they have also gain international and world wide recognition and their progress is really promising.
talking about their growth and popularity, radio stations, tv stations ans news magazines have play a very big part in their success story not forgeting the internet which is the global world for information and media, this is through music blogs and online tv and also through news websites.
though there have been alot of artists rising up this year, we re going to take just five of them for this 2016 beginning hoping to produce another list as this year run out.
NOW MEET THEM BY RANKING
1-ONOS
she is very successful in music this year. she have performed on stage with gospel big artists like Fred Hammond, Israel Houghton, Don Moen,
Ron Kenoly and a few others at major music platforms one of which is The Experience.
she is gifted in song writing and her voice is very charming , she released her album ''NO
LIMITS'' last year and this year has released singles which have topped
the gospel charts. She has been nominated for several awards to mention
but a few the City people Awards 2013 and 2014, Nigeria Entertainment
Awards(NEA) 2013, African Gospel Music Awards under the Best female
artist category 2013 and Artist of the year West Africa category 2014
among several nominations and she won the BEST FEMALE VOCALIST at the
Nigeria Gospel Music Awards 2012 and crystal awards 2013. She was also nominated for 2015 Crystal Awards
Featuring in some song hit collaborations this year, awarded a WISE WOMAN releasing an animated video for her hit single “ALAGBARA” and more, Onos has been on the news all year, making her one of the most successful artist last year
2-SINACH
Nick named ''woman of worship'', Her songs have cut across states, nations, borders and internationally has spread beyond. Sinach’s songs are household and worship favorites.
she is an artist of LoveWorld Records and one of the bigets artist of Christ Embassy, Sinach has become a household name in Nigeria. She has over 200 songs to her credit, including ‘Awesome God’, ‘Simply Devoted’, ‘I am Ready for Your Spirit’, ‘Shout of the King’, ‘All Things are possible’, ‘Born to Win’, ‘Fire in Me’, ‘More of You’, ‘No Failure with God’, ‘This is Your Season’ and more recently “I Know Who I Am”, “Glory To Your Name”, etc . Releasing a new album and thereafter a new Live-video “Nothing is Impossible”, Sinach has had a great year working on her music and ministering at events. She is a singer known to inspires the worshipper in you.3-NIKKI LAOYE
Award winning gospel singer and performer Nikki Laoye is without doubt an influence in the gospel music industry. The energetic performer is known for her chart topping hit singles and videos.
Laoye’s music has gained critical acclaim beyond Africa, as she was one of the first three Nigerian artists ever to be interviewed and recognized on American entertainment channel, BET in 2009 and she was one of the preliminary judges for BET’s SUNDAY BEST Auditions which held in Lagos, Nigeria in December 2009. In 2011, Laoye’s life and career were showcased in a special feature segment on BET, tagged “BET Spotlight – Nikki Laoye”. But that was just the start of Nikki’s music career.Nikki is a gifter artist, radio host, and humanitarian. Having dedicated part of her career and resources to humanitarian services at her foundation Angel 4 Life, Nikki Laoye has taken an extra step to impact her community. This year she also worked in music with Sammi Okposso, Florocka, XBlaze,she is one of the greatest legends in nigerian music industry as far as gospel is concerned
4-ADA
A Gospel Rock Singer ADA has always been on the top of the charts. One of the long lasting female alternative-rock artists in Nigeria, her style of music is unique and tight. Ada made huge impact in the crossing into main-stream through her single BOBO ME
Ada has dropped several singles this year and recently a new video “ONLY YOU” which has made the rock singer one of the strongest gospel females of the industry.Ada was signed the Brand Ambassador / Face Of Brand for ACTV this last year and is in preparations for a new album. lets see what she have to offer to this guys who signed her
5-PAT UWAJE KING
She also released videos for Eze and He’s Done Me Well. Shortly after the release of the 3rd single, “All Power”, Pat Uwaje-King announced the release of her debut solo album which was subsequently released on the 3rd of June, 2015 gaining a huge nationwide acceptance.
