A list of Top 20 Nigerian Songs of the decade was put together by MTV Base in a round table debate among certain experienced musical industry personalities consisting of Olisa Adibua ( OAP & Producer), Timothy Horwood (Head of Channel, MTV Base), DJ Jimmy Jatt, Mark Redguard (Spinlet/960 Music group), Tosyn Bucknor (OAP), Tolu Toolz Oniru (OAP), Lanre Onipede (Talent manager, MTV Base) and Noble Igwe (360Nobs).
The songs were selected based on popularity & success not just in Nigeria alone but off the shores and during the debate some songs were either moved up the chart, down the chart and some removed entirely when more recognized songs were introduced to the chart.
The final 20 songs selected below:
1. TuFace – African Queen
2. 9ice – Gongo Aso
3. D’Banj – Oliver Twist
4. Olu Maintain – Yahoozee
5. D’Banj – Fall in Love
6. Ice prince – Oleku
7. Davido – Skelewu
8. Wizkid – Holla at Your Boy
9. Flavour – Nwa Baby
10. P-Square – Chop My Money
11. Asa – Jailer
12. Style Plus – Olufunmi
13. NaetoC – Kini Big Deal
14. Iyanya – Kukere
15. Banky W- Lagos Party
16. DJ Jimmy Jatt – Stylee
17. P-Square ft. Waje – Do Me
18. MI – Safe
19. Wande Coal – Bumper to Bumper
20. KCee – Limpopo
Whats your take on the list? Kindly drop your comments below.
Jailer should be further up… and whatever happened to strong thing by banky w? It’s a better song than lagos party.
dat african queen is so old its even hurting my ears
this songs are nt up to a
decade. i think 10yrs is a decade so y is skelewu, limpopo,holla at ur boy nd kukere dere
Yu dont get it. Its songs that came out from 2005 till today.
Very true buh der are songz that stil keep the humAn memory like Grass2Grace=2Baba
Preference and perception is an individual things. All in all, nice choice of songs.