Onyeka Onwenu – Ekwe
You can easily substitute in a number of Onyeka Onwenu’s hit songs and not many will argue with you. Onyeka Onwenu was easily the defining artist of the Nigerian 80s pop music era, and Ekwe typifies exactly everything she was giving us in that period.
Olu Maintain – Yahooze
When you have the Secretary of State of the United States (Colin Powell) dancing to your song then you know you’ve reached somewhere. Olu Maintain’s Yahooze and the dance that came with it was the biggest thing going from 2007 all the way into 2009.
Dbanj – Oliver Twist
Say what you want about Dbanj and his career after Mo-Hits, what you can’t take from him is this outstanding parting gift he got right before leaving the label he started with Don Jazzy. Oliver Twist is not only Dbanj’s biggest song, it’s one of the most internationally renowned Nigerian songs of the past decade.
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