5 Hottest Nigerian Female Artists 2016

#5 – Di’ja

Di’ja – Nigeria

The Mavin Princess, Di’ja is part of the new school trio Don Jazzy signed back in late 2014 and has since grown immensely in ability, popularity and fan base. Di’ja is certainly one we have watched for a while and correctly projected her rise to stardom. She has delivered some pretty awesome tunes under the year of review starting off with the global hit ‘Awww’ which was everywhere at the start of the year with the official video amassing over 1.8 Million views on YouTube. The song was also covered by several alternative singers which made her and her tune hot property. Additionally, she dropped the very likable Afrobeat tune ‘Amen’ and scored a massive single featuring Dance Hall rave Patoranking in ‘Falling For You’.
The young and beautiful songstress, who reportedly tied the knot at a private ceremony recently, is one of the most sought after Mavin with several collaborations under her belt in 2015. Di’ja comes in at a deserved 5th place 5 Hottest Nigerian Female Artists 2016.

#4 – Simi

Success Stories like that of Simi is what gives us joy as a music platform. Back in 2009, young and talented singer Simisola came out with a single titled with ‘Ara Ile’, her début single off the Oga Ju album produced by Samklef.
The response was great and it was easy to envision her becoming a hot Superstar some time in the future. Fast forward a couple of years, Simi continued music on the side, graduated with a Bsc. in Mass Communication , signed to X3M music.
Having steadily grown her fan base with Tiff and E no go Funny in 2014, Simi stayed relentless and impressed us all with the monster tune ‘Jamb Question‘, a fan favourite which also has a remix with Falz. Simi also recently released ‘Open and Close’ a mid tempo pop tune which is currently doing rounds on radio and TV.
All that being said, there’s no denying Simi’s talent and hard work which has paid off a lot in the last 18 months. She comes in at number 4 on the 5 Hottest Nigerian Female Artists 2016

#3 – Cynthia Morgan

At #3 is the lady with the German Juice, Cynthia Morgan!
What is a top 5 ranking that doesn’t have the biggest female dance-hall artist in the country? Cynthia Morgan was not only hot these past 12-18 months, but she was on fiyah. Cynthia was practically everywhere with singles, features and controversies; doing almost everything.
Her exploits didn’t go unnoticed as she was nominated for the recently concluded Headies Awards for the ‘Next Rated’ category and ‘Best Reggae Single’ Category. Although she didn’t win the former, she walked home with the best Reggae Single of the year for her massive dance-hall tune German Juice!
Cynthia delighted us with other hits like ‘Simantiniya‘, ‘Baby Mama’ , loads of really good features and a few leaks here and there; so she sits at a comfortable 3rd Position on 5 Hottest Nigerian Female Artists 2016.

#2 – Seyi Shay

Seyi Shay

Bundle of talent Seyi Shay completely blew up these past 12-18 months. There’s no denying the fact that she’s been hard-working and deserves every bit of success she is getting right now. It was in 2012 that Seyi introduced her music to the Nigerian music scene with the ever blazing ‘Irawo‘ and since then its been steady strides until 2014/20115 when things picked up at and amazing pace.
Seyi’s sound was already on everybody’s lips with ‘Murda‘ featuring Shaydee & Patoranking and a Wizkid featured super jam ‘Crazy’ in 2014 but that is not the reason she’s on this list.
Along with Cynthia Morgan, she featured on one of the biggest collaboration with Mr 2Kay for the ‘Bad Girl Special’ tune, released a dope video for ‘Crazy’ and then dropped singles ‘Air Brush’ and ‘Jangilova’. Shortly afterwards, Seyi got signed to UK based imprint, Island Records, then went on to drop the amazing ‘Right Now’ with a very impressive video.
After announcing the release of her debut album, she bagged some pretty big endorsement deals with Etisalat and Pepsi, and as promised, dropped a master piece of an album in Seyi or Shay to end 2015 on a very high note.
Seyi Shay was super hot and stands gallant at the 2nd Position on our 5 Hottest Female artists in Nigeria 2016.

#1 – Yemi Alade

Yemi Alade – Nigeria

At the Number 1 spot, we have the beautiful, undisputed and undoubted, energetic singer/stage performer and Nigeria’s King of Queens, Yemi Alade!
Yemi conquered not just Nigeria, but rose above her peers in Africa as she was awarded best Female act at the MTV Africa Music Awards 2015 while also being nominated for the Best International Act: Africa, at the BET Awards 2015. She struck gold at other award shows for her outstanding and consistent performances content wise. Endorsements rolled in locally and Internationally as she showed that ‘Johnny‘ was never a fluke! Yemi Alade is truly the King of Queens, all hail the hottest female artist in Nigeria for the year 2016!

Other Worthy Nigerian Female Artists

1. Niniola

‘Gbese kaaaan Sokeeeee’. MTN Project Fame Alumni Niniola had one of the biggest songs in 2015 with ‘Soke‘. She was also nominated for several awards in the process. She is definitely destined for great things and is likely to break into the top 5 in 2016 if she puts in more work.

2. Chidinma

The delectable Chidinma didn’t make the list only by a slim margin. She has been incredibly busy and active this year with tunes like ‘If E No Be God‘, Lorry , Kite and several other features. A lot was expected from her in 2015 with the absence of Tiwa Savage, but the Capital Hill first lady couldn’t quite capitalize. Her efforts this past year is worthy of a mention on #TheList

3. Aramide

Aramide was the surprise package at the Headies for winning the best Vocal performance for her song ‘Iwo Nikan‘ in a category that had the likes of Asa, Simi and Yemi Alade. In 2015, Aramide released good singles such as ‘I Don’t Care’ and ‘Odun TunTun’

Note: Tiwa Savage is back in 2016

Tiwa Savage is back after a long break, we hope to include her on this list as time goes on. Tiwa Savage will always be queen in our eyes. She has being working hard from the beginning of this year and has a lot to show for it. With no doubt Tiwa Savage will make the list as time goes on.