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‘Davido rose to fame after releasing ‘Dami Duro’, the second single from his debut studio album ‘Omo Baba Olowo’ (2012), from which six additional singles—‘Back When’, ‘Ekuro’, ‘Overseas’, ‘All of You’, ‘Gbon Gbon’, and ‘Feel Alright’—were taken.’
He is better known as DAVIDO, but his real name is David Adedeji Adeleke. He was born November 21, 1992. He is an American-born Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer. Davido was born in Atlanta, United States of America, and raised in Lagos; he made his music debut as a member of the music group KB International. He studied business administration at Oakwood University before dropping out to make beats and record vocal references.
Davido rose to fame after releasing ‘Dami Duro’, the second single from his debut studio album ‘Omo Baba Olowo’ (2012), from which six additional singles—‘Back When’, ‘Ekuro’, ‘Overseas’, ‘All of You’, ‘Gbon Gbon’, and ‘Feel Alright’—were taken. In 2012, Davido won the Next Rated award at The Headies. Between 2013 and 2015, he released the hit singles ‘Gobe’, ‘One of a Kind’, ‘Skelewu’, ‘Aye’, ‘Tchelete (Goodlife)’, ‘Naughty’, ‘Owo Ni Koko’, ‘The Sound’ and ‘The Money’.
Davido is just too much. An unstoppable creative. In January 2016, He announced on Twitter he had signed a record deal with Sony Music and a few months later founded the record label Davido Music Worldwide (DMW), to which acts Dremo, Mayorkun, Yonda and Peruzzi are currently signed. In July 2016, Davido signed a record deal with Sony’s RCA Records. In October 2016, he released the 5-track EP ‘Son of Mercy’, which was supported by the singles ‘Gbagbe Oshi’, ‘How Long’ and ‘Coolest Kid in Africa’. And in April 2017, Davido re-negotiated his contract with Sony due to creative control issues and later that year he released five singles including ‘If’ and ‘Fall’.
‘If’ generated worldwide social media activity while ‘Fall’ became the longest-charting Nigerian pop song in Billboard history. Davido released his second studio album ‘A Good Time’ in November 2019. It was supported by the previously released singles ‘If’, ‘Fall’, ‘Assurance’, ‘Blow My Mind’ and ‘Risky’.
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Davido founded the record label Davido Music Worldwide (DMW) a few months after signing with Sony. Dremo, Mayorkun, Yonda and Peruzzi are currently signed to the label.In July 2016,Davido signed a record deal with RCA Records. His record deal with Sony Music altered plans for The Baddest’s release.
Davido won Best African Act at the 2017 MOBO Awards. He released ‘If’ on February 17, 2017. It was produced by Tekno, who ghost-wrote the track for Davido.The song was certified diamond by the Recording Industry of South Africa, indicating shipments of 200,000 units.’If’ won Best Pop Single and Song of the Year at The Headies 2018.Reviewing for OkayAfrica, Sabo Kpade described the song as a “slow burner” with an “unfussy beat that sounds hollowed out and isn’t cluttered with instruments”’
Davido released ‘Fall’ on June 2, 2017.It samples a line from Kojo Funds’s track ‘Dun Talking’. ‘Fall’ was certified platinum by the Recording Industry of South Africa, was one of the top-100-most-Shazam-searched singles in America in January 2019, and was a top-10 record on Shazam in New York.In February 2019, it became the longest-charting Nigerian pop song in Billboard history. ‘Fall’ was ranked at number 163 on Pitchfork’s list of the 200 Best Songs of the 2010s.The accompanying music video for ‘Fall’ was directed by Nigerian-born British video director Daps. In December 2018, the video surpassed 100 million views, becoming the most-v’ewed video by a Nigerian artist on YouTube.
Davido released ‘Fia’ on November 10, 2017. The song was described as a neo-highlife track and was produced by Fresh VDM.In its second verse, Davido addresses his arrest and Caroline Danjuma’s role in fueling the rumor he was involved in the death of Tagbo Umenike. A writer for Native magazine praised Davido’s songwriting and said the song “manages to reflect some of his recent personal struggles, without directly dishing into sensitive details”. Reviewing for Music in Africa, Kayode Faniyi said “Fia” offers an “existential conflict” and that it is “undoubtedly the song of Davido’s career—at least till he outdoes himself”. Daniel Orubo of Konbini Channels described ‘Fia’ as a “coherent” track that uses Davido’s “croaky voice”. ‘Fia’ was nominated for Best Pop Single and Song of the Year at The Headies 2018.The accompanying music video for ‘Fia’ was directed by Clarence Peters.The Stefflon Don-assisted remix of ‘Fia’ was released on March 30, 2018.The song retains many of the elements from the original recording but incorporates a patois-tinged flow. Davido won Best African Act and was one of the Best Worldwide Act recipients at the 2017 MTV Europe Music Awards.
Pulse Nigeria reported Guinness Nigeria had signed Davido for an endorsement deal. As part of the deal, Davido performed at the Guinness World of More Concert alongside artists including P-Square, D’banj, Wizkid, Ice Prince, Burna Boy, Olamide, Phyno, Chidinma, Waje and Tiwa Savage.On May 9, 2018, Guardian Life reported Davido had signed an endorsement deal with Infinix Mobile, a Hong Kong-based smartphone manufacturer.
In summary, Davido is one of the most successful musician in Nigeria and Africa at large, with lots of good Songs and a net worth of over $20 million.
Davido has three children.He is engaged to the mother of his third child.
Story, abridged, adapted from Wikipedia.
