channel O Music Video Awards
Nigerian Music Video Awards
Two City People Entertainment Awards
Tush Youth Awards
Dynamix All Youth Awards
FAB Magazine Awards
Afrotainment Muskeke Online Music Awards
World Music Award
MOBO Awards
The Mavins first Lady was once a brand ambassador for telecom giants MTN worth over N30million and e-commerce brand KONGA (N20million). She’s presently an ambassador for Pepsi (N30million) while her deals with Forte Oil, Pampers and Maggi Cubes run into millions of Naira. She is no doubt the Nigerian Queen of endorsements.
Due to her high echelon in the industry, her services if required could cost an arm and a leg (not literally tho). Her album sales, concerts, local and international tours all sends the cash flowing in like streams to her account.
Her Net worth is estimated at a whopping $3million dollar
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