Looking for the top 5 Record labels in Nigeria (2022)? Ever since the emergence of Music as a foremost means of prime entertainment and a huge money-making venture, record labels have played a critical role in housing, grooming, and propelling artists to stardom.
These label imprints are the domain of music artists, and just like a businessman owns an empire or conglomerate, a record label owner also owns similar conglomerates, but in form of music artists signed under his label.
Over the years, some labels in Nigeria have proven to be so prodigious, releasing every collaboration and singles as major hits year after year.
Some of these labels are worth billions of Naira when the entire caliber of its constituent music acts is priced.
They are household names in the Nigerian entertainment scenes and ashore.
For upcoming artists, getting signed into one of these record labels marks a major breakthrough testimony.
Below are the top 5 record labels in Nigeria 2022
Mavin Records aka (Mavin Dynasty)
Founded by Michael Collins Ajereh popularly known as Don Jazzy in 2012 following a split with his former co-partner D’Banj.
The split was actually a top gist in the entertainment scene, the duo of D’Banj and Don Jazzy co-founded “Mo’Hit Records”, a record label that rocked the Nigerian music scene prior to 2012 with top sensational albums coming from some of the finest and talented artists from its platforms like D’Banj himself and Wande Coal.
Post-2012, The Mavins Dynasty is the biggest and most influential record label in Nigeria and arguably West Africa.
It housed top artists like Reekado Banks, D’Prince, Dr. Sid, Koredo Bello, Di’Ja, and Tiwa Savage.
As a team, they have occupied the music airways with their songs starting from their debut scintillating collaboration in “Dorobucci” and then to “Adaobi”.
YBNL Nation
It was founded by Lagos indigenous rapper and indeed one of the greatest rappers in the Nigerian contemporary times Olamide aka Badoo.
After Olamide shot to dazzling limelights in 2011 from the stables of ID Cabasa’s Coded Tunes, he went solo in 2012 to establish his own label imprints YBNL.
Today, his imprint prides itself as one of the biggest in Nigeria even though the likes of Lil Kesh, Adekunle Gold, Viktoh have all gone solo.
Currently, it has DJ Enimoney, Temmie, Ovwasa, Davolee, Lyta, Limerick, Star Prince among others signed into it.
It also houses big names in the producing department (Pheelz and Young John the Wicked Producer).
Chocolate City Music
The label is unique with its crop of talented urbane rappers in the likes of MI (arguably the best around the green nation), Ice Prince, Jesse Jagz.
Other notable artists in the group include; Nosa, Femi Kuti, Pryse, DJ Caise and its sensational First Lady Victoria Kimani from Kenya.
Davido Music Worldwide (DMW)
Davido was once a member of the HKN gang, a label that seemed more like a family business co-owned by the OBO himself and his brother Wale and having two of their cousins signed unto it with stage names B-Red and Shina Rambo.
He however left the record to establish his own, hence the Davido Music Worldwide entertainment outfit and label.
DMW stands as one of the biggest and hottest record labels in the country at the moment.
Made Men Music Group
With Iyanya, a star artist in the mix, the imprint can’t be more conspicuous.
And now it houses the fine music prodigy of Tekno, the incredible singer and producer in Selebobo, the scintillating diva in Emma Nyra, and the promising Daci.
The group has an album that was birthed recently.
It’s called THE EVOLUTION.
