Yinkaboy:

MOST RECOGNISED globally - well Nigerian artists are more diverse than we think.

The top of this list goes:Seal, Lenny Kravitz, Fele and Femi Kuti, Sade, Nneka, Sunny Ade,or ASa, little wayne.

REASONS WHY:

Grammies we have Seal, kravitz, and Sade.

Tuface, P-square,D`banj, 9ice and the rest are not global, domestic africa, there albums are not used in hollywood movie tracks. As for rap Little Wayne sells more. Fele has a New York broadway musical based on him, his music was used to open the world cup! Everyone bows down to Fele and Ade.

If you walk into a music store in Paris, Rome,  london, or NYC, you more like to find stuff by Femi Kuti than D`banj and the rest of the young naija rappers.

Nneka is touring with Nas and common in America, is the best selling Nigeria artist in France ad Germany, Asa has been used on oprah. Seal is the most commercial, one of his songs was used for batman, has also sold the most albums, and is wealthiest, and better known in Europe and America.

Sade-Omo Ibadan, born and raised, her brothers family stilll lives there.

Yes, Lenny Kravitz, his mum was Nigerian, holds a nigerian passport, he got into trouble allot as a teenager in NYC, she had enough , sent him home to Surelere, Lagos, were he was schooled by his granparents.

Yinkaboy:

buzguee


Dizee Rascal is ghanian, accra born an raised till 12.

Again, short list those who actual sold albums over 1 million  Lenny Kravitz, Sade, Seal, Nneka, Asa,

Dizzie is Half Nigerian Half Ghanian.

buzugee link=topic=495593.msg6562984#msg6562984 date=1281636269:

all these people mentioning tuface, p square, nneka, dbanj, 9ice etc etc. these people you are mentioning only cater to niche markets. niche markets like nigerians and nigerians abroad. if you go to these guys concert in america, most of the audience is nigerians. the few oyinbos you will see are probably dating nigerian men or women, or have lived in nigeria before or have nigerian friends in college. apart from that nobody knows any of them. ask the average american who nneka, tuface, 9ice, femi kuti , p square etc etc are and they will look at you in confusion. STOP MENTIONING LOCAL CHAMPIONS WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE MOST RECOGNIZED NIGERIANS. shyttt i didnt even know who nneka was till now. she serves the neo-soul niche market

Tuface, d`banj, and 9ice are second tier domestic

Yinkaboy:

Nneka, -letterman as main stream american as it ! d`banj and 9ice are not even selling album mumber globally like her.

In January of 2010, Nneka appeared in Late Show with David Letterman in New York before getting her US tour underway.

Dizee is half nigerian, but Lenny is bigger!

ice_zik:

@Yinkaboy

What matters is if you ask the artiste "Where are you from?" and the reply is "Nigeria" everyone on my most recognised list above would have said "Nigeria" except Wale but he acknowledges Nigeria and is trying to rep by sticking to his native name and making songs like "mY sweetie" and remixing "Kini big deal". Seal would say he's British as well as Sade and Kravitz would say he was American along with Chamillionaire. Taio Cruz is half Brazilian half Nigerian but still says he's British as well as Dizzee etc

Redman44:

@Yinka boy,

Selling more albums does not make you more recognized than some other artistes. I still believe Sade Adu is the most recognized Nigerian Musician nowadays. It will take some time for Nneka to achieve the status of Sade on the world music scene.  All her albums are classics. When I ask many whites down here if they know Sade Adu, they answer in the affirmative most times. Cheers.


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ice_zik:

Sade is british not Nigerian. People get it right. Sade would never say she is Nigerian, she would say she's British. All she will admit to is being born in Nigeria! however, that's it.

buzugee:

it is not what you admit to. it is what you are.
i can say i am a billionaire but the fact remains that i am not

ice_zik:

@Yinkaboy and buzugee

Is there something wrong with your understanding of english? sade is not a Nigerian neither is Seal, they are British. They would never say they are Nigerian, all they will say is that they had Nigerian parents or were born in Nigeria but they are now British. Look at Gabriel Agbolanhor, Carlton Cole and Nedum Onouha in football if you don't understand what I mean. Those guys would never admit to being Nigerian and would say they are British. Same as Taio Cruz, Chamillionaire, Lemar, Lighthouse family, Jadakiss etc. A nigerian is someone that admits they are from Nigeria. Don't go trying to steal the glory of Sade and Seal be proud of Fela, Femi Kuti, Nnkea, 2face, 9ice, Wale, Dbanj', P-square etc

makajibbz:

nowadays, passport is everything.

a village farmer who's been farming in village all his life can say he's from china.
so far he has d passport, he is chinese.

makajibbz:

nowadays, passport is everything.

a village farmer who's been farming in village all his life can say he's from china.
so far he has d passport, he is chinese.

buzugee:

i think the bigger question here is, is there something wrong with your 'common sense' level ? dude, when it comes to nationality you dont get to pick and chose. you are or you are not. ok, it does not matter what you claim to be or not, the fact remains that this is all documented. like i said in my analogy, i can claim to be from britain (which technically i am because i was born there ) but the fact still remains that my heritage is nigerian. gerrit ? you cant hide from yourself no matter how you try. it is what it is

ice_zik:

Don't get me wrong. I'm not silly. The topic (or question) is "who is the most recognised Nigerian Musician in the World?" If you ask a random guy in America, China, or Britain where Seal or Sade Adu are from, the instant answer is Britain. Therefore, they cannot be the most recognised "Nigerian" Musician. I completely agree that Sade, Seal, Taio Cruz, chamillionaire etc have Nigerian Heritage and I usually even boast about it to my foreign friends. They are originally from Nigeria. That is the truth. But are they reconised as Nigerian? No.

So before you throw insults around, try to understand the concept of "Most recognised Nigerian Musician".

On a side note, Wale is recognised as American but he would readily admit to being from Nigeria and regularly talks about Nigeria and how he loves his heritage. Seal and sade do not do this and therefore do not appreciate being from Nigeria. If you ask me, I say **** them. Let's support the real Nigerians.

buzugee:

yes but does he look chinese ? or is he a black farmer from an african village with a chinese passport ? you cant hide from yourself bruh. your heritage is written on your face like a stamp of honor

ice_zik:

I agree. Make Seal, Sade, Kravitz, Chamillioniare, Jadakiss, Taio Cruz etc produce their Naija passport make we see ,

ice_zik:

Don't get me wrong. I'm not silly. The topic (or question) is "who is the most recognised Nigerian Musician in the World?" If you ask a random guy in America, China, or Britain where Seal or Sade Adu are from, the instant answer is Britain. Therefore, they cannot be the most recognised "Nigerian" Musician. I completely agree that Sade, Seal, Taio Cruz, chamillionaire etc have Nigerian Heritage and I usually even boast about it to my foreign friends. They are originally from Nigeria. That is the truth. But are they reconised as Nigerian? No.

So before you throw insults around, try to understand the concept of "Most recognised Nigerian Musician".

On a side note, Wale is recognised as American but he would readily admit to being from Nigeria and regularly talks about Nigeria and how he loves his heritage. Seal and sade do not do this and therefore do not appreciate being from Nigeria. If you ask me, I say **** them. Let's support the real Nigerians.

buzugee:

this is where you are going off tangent. this question is directed in this forum to us nigerians in the forum.  the question is not 'who is the most famous musician that the world can tell is of nigerian heritage'we nigerians, know who is part off us irrespective of place of birth because we go by heritage. ok it all balls down to heritage not nationality. so the question is not directed at some random white guys. it is directed to nigerians to recognize who amongst us is the most recognizable in the world.

let me give you another analogy. this guy in the matrix was born in nigeria ibadan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Weaving but if he happens to be a very famous musician, i would not add him to the list of most recognizable nigerians because even though he is technically nigerian, his heritage is british.

makajibbz:

no it doesnt.
if it does, no-one will call d black americans ' american '

tekajibril:

WORD!!!
People like you are the reason why John Fashanu is eating off us. Dude said he was British and now, he wants to be 9jerian. be intimate with all of ya'll, man. What make sumone from a certain country is the fact that u r patriotic about where u r from. Take the Americans for example, U wont see an American who would say claim to be 4rm another country. Same goes from the brits, it even goes down to their football teams. They support d team in their area for generations. Rooney said "He'll disown his son if he ever supports Liverpool since their Family are Evertonians". If u cant wear your flag on your heart, u cant wear it on your back.

Freiburger:

Nneka.

mama-gee:

Yeah right!

She's known only in the U.S. not around the world.

Tuface Idibia is more famous.