Top 10 Richest Zambian Musicians : Zambian music has been divided into three parts: Christian, popular and traditional. The traditional music originated mainly through practices and beliefs of Zambian culture. The instruments used were Membranouss, drums like Mango, budima, friction drum eyc. Zambian music gained popularity after independence through Zambia’s broadcasting services.
Here is a list of top 10 Richest Zambian Musicians who contributed to its growth and popularity:
Jose Chameleone
Joseph Mayanja or Jose Chameleone, was born on 30th April 1979. Jose Chameleone also one of the popular and the richest musician in Zambia. He is very popular in Ugandan reggae music and mainly sings in Luganda, English and Swahili languages. His music is a flawless blend of Ugandan folk music, central African Rumba and Zouk on a background of reggae.
Jose started his career as a DJ in a night club at Kampala. Later, he was signed by Ogopa DJs, a Kenyan record company where he got his first break with single “Bageya” featuring Redsan. He is very fond of cars, so he is also known for his collection of cars. He has many varieties of car such as Cadillac, Mercedes BenzML 200 super client exchangeable and Premio are among his prized possessions. His estimated wealth is 2.5 million.
Banky W
Olubankole Wellington, better known as Banky W (Stage name), was born on 27th March, 1981. He is a rapper and singer from Nigeria.
He is one of the richest R&B genre musicians in Nigeria and often called as King of African R&B. Banky was born in US and raised in Lagos. He started singing at a very young age in churches. During his student years he won many music competitions. He also makes lot of money over authorization. Banky W sings music with heart. So, he is the musician with heart. He intricate in so many charitable activities. He was ambassador of Samsung Electronics and Circo in Nigeria.
2face Idibia
Innocent Ujah Idibia or 2Baba or 2face Idibia, was born on 18th September, 1975. He officially doesn’t use his name 2face and use only 2Baba or Tu-baba. He has been presented with awards like MTV Europe Music Award, World Music Award, Channel O Music Video award, BET Award, MTV Africa Music Award etc.
He is one of the hottest black male singers, actor, songwriter and also producer. He has released five albums and for this he wins many awards. He is a very popular businessman with venture in real estate in Nigeria. He has also his own night club. And per show his charges between $50,000 and $80,000. He has an estimated wealth of 4.5 billion Naira.
Fally Ipupa
Faustin Ipupa N’simba or Fally Ipupa was born on 14th December, 1977, is a singer, songwriter, philanthropist, producer, guitarist and dancer. He has won awards like MTV Africa Music Awards- best video, Best Francophone Artist, Urban Awards etc.
Fally Ipupa is a great Congolese singer and also a fantastic songwriter. His first album “Droit Chemin” was released in the year 2006 for which he has won many awards. Do you know that Lingala music was modernized by him? And he makes lot of money by sanctioning brands and performing so many shows. So, from these shows his financially condition is excellent. His wealth is not estimated but he makes a lot of money through concerts.
Salif Keita
Salif Keita was born in 25th August, 1949. He is a songwriter and Afro pop singer. He suffers from Albinism and is known as the “golden voice of Africa”.
Salif Keita is among the popular and the richest musician in Zambia. He is great Afro- pop singer and also a good song writer and he honored with the name Golden Voice of Africa. He is civilian of Mali and he was born in 1949, Salif keita is a straight successor of the originator of the Mali Empire Sundiata Keita. According to those peoples who have some interactions with him, he is also a very humble and a wonderful human being. Ha has also a private island in France. And as per his humble nature people love him very much. His wealth is not estimated.
D’banj
Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo or D’banj was born on 9th June, 1981, is a singer, harmonica player, entrepreneur and songwriter from Nigeria. D’banj is also one of the popular and the richest musician in Zambia. He is the great Singer of Nigeria, and he has so many other talents also such as songwriter and harmonica player and he also win many awards.
His dancing style uptempo dance fusion of Afro- Beats and the electronic dance music i.e. Oliver Twist is also very popular in Africa. Do you know that he sold more than four millions albums all over the world and now he sighed with Kanye West’s record label in Good music? So, D’banj is a very popular musician. His estimated wealth is $5.6 Million.
P-Square
P- Square, a Nigerian Duo of identical twins, Paul and Peter Okoye, was born on 18th November, 1981. They produce their albums and release them from Square Records.
P-Square is also one of the popular and the richest Zambian Musicians. They are famously known as P-Square; actually they are twin’s brother Peter and Paul from Nigeria. And this R&B musician takes more than $150,000 a show. Both of brothers produced and released their music albums over Square Records. And their music is very popular across the world. Their estimated wealth is 25.6 Billion Naira.
Koffi Olomide
Koffi Olomide is also the one of the famous and the richest musician in Zambia. He was born on 13th July, 1956; He is Congolese singer, producer, dancer, and composer enormously popular in Africa. His charge of per show is up to 100,000 Euros. Even though we don’t know his exact net income. In the music world Koffi Olomide has been very successful. From the University of Paris he takes his first degree in Business Economic and after that do masters in Mathematics. During the course of his career he has released more than 30 albums which have been sold millions all over the world. He supposedly bought a house in Atlanta, US. And He is married and has seven children. He has an estimated wealth of $145 million.
Youssou N’dour
Youssou N’dour, born on 1st October, 1959, is a second richest musician in Africa. In 2004, Rolling Stone called him as “perhaps the most famous singer Alive” in most of Africa and Senegal.
In Africa Youssou N’dour is the most electrifying entertainer musician. and he is also a one of the richest musician in Zambia. And he is very talented in percussionist, song writer, composer, actor, entrepreneur and he is also a great politician from Senegal. And he is also the debatable Africa’s most thrilling and mesmerizing musician of all time. In Senegal Youssou N’dour is the owner of the largest media house. He was the winner of the Grammy award owns a Nightclub, a record label and a Television station. His wealth has been estimated to be $140 million.
Manu Dibango
Manu Dibango is the one of the richest African musician. He is the African Music legend, And Manu Dibango is the most successful African musician. He was born on 12 December 1933 and He is great player of Cameroonian saxophonist and vibraphone player. The music style he developed is fusing jazz and the traditional Cameroonian music. He is best recognized for 1972 solo “Soul Makossa”.
Michaelle jean, Sec. Gen. of the Org. Inter. de la Francophonie,honored Manu Dibango with the title of Grand Temon de la Francophonie aux Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques de Rio 2016. And this musician mostly does earnings from several positive concerts, recoding, sales and so many other investments. That’s why he is the one of the richest musician of Africa.
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So, these are the top 10 Richest Zambian Musicians in the world and these musicians inspires so many young musician who are intend to make a career in Music world. So, they are idols for them.
Top 10 Richest Zambian Musicians In The World
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