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Davido's "IF" peaked at number 1 on South African radio chart.
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Sean Tizzle was initially a rapper. He changed after discovering how good his voice was for singing.
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Wizkid's "Sounds From The Other Side" has debuted at number 107 on Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart.
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Nigeria is the largest exporter of Afropop.
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Patoranking's "God Over Everything", was the first Nigerian album to make Billboard's Reggae Albums chart. It debuted at number 4.
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King Sunny Ade is the first Nigerian Grammy nominee, and also the first African to be nominated twice. He was nominated in 1984 and 1999.
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Peter and Paul were referred to as "Double P", "P&P", and "Da Pees", until they eventually settled on "P-Square".
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Patoranking's stage name was given to him by a Jamaican artist, whom he met at Alpha Beach in Lagos.
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Tekno Miles was enrolled into a music school at the age of 8, where he learnt and mastered the rudiments of playing the piano and guitar.
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Femi Kuti has 4 Grammy nominations. He was nominated in the "Best World Music Album" category in 2003, 2010, 2012, and 2013, but never won.
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