Dapo Oyebanjo popularly known as D’banj is gearing to celebrate his 10th year in the Nigerian Entertainment Industry in year 2014.
The world has
watched D’banj grow in his career and it is no doubt that in 2014, the
biggest celebrations and the biggest projects will stem out of DMK
Media.
In the past
years, the musician, songwriter, actor and businessman has received many
accolades and has accomplished a lot to shake the entire entertainment
industry, open doors and give our industry a face. Here are some to name
a few:
Dbanj is known
to have found and signed everybody that belonged to the one time popular
record label ‘Mo Hits Records’ consisting of major artists such as
Wande Coal, Dr. Sid, Prince, K-Switch etc.
In 2004, he won the KORA Awards “Most Promising Act”, his first major award since the start of his career.
In 2007 Dbanj
was appointed as the United Nations Youth Ambassador for Peace. He led a
strong rally in Portharcourt to promote peace at a time in which there
was unrest in Rivers State. After the Rally and meeting with then
Governor of Rivers State, the curfew, which had been in place, was
removed.
In this same
year (2007), Dbanj won ‘Africa Artist of the Year’ MTV Europe Music
Awards. He also won this same award in 2011 and in-between that won Best
Male Artist in 2008 and 2009 at the MTV Africa Awards.
In 2008 D'banj
became the first Music Ambassador to be signed to GLOBACOM; making
GLOBACOM the first Telco to endorse Nigerian Artists.
He went on to
become the first Nigerian Artists to do an International collaboration
that was officially released, giving the Nigerian Entertainment Industry
major recognition with international talent and brand (“Mr. Endowed,”
featuring Snoop).
In 2011, he went on to win the Best International Act BET Awards, a major accomplishment for D’banj.
In 2012 Dbanj
hit yet another milestone with the hit song “Oliver Twist” recorded and
released in Nigeria with over 23 million views on VEVO. Oliver Twist
topped the African Charts and was a top 10 hit in the UK singles chart
in 2012 reaching #2 on the UK R&B chart.
The year 2013
has been a strong year for the Superstar. In May, he was appointed as a
Creative ambassador for the Bank of Industry. He performed at the
Mandela Charity Event in South Africa, Hit track “Top Of The World”
became the theme song for the Africa Cup of Nation, which was eventually
won by the Nigerian Super Eagles. Dbanj also performed at the Africa
Cup of National Finale in front of 92,000 people and 6 Billion Viewers
World Wide.
Clearly, this is a man on the rise!
Bowing out of
2013 gracefully, Dbanj has released a track with Burna Boy and recorded
the official Soundtrack of award winning novel “Half of a Yellow Sun”,
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie due to be released before the end of the
year.
With a lot to
expect from Dbanj in 2014, Dbanj continues to remain a strong force in
his industry, continually motivating and contributing to our
ever-growing Music Industry.
In January
2014, Dbanj will attend the African Union Summit in Ethiopia where he
will be signing a treaty that will encourage small-scale farmers. Dbanj
will also unveil his project and partnership with the African Union and
Musician and Activist ‘BONO’ through One Organization, to champion the
Agriculture Industry in Africa for 2014.
Stay tuned for Events, Performances, Technology, Agricultural Projects and more Music from Dbanj
Ff: @iamdbanj
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D'banj
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