His music career began for a long time as a background vocalist in the Megastar “George Michael band.” However, it takes time to build his name as a solo player but makes it happen. Stay with us and find out about the background and life of pop artists.
Early Life
The date of birth of tiwatope savage-balogun is on February 5, 1980, in Ikeja, the main city of the state of Lagos. The famous artist never wants to find details about his childhood roots, but there is information that he has at least three siblings. When he was 11 years old, he moved to London with his family.
This is a very positive thing for him to grow in a multicultural environment. He was pursuing his education in British high school and playing thrombon with school orchestra groups. Then, he went to the “University of Kent” and got a diploma in business administration, which directly helped him in learning more about the global music business. After university, he got his first job at “Royal Bank of Scotland.”
At some point, he had the opportunity to appear as a background vocalist for Mary J. Blige, and this was when he decided to focus on the music career. In addition, he got a scholarship to attend “Berkelee College of Music,” and he got a professional music diploma when he was 27 years old. Immediately he started a professional solo career.
Career
2006 was the year when the famous singer participated in the music contest “The X Factor.” He finished the competition at the top 24, and this was an excellent experience for him. In 2009 he completed the agreement for the music production of “Sony ATV,” and thanks to them, he entered the famous singer circle such as Fantasia Barrino, Monica, Mya, and Babyface.
He wrote text for them, and one of them was the most important with Monica “Catch Me.” Then he worked with Fantasia for “Collard Greens & Cornbread,” which was nominated for “Grammy Awards” next year. During this time, he has some lyrics recognized as “Push Push” from Kat Deluna feat David Guetta and “Oh Yeah” for Jaicko feat Snoop Dog. He also appeared as a vocal background for Whitney Houston’s last album, “I Look to You.”
In 2011 he placed a signature on support for Pepsi as the first woman from Africa from the music scene. “Kele Kele Love” is the number one song he brought, and then, for the addition of his first album, he brought “Without My Heart” and “Love Me.” This album is very successful, and was nominated for various awards. In 2014 Pop Star had a show on “MTV Africa Music Awards.”
In 2019 the Pop Nigerian icon released several songs such as “49-99” and “Attention.”
Personal Life
Savage and Tunji Balogun confirmed their love with marriage in 2013. In 2015 they got the first child, their son Jamil. Immediately their marriage experienced a crisis because of her husband’s drug problems, and they separated in 2016.
Tiwa Savage Net Worth 2022
In 2022, Tiwa Savage was estimated to be almost $ 5 million. In 2017 he bought his first luxury home worth more than $ 200 thousand on the road named according to its name. In 2019 the pop icon signed a contract worth several million dollars with the label music production Jay Z. She was officially the richest woman of the music scene in Nigeria.