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SIMI Biography: Net worth, Record Label, Endorsement and Awards

SimiBiography,Songs, albums, new songs, age and Net worth is what her fans are searching for. So that the reason I brought to you the song, net worth and biography of Talented Nigeria Singer.

Simisola Bolatito Ogunleye popularly known as (Simi) is a Nigerian afro pop singer and song writer Born on 19 April 1988 at Ojuelegba, surulere. She received his elementary and secondary education in Lagos, Nigeria, and then went ahead to earn for herself a bachelor Degree in mass Communication at Covenant University. The superstar was the last child in the family of four siblings, Simi grew up dancing and singing as a member of her local church choir until she wrote her first song at the age of ten. She started her professional music career in 2008 with her debut album titled "Ogaju" with Hit tracks like "Ara Ile" and "Iya Temi" produced by Samklef.

Simi musical career came to limelight when she released the Hit titled "Tiff" in 2014, the song saw nominated in two categories at the Headies 2015 and further brought her to mainstream recognition. She released her EP album titled Restless in January 2014 which gave her more recognition and earned her a record deal with X3M Music. The album contain five tracks of popular international act like Adale’s "Set fire to the rain" and Rihanna’s "Man down". The singles "Tiff" and "E no Go funny" receiving huge airplay and was widely accepted.

 

BIOGRAPHY IN SUMMARY





































NAMESimisola Bolatito Ogunleye
STAGE NAME              SIMI
GENRE OF MUSICAfro Pop, Soul and R&B
 PLACE OF BIRTH            Lagos
DATE OF BIRTH         19th April 1988
RECORD LABEL             X3M
AWARDSBest Collaboration of the year at The Headies
NET WORTH      $380,000 USD

 

NET WORTH


Based on our findings Simisola Net worth is yet to ascertain but industry report proves it to be around $380,000 USD

 

In 2015, the superstar won the “Most Promising Act to Watch” at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards. She released “Love Don’t Care” on 14 February 2016; the song received a massive airplay the video was directed by Clarence Peter.


ENDORSEMENT


On 10th February 2017 The Star signed a Multi-Million Naira Endorsement deal with Etisalat.

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On October 27 2016 the Star collaborated with Falz to release the Hit single Chemistry, She was nominated in three category at the Headies 2016 awards ceremony, which she won one. She released two single from her second studio album “Smile for Me” and “Joromi” with the video directed by Clarence Peter and Aje films respectively. The album featured Adakunle Gold and was released on September 8 2017. the album  debut at number five on the Billboard World Album Chat.

ALBUM



  • 2008 Ogaju

  • 2016 Chemistry  with  Flaz

  • 2017 Simisola


AWARDS


2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards

  • Most promising Act to Watch


           2015 City People Entertainment Awards

  • Most Promising Act of The Year


          2016 City People Entertainment Awards

  • Female Artiste of the year


         2016 Nigerian Teen Choice Awards 2016

  • Choice Upcoming Female Artist


         2016 The Headies

  • Best Collaboration ("Soldier" with Falz)

  • Best Vocal Performance (Female) ("Love Don’t Care")


         2017 City People Entertainment Awards

  • Best Collabo of the year ( "No Forget" (with Adekule Gold)

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