Top 10 Richest Musicians In Africa And Their Net Worth 2024

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Richest Musicians In Africa: Are you looking for a complete list of the current richest musicians we have in Africa? Then you have come to the right platform for this information. In this article, I am going to show you the latest list of the richest musicians across Africa. Who do you think would take the place of the richest? Let’s find out!

Top 10 Richest Musicians In Africa And Their Net Worth

1. Youssou Madiquène Ndour

Net Worth: $140 Million

The richest musician we have in Africa currently is Youssou Madiquène Ndour. He is a Senegalese musician who also happens to be a song writer as well as a business man. Youssou Madiquène Ndour was born in 1959, Senegal Dakar. It would interest you that Youssou Madiquène Ndour started his career in the music industry in the 70s and has remained very much relevant till today. He began performing with the Star Band. He has also served as his country’s minister of tourism.

He has an estimated net worth of $140 million.

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2. Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam

Net Worth: $80 million

Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam is popularly known as Akon and he is the second richest person in Africa currently. Akon rose to fame in the early 2000s and he is well known for his song “Lonely”. Although, Akon has always spent most of this time in the United States, we cannot deny the fact that he is deeply rooted in Africa and Senegal to be more precise. Before Akon became a full-time singer, he was an instrumentalist.

Akon has won several well recognized global as well as national awards such as Grammys, BET, HIP Hop award, Billboard award and so on. Most of his wealth is no doubt from his talent in the music industry. Akon has an estimated net worth is $80 million.

3. Nkosinathi Innocent Maphumulo

Net Worth: $60 million

The third richest musician we have in Africa is Nkosinathi Innocent Maphumulo. He was born on 11^th March 1974 and he is Popularly known as black coffee. Nkosinathi Innocent Maphumulo is a South African DJ and he began his career around 1994. Apart from being a DJ, he is also a producer and song writer.  Black coffee rose to fame in the 90s. The released his first ever Album in 2005 after establishing his own record label and titled it “Back Coffee”.

He has an estimated net worth of $60 million.

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4. David Adedeji Adeleke

Net Worth: $40 million

Next on our list, we have David Adedeji Adeleke. He is popularly known as Davido. Although Davido is a Nigerian artiste, he was born in Atlanta, United States. He comes from a very influential family, his dad happens to be the co-founder of Adeleke University located in Osun state, he is also the CEO of pacific holdings limited.

People claim that Davido’s success is as a result of his father’s wealth but Davido has proven to be one of the best hitmakers in Nigeria and Africa at large. Davido has done absolutely well for himself. He has an estimated net worth of $40 million.

5. Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun

Net Worth: $30 million

The fifth richest musician we have in Africa is Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun. He is a Nigerian musician and is popularly known as WizKid. Wizkid is one of the most popular musicians we have in Nigeria. He has gotten so many endorsement deals such as UBA, MTN Nigeria, GLO and so on. The kind of genre Wizkid is into is Afro beats. He has collaborated with different successful musician both in Nigeria and out of Nigeria. One of his biggest hits recently has to be essence featuring Tems.

Wizkid happens to be one of the most followed musicians in Nigeria and has won many awards on different levels. He has an estimated net worth of $30 million.

6. Innocent Ujah Idibia

Net Worth: $26 million

The sixth richest musician we have in Africa currently is Innocent Ujah Idibia. He was born on 18^th September 1975 and he is popularly known as 2face or 2baba, he is from Nigeria. He started his musical career as a part of the “Plantashun Boiz” which was a music group at that time. He has gotten many awards as a result of his talent in the music industry. In Nigeria, 2face is known to be the legend musically.

2Face has an estimated net worth of $26 million.

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7. Michael Collins Ajereh

Net Worth: $25 million

The seventh richest musician we have in Africa currently is Michael Collins Ajereh. He is popularly called Don Jazzy. He started his music career while collaborationg with musicians like D’banj, D prince and so on. Don Jazzy and D’banj were formerly in Mo’hits records before Mavins Records was formed some years ago.

Althought recently, Don Jazzy seems to be taking his businesses as well as producing job more seriously than his singing. He has done brilliantly well in the music industry and has also brought different talented individuals to the lime light such as : Reekado banks, Korede bello, Ayra starr, Rema and so on.

Don jazzy has an estimated net worth of $25 million.

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8. Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu

Net Worth: $20 million

Next on our list, we have Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu. He is popularly known as Burna boy. He happens to be a singer, song writer, rapper. Born on 2^nd July 1991. Burna boy released his first album in 2012 “Like to party” which earned him a lot of fans. Burna boy is one of the most rated artiste in Nigeria presently after he won A grammy award for his album “Twice as tall”.

Very recently, burna boy released another album “Love Damini”. His hard work in the music industry has earned him a place on this list. He has an estimated net worth of $20 million.

9. Paul Okoye

Net Worth: $16 million

The ninth richest musician we have in Africa is Paul Okoye. He is popularly known as rude boy and happens to be one of the twins of “Psquare”. Rude boy started his career with his twin brother peter called Mr P. Together, they have made a good name for themselves by releasing different hit albums and singles in their name.

However, both perter and Paul separated in 2017 after an issue. It was at this point they started making music separately. Paul Okoye has an estimated net worth of $16 million.

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10. Inetimi Timaya Odon

Net Worth: $14 million

Lastly on our list, we have Inetimi Timaya Odon. He is also one of the richest musicians we have in Africa. He was born on 15^th August 1977. He began his musical career in the early 2000s when he released his first single “Dem Mama”. Basically, Timaya is a singer and a song writer.

Timaya has an estimated net worth of $14 million.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Who Is The Biggest African Artist In 2024? 

Burna Boy

2. Who Is The Richest Person In The World?

Elon Musk

3. Who Is The Richest Youngest Musician In Nigeria?

Rema

4. Who Is The Richest Artist In The World?

Jay Z

5. Are Most Artists Born Rich?

Well, family wealth matters but not all artists are born rich, some struggle their way to make money.

Conclusion

We have listed the top richest musicians we have in Africa, we can see that most of people on the list are from Nigeria. We can say that Nigerian artistes are really doing very well in the area of music. Did your favorite musician make it to the list? Let us know in the comment section below!

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