2021 Grammy Awards winner, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, known professionally as Wizkid, has finally revealed to lovers of his music around the world that his next album, “More Love, Less Ego” will be released very soon.
The Afrobeat star, whose fans have been clamoring for a new album has quenched their thirst by announcing that the much-anticipated album will come through on the 29th of October, 2022.
This will serve as a follow-up to his critically-acclaimed 4th studio album, “Made in Lagos”. Recall, that Wizkid made his debut in Amapiano with his latest single, “Bad To Me”.
Although the majority have slammed him for doing a bad job, others are glad that it took over the number 1 spot on apple music.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that Wizkid began recording music at the age of 11 and released a collaborative album with the Glorious Five (5), a group he and a couple of his church friends formed.
In 2009, Wizkid signed a record deal with Banky W’s Empire Mates Entertainment (E.M.E).
He later rose to the limelight after releasing “Holla at Your Boy”, the lead single from his debut studio album, Superstar (2011), which also spawned the singles “Tease Me/Bad Guys” and “Don’t Dull”.
In September 2014, he released the self-titled second studio album, Ayo. The album was supported by six singles, including the song “Jaiye Jaiye”.
Wizkid left E.M.E after his contract expired. In 2016, Wizkid achieved international recognition following his collaboration with Drake on the hit single “One Dance”, which reached number-one on the US Billboard Hot 100, and topped the charts in 14 additional countries.
The song broke multiple records, making Wizkid the first Afrobeats artist to appear in the Guinness World Records.
In March 2017, he signed a multi-album deal with RCA Records; and released his third studio album Sounds from the Other Side, later that year. The album was supported by five singles, including “Come Closer” featuring Drake.
In 2018, he was featured on the song “Checklist” by Normani and Calvin Harris, which reached number one on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart.
The following year, he was featured on Beyoncé’s project The Lion King: The Gift on the single “Brown Skin Girl”, which also reached number-one on the World Digital Song Sales chart, and won him a Grammy Award for Best Music Video.
In October 2020, Wizkid released his fourth album, Made in Lagos, which received commercial success and acclaim,[6] reaching number one on the Billboard World Album Chart.
The album includes the single “Essence” featuring Tems, which became the first Nigerian song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100,[8] and reached the top ten following a remix released by Justin Bieber. Wizkid’s fifth album More Love Less Ego is set for release in 2022.
By February 2021, Wizkid was the most-streamed Nigerian artist of all time on Spotify, with over 3.4 billion streams across all credits.