This week we take a long at the musical Relationship between Nigeria and The UK. Its no news that African Music; Most Especially Nigerian Music has crossed the borders and is setting a new pace. Today we take a look at Uk artists who have worked or collaborated with/on Projects with Nigerian Artists. Note, This List has been compiled according to our own ratings; using streams, Airplays and awards as the validation for choosing them. There are far too many amazing songs but we have narrowed them down to 4 major ones.
No. 4. What Do You See – DJ Spinall feat. Kojo Funds
Nigerian-born DJ Spinall is one of the Afrobeats sound’s biggest advocates globally, touring the UK and the United States and collaborating with the likes of Wizkid and Burna Boy. While Kojo Funds was visiting Nigeria, he and Spinall linked up, before announcing they were working together on social media. The song was produced by Killertunes and the video has over 597 thousand views on youtube.
No. 3. G-Love – Krept & Konan feat. Wizkid
Krept and Konan are a British hip hop duo from London, consisting of Casyo Valentine “Krept” Johnson BEM and Karl Dominic “Konan” Wilson BEM, the son of Delroy Wilson otherwise known as Jamaica’s first child star. This particular song features one of Nigeria’s big acts “Wizkid” and was released in 2019. it is a silver certified record in the UK and has over 8.6 million views on Youtube.
No. 2. Location – Dave feat. Burnaboy
Dave is no newcomer on the AOTW segment and even the trending hits segment. At the number four spot today he takes the shine with his song with Our very own burnboy. Location was released in 2019 as a single to Dave’s album ‘Psychodrama’ the JAE5 produced track is certified 2× Platinum in the UK, debuted #6 in the UK official singles chart and also the second most-streamed UK-Nigerian music collaboration on Spotify. It also got nominated at the Brits awards. It was by Fraser T. Smith, Jae5 and Dave. The song has garnered over 96million views since the release of its official video.
Bonus: Dimension – Jae5 feat. Skepta and Rema
No. 1. Bad Energy – Skepta feat. Wizkid
Joseph Junior Adenuga, known professionally as Skepta, is a British grime MC, rapper, songwriter and record producer from Tottenham, North London. In 2018 he collaborated with wizkid on the track “Energy(stay faraway). The song was also produced by Nigerian Top producer- Sarz. The song initially debuted at number 73 on the UK Singles Chart, but reached a peak of number 59 following the release of its music video in September. The song spent a total of 15 weeks on the UK Singles chart. It has been certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). It has a total of 42 million views on youtube.
