In this article, you will learn about the richest female musician in Nigeria and 9 other female musicians who have also been mentioned.
Bukola Elemide, widely known as Asa is a Nigerian/French musician. Asa was born on the 17th of September, 1982 in Paris, France. She is currently 40. At get 20, Asa went back to France to study at the IMFP school of jazz music. Asa’s genre focuses on Pop, Afrobeat, and indie pop. Her debut single, Eye Adaba rose Asa to prominence. Asa over the years, Asa has produced 5 studio albums with V being the latest. Album V portrayed a different side to her and houses 10 solid tracks.
She also finally let Wizkid come on board, as he has always wanted to collaborate with her. This lifelong dream came to be on teh song IDG. Asa’s debut album was 2007 titled, Asha. In 2010, the talented singer came through with another masterpiece titled, Beautiful Imperfection. Then came Bed of Stone in the year 2014, Lucid in 2019, and then V’ in 2022. The album V features creatives like Wizkid, The cavemen, and Amarae. The singer is most popular for her songs, Fire On The Mountain, Jailer, Eye Adaba, and Eyo.
Asa‘s debut album charted on radio across Europe, Asia, and Africa. The album also went on to win the prestigious French Constantin Award in 2008. This was when she was voted the best fresh talent of 10 singers or groups by a jury of 19 music-industry specialists in Paris.
In 2007, Asa appeared on the soundtrack of the movie The First Cry with the track Kokoya. In 2009: The Place To Be – the soundtrack for GTBank. 2011: Zarafa – the soundtrack for the animation movie, Zaraf. Her 2nd album, Beautiful Imperfection went platinum in 2011. However, the lead song, Be My Man went ahead and sold about 400,000 copies all over the world. The talented singer went on a music tour from the year 2015 to 2017 for her third album, Bed of Stone.
Asa Richest Female Musician has won several awards including being nominated for “Best R&B/Pop Album”, “Best Alternative Sound”, and “Best Vocal Recording Of The Year”. Asa has a quite discrete personality and does not subscribe to social media life. Asa currently has 358,700 monthly Spotify listeners. Asa is currently estimated to be worth about $10.5 million.
Notable Mentions
- Tiwa Savage $9 Million
- Yemi Alade $4.9 Million
- Omawumi $3 Million
- Chidinma $2.8 million
- Seyi Shay $2.1 Million
- Simi $2 Million
- Waje $1.7 Million
- Madrina $1.5 Million
- 10. Nneka $1.3 Million