It’s wedding season which means if you are getting married, one of your top priorities is to make sure you have the right songs for you and your guests to enjoy. I’ve made it very easy for you. Whether you are planning a local or destination wedding, here are the top 20 Nigerian wedding songs and artists of 2016 to make sure your DJ has on that playlist for a great time!
Enjoy your special day and happy celebrations!
Cheers,
~Ms. Uduak
The Interludes
1. Skin tight by Mr. Eazi
2. Banky W & Chidinma – “All I Want Is You”
The Party begins
3. Oluwa ni by Reekado Banks
4. Fada Fada by Phyno
5. Bank Alert by P-square
6. No Kissing Baby by Patoranking ft. Sarkodie
7. Jombo by Kiss Daniel
8. Where by Tekno
9. Pana by Tekno
10. Diana by Tekno
11. Osinachi (Remix) – Humblesmith ft. Davido
12. Money by Timaya ft. Flavour
13. Emergency by D’Banj
14. Tiwa Savage ft. Olamide – Standing Ovation Official Music Video
15. E for sure by Phyno
16. Tum bum by Yemi Alade
17. Gbo gan gbom by Flavour ft. Phyno & Zoro
18. Akube by Dotman
19. Bile by Lil Kesh
20. Get It Together by Tiwa Savage and Paul P-square
This list might satisfy local listeners, but it’s missing some of 2016’s best. How did ‘Marry’ by DJ Neptune, feat. Mr. Eazi, not make this list? That’s an offensive omission.
Also, this list needed to include ‘I Want You’ by Poe, Tesh Carter, Saeon, Tec(SDC) & Mojeed; ‘Fallen In Love’ by Chidinma; and ‘My Darling’ by Olawale.
‘I want you’ and ‘My Darling’ are songs that do not have the momentum, views and are not charting on playlists on the continent and in the diaspora. The songs chosen are top 20, many of which charted and also hit the million view count and above (on You Tube). Chidinma’s ‘Fallen in Love,’also a newer release, is cute and could be added to the list because it is fast gaining momentum.
OK, that’s fair. But let’s remember that the charts don’t always get it right. Mr. Eazi dropped ‘Skin Tight’ in summer of 2015, but many people didn’t take notice until the video came out last December. It’s the sleeper hits that get the biggest reactions in the parties.
I bet if a wedding DJ threw on ‘Turn Up’ by DJ Jimmy Jatt, feat. Flavour, it would get a similar reaction to Tekno’s ‘Pana’. The machine doesn’t make the hits–the people make the hits. Ask D’Banj; despite what the machine wants, people have been rejecting him since 2013.