Davido Autobiography ,Who is Davido ?, Davido's Networth and Who is Davido's Wife/Girlfriend

By Ian Jacob

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Who is Davido ?

David Adedeji Adeleke was born on November 21,1992 in Atlanta, Georgia and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. He is better known by his stage name Davido. He is a Nigerian, singer, songwriter and producer.

Davido’s Musical Career.

Davido used to study business administration at Oak wood University before dropping out to start his music career. He left the US and went back to Nigeria. In 2011 he dropped his first banger dubbed ‘Dami Duro' which means can’t stop me. At this time Davido had disagreements with his father because he wanted Davido to be in school. In 2012 he dropped his second single ‘Omo Baba Olowo' which he then used to pay homage to his father for understanding and supporting his music career. His dad built him a studio.  Between 2013 and 2015 ,Davido became a household name in Africa with hit singles ‘Gobe' , ‘One of a kind', ‘Skelewu' , ‘Aye' and ‘The Money' featuring Olamide.

In 2016 the superstar signed with Sony Music.  In the same year  Davido started his own record label called Davido Music Worldwide (DMW). Nigeria’s Mayorkun and Dremo are currently signed to the label. In 2016 Davido dropped ‘Coolest Kid in Africa' featuring  Nasty C off his Son of Mercy EP . It was a smashing success . Other single include ‘Gbagbe' , ‘Oshi' and ‘How Long’. In 2017 Davido dropped two megahits,  ‘If' and ‘Fall'. In 2018 he dropped ‘Assurance'. ‘If' , ‘Fall' and ‘Assurance' got him named the most streamed Nigerian artist on YouTube with over 500 million streams.

Davido’s family.

Davido’s father is Dr Adedeji Adeleke and is a famous business man and very wealthy. His mother Dr Veronica passed in 2003 ,she was a university lecturer. He has two sisters and one brother. Sharon Adeleke, Coco Adeleke and Adewale Adeleke.  Davido is the last born of the family.

Davido Girlfriend/ Wife

Davido is currently in a relationship and engaged to Chioma Avril. The wedding is set to take place next year. American mega pop star, Chris Brown is going to be one of the groomsmen.

 Chioma

Davido Baby mama’s / Children

His first baby mama is Sophie Momodu. Their daughter is Aurora Imade Adeleke, born on 14th May 2015. His second baby mama is Atlanta based model Amanda, who gave birth to his second daughter Hailey on 9th May 2017.

Sophie and Aurora

 

Amanda and Hailey

Awards

Davido has bagged a number of awards.  In 2014 he won Nigeria Entertainment Awards for Best Single , Nigeria Entertainment Award for Best Collaboration,  City People Music Award for Music artist of the year, MTV Africa Music Award for artist of the year and BET Awards for Best International Act : Africa.  In 2015 he won MTV Africa Music Awards for Best Male, Nigeria Entertainment Award , Nigerian Teen Choice Award. In 2016 he won City People Music Award for Best Collaboration . In 2017 he won MTV Europe Music Award for Best African male artist,  Nigerian Entertainment Award for Afropop song of the year, Nigerian Entertainment Award for Best Single and The Future Awards Africa. In 2018 The Headies Award for Song of the Year, The Headies Award for Best Pop Single and BET Award for Best International Act :Africa.

Networth ?

Davido’s Networth is approximately a cool 16 million dollars in 2019. In 2012 he signed N30 million endorsement deal with MTN. In 2013 he signed a endorsement deal wi

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