Nigerian Afro pop singer Yemi Alade has become the first female to
hit over seven million followers on instagram. Alade, who could not
contain her excitement, while appreciating her fans on her instagram
handle, @yemialade, said: “ Thank you all for the blessing and supporting me all day-EVERYDAY. We are #7MILLIONFOLLOWERS.’’
The 30-year-old R&B singer’s recent video, “Oh My Gosh’’
featuring America’s Rick Ross has recorded over two million views on
Youtube. Alade made her musical debut in an all-girl group called Noty
Spices in 2005, but her music became widely popular after she won the
Peak Talent Show in 2009.
She later released her first single “Fimisile” Yemi Alade has also
won a number of awards including the Best African Female at the 2015 and
2016 MTV Awards and recently, ”Best Performer” at the 2018 edition.
She is a recipient of several awards and nominations including MTV
African Music, African Music Video awards, City people Entertainment,
MOBO, YEM and Eloy award. Other notable female Nigerian singers with
several followers on instagram are Tiwa Savage (6.8million) DJ Cuppy
(2.5million) Seyi Shay (1.1million) and Eva Alordiah (236,000).
(NAN)
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