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Nigerian Singer (born 1995)

Musical artist

Joseph Akinwale (born 21 May 1997), known professionally as Joeboy, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter.[1]Mr Eazi of the record label emPawa Africa discovered him in 2017. His musical genres are Afro-pop and R&B. He was born in Lagos State, Nigeria. He’s also called Young Legend.

Early life and career[edit]

The Mr Eazi-assisted track “Fààjí” was released on 26 October 2018; he used his portion of the grant he received from emPawa100 to shoot a video for the song.[2][1] Joeboy’s single “Baby” was released on 1 March 2019; it garnered 20 million streams across YouTube and Spotify in 2019.[3] The visualizer music video for “Baby” surpassed 31 million views on YouTube.[4] Joeboy released the Killertunes-produced track “Beginning” on 15 August 2019, where its accompanying visualizer music video accumulated 23 million views on YouTube. In the video, he finds himself developing feelings for a friend whose advances he had initially dismissed.[5] Followed by this, he released his debut extended play Love & Light in November 2019 by emPawa Africa.[6] It was supported by the singles “Baby” and “Beginning”.[7] The EP also contains the Mayorkun-assisted track “Don’t Call Me” and “All for You”.[8]

Joeboy won Best Artiste in African Pop at the 2019 All Africa Music Awards, and Best Pop at the 2020 Soundcity MVP Awards Festival.[9][10] He was nominated for multiple City People Entertainment Awards and The Headies.[11][12] Joeboy released the Dera-produced track “Call” on 10 April 2020.[13] Described as a “catchy love song” by OkayAfrica , “Call” is the lead single from his upcoming debut studio album. The TG Omori-directed video for the single features dystopian sci-fi themes.[14]

In January 2021, Joeboy announced his debut album, Somewhere Between Beauty & Magic, which was released in February 2021 to moderate commercial success.[15]

Controversy[edit]

Singer, Bukola Elemide, also known as Asa, issued a copyright infringement notice to Akinfenwa in October 2022, over his recently-released song, “Contour”, over claims that the composition of the song was originally recorded by her and the producer of the song “Tempoe”, earlier in September 2020 during a recording session.[16] Asa, through her legal counsel made a notice to Joeboy via mail, which was shared by Joeboy on his Instagram story on 3 October 2022, revealed that she demanded the sum of N300 million and gave a 24-hour ultimatum for the song to be removed from all digital streaming platforms. Through her management, Asa also asked for a 60 percent publishing split on the song, and a written apology, as seen in the notice.[17]

Discography[edit]

Album[edit]

EPs[edit]

Singles[edit]

As lead artist[edit]

As featured artist[edit]

Awards and nominations[edit]

References[edit]

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  3. ^ Elias Leight (24 October 2019). “Joeboy Reckons With Heartbreak on ‘Don’t Call Me Back’“. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  4. ^ Kam Tambini (24 October 2019). “Interview: Joeboy On Blowing Up and His New ‘Love & Light’ EP”. OkayAfrica. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  5. ^ Civonne Ray (21 August 2019). “Nigeria’s newest Afrobeats star, Joeboy’s new single “Beginning”“. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  6. ^ James Keith (17 January 2019). “Premiere: Nigeria’s Next Star Joeboy Revisits Recent ‘Love & Light’ EP For “All For You”“. Complex. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  7. ^ Motolani Alake (8 November 2019). “Joeboy sparks conversation with ‘Love and Light’ [EP Review]”. Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  8. ^ Emmanuel Esomnofu (14 November 2019). “Is Joeboy All For You? – “Love & Light” EP Review”. NotJustOk. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
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  17. ^ “Asa Demands N300m For Copyright Infringement”. Channels Television.
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