With single hits like FIA, FALL and the rest of them, we cannot help but contribute to the number of searches related to Davido albums, Davido songs, Davido private phone number, Davido father and mother, Davido age and much more.
Well, today we will discuss Davido, and things you will need to know about this Nigeria's top sensation.
Davido's Biography, Family, Age, Education And Early Life
David Adeleke was born on the 21st of November, 1992 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America. He is an American citizen by birth and a Nigerian citizen by parents. He was born with a silver spoon so to say, as his father Adedeji Adeleke is a billionaire businessman and his mother (though late) was a university lecturer.He had his early education at the popular British International School, Lagos and continued at the Oakwood University, where he was pursuing a degree in Business Administration. However he had to move back to Nigeria and he continued with the Babcock University, where his dad also had shares. Davido is a member of the Seventh Day Adventist, and it is his family church.
Davido is not the only celebrity in his family. He is a cousin to the popular HKN singer, Bred and also Shina Rambo. His uncle, Senator Adeleke is Bred's father and contested for the Osun State governorship election under the PDP but lost to the APC candidate, and the election was associated with so many controversies. Davido has gotten two kids from two mothers, Aurora Imade Adeleke and Hailey Veronica Adeleke, and he is presently dating an Imo State lady, Chioma, better known as ChefChi.
When he was still in the United States, he was a member of a music group, the KB International which aided him see through his music talent and he returned to Nigeria.
Davido's Career And Entertainment Life
Davido started his music career in the United States of America, with a music group, KB International but returned to Nigeria. His first single, 'Back When' was released May, 2011 and it became an instant hit. It was the song that brought him into limelight. It was embraced by music lovers all over the country. October 11, he released another hit single, 'Dami Duro' and it also became a hit. He uses it as an opening song for many of his shows and if you follow them, you'd have heard it several times.Since then he had released so many singles and they all became hits, which is a proof that he is actually talented. Mocked as 'frog voice', Davido is a proof that voice wasn't a limitation to a musical career. He was given the name by Wizkid, when they both were beefing but they reconciled December, 2017 at the Davido's 30 Billion Concert which reportedly turned in ₦500 million in a single night.
Davido has since 2011 gotten a lot of hit singles, some of them include, 'Dami Duro', 'Aye', 'Skelewu', 'Assurance', 'Fia', 'Fall' and so many others. He has also been featured in a movie, 'Legend at Sixty'.
He has worked with a lot of artists, Nigerian and foreign such as Meek Mill, Mafikizolo, Bred, Lola Rae, Sarkodie, Mi Casa, Duncan Mighty, Diamond Platiniumz, Olamide and many others.
Davido's Albums And Songs
Davido has released a lot of albums and even more singles so to say. His music are majorly dance-tuned and he is really a genius in the studio.Some of his albums include:
- Omo Baba Olowo (2012)
- Africa Smoove Grooves (2013)
- Collywood Music Afrobeats Kickers (2014)
- The Baddest (2015)
- According to X (2015)
- DJ Afrobeat Giants (2015)
- Best of Davido (2015)
- Naija Hits (2015)
- Pumumu (2016)
- Son of Mercy (EP) (2016)
- Stay Shinning (EP) (2017)
- International Artist (2018)
We will include his recent albums to the list soon.
Davido has also released a lot of songs, and his music are mainly dance tuned.
Some of them include:
- Assurance
- If
- Fall
- FIA
- KPA
- Nwa Baby
- Skelewu
- Flora My Flawa
- Aye
- The Baddest
- Like Dat
- Gobe
- Coolest Kid in Africa
- Tchelete
- Dami Duro
- Fans Mi
- Ekuro
- The Money
- Ji Masun
- Pere
- Omo Baba Olowo
- Tattoo
- Summer Body
- Owo Ni Koko
- The Sound
- Biko
- All Of You
- Omo Baba Olowo
- Gbagbe Oshi
- For You
- If Remix
- Dodo
- Back When
- My Story
- How Long and so many others
Davido's Net Worth, Endorsements, Deals, Cars and Houses
Davido is no doubt one of the most successful artists in Nigeria. He is the co-owner of the HKN music and also the owner of the Davido Music Worldwide (DMW), which include popular artists and entertainment stars like Mayorkun, Peruzzi, Dreemo, DJ Ecool and so many others.He once signed a huge endorsement deal with top telecommunication company, MTN at ₦30 million and also has deals with other top companies like Guinness. At the age of 20, he had already gotten himself a ₦140 million mansion at the Lekki Phase 1 Area, Lagos, Nigeria and is really doing well.
In the year 2018, he released a song 'Assurance' for his lover, Chioma and blessed her with a birthday gift of a ₦45 million Porsche. This was the talk of the town until he tweeted that he had already acquired himself a ₦9 billion private jet and it was soon to land.
Controversies
Davido has also had his own share of controversies, uhu. 2012, he was seen in a photo with what appeared to be a hooker, and it went viral on the internet. His fans thought it was just a mistake (and it probably was) but still another picture surfaced online.He had also been associated with several street fights and issues with the law enforcement agencies. Around October 2017, he was accused of having a hand in the death of his friend, Tagbo and it was really a hit to his musical career. It was probably the incident that inspired the line in his song, FIA, '...Caroline save your drama, we don't need it, for the soap opera...'. According to reports, Caroline was Tagbo's girlfriend and bla bla bla.
Aside that, up until December 2017, Davido has also been in a huge 'beef' with top artist, Wizkid. They always took to the social media to jest each other but however reconciled at the Davido's 30 Billion Concert in Lagos, 2017.
Davido's Social Media Handles
Davido is very active on the social media circle. You can get him on:Twitter: @iam_Davido
Facebook: Davido
Instagram: DavidoOfficial
He is also very active on some other social networks.
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