New Nigerian sensation ‘Buju’ is our Artiste of The Week

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Daniel Benson popularly known as Bujutoyourears or Buju is a Nigerian musician. On 16th April, 2020, Buju signed a record deal with Spaceship records, Burnaboy’s record label. He rose to prominence after the release of his Song with Zlatan “Spiritual”.

 

He was born and raised in Gbagada, Lagos state. He started music and writing while he was still in junior secondary school. Later He joined the choir and started doing performances at valedictory services and released his first record in February, 2018 Catch a Vibe and he got signed to Spaceship record by Burna boy in 2020.

 

No. 4. Spiritual ft Zlatan. The song came about after Buju posted a video of the recording session and asked fans to help tag Zlatan for a free verse on the track. The song became a viral sensation immediately after its release. Released in 2019, the song was produced by Steph beats. The official video has 279k views on Youtube and still counting.

 

Fun Fact: At a time, he called himself Drizzle but later changed his stage name to Buju.

 

No. 3. Ohema ft Tmxo. Off his debut EP “to your Ears”. The song features Tmxo and was produced by Tmxo and currently has 15k views on YouTube.

 

No. 2. Outside. Peaking at no 5 upon its release on Apple Music Nigeria, this song comes immediately after his successful feature with Ladipoe on Feelings which held down the number one spot on Apple Music Nigeria for over 4 weeks.

 

Did you know that Buju has an average of 464.6K monthly listeners.

 

Bonus Track: Lenu ft Burnaboy (remix). This song came just after signing with Spaceship records and features vocals from Burnaboy.

 

No. 1. So lovely. Produced by Timi Jay, an Amapiano Afrobeat record with lovely melody and vibes. Released just after his single with Burnaboy “lenu”.  The song currently has 780k views on YouTube via Spaceship Records Page and another 102k views on Buju’s official Account.