First of all, let’s remember
that Davido has beat Wizkid by net worth. He is richer. And on Twitter Davido has 1.4 million
followers, while Wizkid has just crossed the bar of 1 million followers. It is
hard to say, who is more popular.
Now, Davido was
offered a deal worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, one album, with the
option of more, depending on the performance of the project. OBO also lost his
creative control, which required that a team from Sony will handle his A&R.
They would have to fund his work with new producers, tweak his sound, and get
him to create a hybrid version of the African flavor, which they can market to
global audiences as the new wave. Wizkid also received the same deal, although
it was announced later than Davido’s. His contract had more financial backing,
RCA was his home, and he needed to tweak his sound, which would ensure that he
had a strategy to breaking even on the international stage. Already, he had
begun to make his mark on that stage, working with Tinie Tempah, Drake, TY
Dollar Sign, Justine Skye, Zara Larsson and many more. Based on the strength of
their Sony deals, Wizkid is rated as a greater international prospect, and he
took home a bigger pay.
For 2017,
Davido’s local impact is incomparable. OBO is killing it, with the success of
his record ‘If’, which has reignited his career and made him a hot artist
again. The single is one of the biggest songs out of Africa ,
with R. Kelly covering it. It has restructured the story around the singer,
injecting a huge dose of positivity. Davido has also released his second single
‘Fall’ which instantly raved and is receiving acceptance on a mass level. The
singer’s influence back home has grown, and his ’30 billion for the account’, has
created a pop culture phrase. He is crushing it right now at the local level.
Wizkid on his part has come through with ‘Daddy Yo’, which was a mellow hit.
Other singles have focused their core promotion outside the country. 'Çome
Closer’ is coasting in Nigeria
According to
Soundscan, Next Big Sound and a lot of other music business analytical
softwares the following numbers are from both artists within the past year. But
some still argue that Davido has got nothing due to his dry spell and lukewarm
releases, and that Wizkid won big at NEA, The Headies, AFRIMMA, MOBO, MTV EMA,
MAMA, SMA, GMA, APA, TCA, Billboard, iHeartradio Music Awards, Echo Awards.
Though career
wise, Wizkid has 42 major awards, while Davido owns 29.
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