Top 10 Most Googled Nigerian Artists In 2014

Google announced its annual 14th Annual Year in Search, a look at 2014
through the collective eyes of the world on the web, offering a unique
perspective on the year's major events and hottest trends based on
searches conducted in Nigeria. Below is the list in chronological
order of artists who made airwaves.

10. Burna Boy

Damini Ogulu (born 2 July 1991), better known by his stage name Burna
Boy, is a Nigerian reggae-dancehall singer and songwriter. It's no
longer gist that he Boy left his former label that brought him to
lime-light, Aristokrat records.

9. Lil Kesh

Street rap crooner, Olamide, during the year 2014 signed new act, Lil
Kesh, to his label, YBNL record. The 18-year-old Lil Kesh, who is also
a rapper, released his hit single, titled 'Shoki' which was widely
received among Nigerians this year. Though he was not given the rookie
of the year award at the Headies, it is certain that Lil Kesh should
have a solid ground in 2015.

8. Sean Tizzle

When Sean Tizzle won the "next rated" musician award in 2013, many
tongues wagged, but in 2014, the 25-year-old artiste was able to shut
the wagging tongues when he bagged the Best Pop album of The Year
award during the Headies, with his Album "The Journey." He also became
an MTN ambassador and performed at major events during the year.

7. Olamide

Yeah, back to the street of Bariga, The King Baddo, himself with the
YBNL crew had a great 2014 and are still much in the game.

6. Ice Prince

Panshak Zamani (born 30 October 1986), better known by his stage name
Ice Prince, is a Nigerian hip hop recording artist and actor. He rose
to fame after releasing "Oleku", one of Nigeria's most remixed songs
of all time. He won the 2009 Hennessy Artistry Club Tour. In 2014, he
was nominated for 8 awards but ended up only winning the Best rap act
of the year in the Nigeria Entertainment awards

5. Timaya

The truth be said, much wasn't heard about Timaya in the year under
review but he certainly wasn't omitted in the year 2014. He released
some club bangers. He was also signed as MTN brand ambassador this
year. Timaya was notably credited for the emergence of the Next Rated
Artiste for the year (Headies 2014), Patoranking.

4. Don Jazzy

Just recently, Don Jazzy was named the producer of the year at the
Headies awards as his crew gathered to celebrate their boss and
leader. Don Jazzy is the future of most up and coming musicians in
Nigeria as most of them dream to be signed unto his record label in
order to record a breakthrough in their musical career. Also on the
Forbes' list of richest musicians in Africa, Don Jazzy is set to take
his crew, Mavin, to its peak this year.

3. Tiwa Savage

Love her or hate her, Tiwa Savage has grown to register her name in
the minds of music lovers. In 2014, the Eminado crooner, who became an
ambassador for Forte Oil, got married, but news of her separation from
her manager and husband, Tee Bilz, filtered into the social media, but
the couple found a way of resolving their issues amicably. Also her
video, "Wanted" which was released in May 27, a song from the Once
Upon a Time album, prompted a huge public backlash across various
social networking sites, including Face book, Twitter and YouTube.

2. Phyno

When Phyno released his No guts no glory album, it was sure that the
rapper was set to take the industry by a storm. Collaborating with
popular musicians like Sean Tizzle, Olamide, Chidinma and others,
there was hardly any major event that Phyno did not perform at in
2014.In August 2014; Phyno became an ambassador of Guinness Nigeria's
Made of Black campaign alongside Olamide and Eva Alordiah. Phyno, who
is known for rapping in Igbo language, reiterated that he raps in Igbo
because he respects his culture and loves being himself.

1. Davido

From winning the Best African Act (BET) award to the MTV EMA awards to
the Headies awards, award- winning musician, Davido surely had a good
year.

During the Headies awards last week, Davido went home with two awards
as the Song of the Year and Artiste of the Year categories. Davido was
also a big winner at the 2014 NEA Awards which held in New York, USA.
The 'Aye' singer walked home with the 'Artiste of the Year' award,
while also jointly clinching the 'Best Collaboration' gong with
singer, Runtown. Though not yet a graduate, the 21-year-old has
promised his fans that he is sure to graduate in 2015.

--GistReel