The year 2017 is almost drawing to an end and the Nigerian entertainment industry has experienced growth especially in terms of international acceptance , quality and versatility of artistes . The female artistes in the industry are not joking either and they are making power moves to take their content all over Africa and the world beyond.


Below is a list of five female artistes currently shaking up the nation in 2017 .








Niniola
After winning third runner up on MTN project fame in 2013, Niniola (who is related to Fargin crooner, Teni ) has witnessed a steady rise in her music career . The Afro house singer started the year with the mega smash hit , Maradona in which she details her travails in the hands of her male lover who is actually a player , playing her heart like ‘suwe ’ and dribbling her like the legendary Argentine player. The song has been enjoying massive airplay and currently has over a million views on YouTube . With features like Kini on Legendary Beats’ project and Dj Spinall’ s Ojukokoro, Niniola has made sure she is not to be toyed with in the Nigerian music sphere. Her recent single ‘Sicker ’ also produced by Sarz is enjoying massive airplay and acceptance across Nigeria .






Mz Kiss
The female rapper signed to Clarence Peters ’ Capital Hill Records is pretty much the only consistent female rapper in 2017 . With an impressive verse on Pepenazi ’ s I Aint Got No Time remix , tracks like Fuji and the street accepted, WAWU. Mzkiss has proved to be the only female rapper holding it down in the industry so far in 2017 or at least , the most well - known female emcee giving the male counterparts a run for their money.





Yemi Alade

Since she won the Peak Talent show in 2009 , Yemi Eberechi Alade has never looked back. Yemi Alade has been doing great so far with her music this year. She went on a tour , dropped songs like Charliee , Want You and Knack Am , good videos to songs like Tum Bum and Knack Am and a very successful EP titled Mama Afrique with songs like Nakupenda, Africa and Gucci Feragamo . She has been featured in a new dance video game, got a Grammy invite , became a judge on the Voice Nigeria and her Johnny video currently has over 60 million views on YouTube .







Simi

Since dropping her EP ‘Restless’ in 2014 , Simi has refused to ‘ sin mi’ . With the help of songs like Jamb Question, Open and Close and Love Don’ t Care, The Chemistry project with Falz and features on Falz’ Soldier and Adekunle Gold’ s No Forget , Simi warmed her way up to the hearts of Nigerians. She dropped Smile For Me
and Joromi in 2017 to massive acceptance and airplay. Her second album , Simisola debuted at number five on the billboard World albums chart . The album has been enjoying positive reviews and many have already considered Simisola as the best album In 2017 and a strong contender for album of the year at the Headies and making her one of the hottest female artistes in Nigeria at the moment .


Tiwa Savage

With scores of collaborations from Emtee, Fuse Odg, Awilo Longomba , DJ Kaywise, DJ BigN , DJ Exclusive , Diamond Platnumz , Pepenazi and others , performance at the Made in America festival headlined by J Cole, performance at the Grammy Essence Black Women in music and a recently released Sugarcane EP which includes the hit Malo featuring Wizkid and is already topping charts and getting the attention of international acts like Chris Martin of Coldplay . No wonder she was listed in the BBC 100 Women list for 2017… . Tiwa Savage is All over this year just like the title of her smash hit (which has over six million views on YouTube )


Notable mentions



Omawunmi (dropped a new album timeless during the course of the year ) Cynthia Morgan Seyi Shay


www.tushmagazine.com.ng/5-hottest-female-artistes-2017-far/

Another thread on opinions being shoved down the throats of nairalanders like this one...
https://www.nairaland.com/4086464/top-7-most-beautiful-campuses#60940729
This is simply a list of the few female musicians we have in Nigeria,who really want to make a career or already making a career in Music...
(with Omawunmi,Cynthia Morgan and seyi seyi also mentioned)
This is the complete squad... No more,no less...
If there are others,they must be noise makers or 'also ran'...
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Who is Miz Kiss

LalasticSeun:
Who is Miz Kiss

Good question.

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