Introduction: Nigerian singers; Tems, Tiwa Savage & Ayra Starr Net Worth, Who is Richer as of March, 2024?

Today on Celebnob.com we will be taking a look at Tems, Tiwa Savage & Ayra Starr’s Net Worth in order to answer the undying question of “Who is the richest among them“.

Although they are all rich musicians the question still remains who is the richest among them?

We the Celebnob media company have made research, analyzing their properties, income, and status in order to assemble accurate information regarding their respective net worths.

Without wasting much time, let’s rank them according to their wealth.

Their Wealth Ranking

  1. #Tiwa Savage
  2. #Tems
  3. #Ayra Starr

Let’s dive in

Tiwa Savage Biography

Tiwa Savage Biography

Tiwa Savage posing for a shot

Tiwa Savage (born Tiwatope Savage; 5 February 1980) is a Nigerian singer.

Born in Isale Eko, she relocated to London at the age of 11 for her secondary education. Five years later, she began her music career doing backup vocals for artists such as George Michael and Mary J. Blige.

After participating in the UK edition of The X Factor and graduating from Berklee College of Music, Savage signed a publishing deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing in 2009.

Inspired by the growth of the Nigerian music industry, Savage moved back to Nigeria and signed with Mavin Records in 2012. She made an appearance on the label’s 2012 compilation album Solar Plexus.

Her debut studio album Once Upon a Time was released on the 3rd of July 2013. It was supported by seven singles: “Kele Kele Love”, “Love Me (3x)”, “Without My Heart”, “Ife Wa Gbona”, “Folarin”, “Olorun Mi” and “Eminado”.

The album was nominated for Best Album of the Year at the 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards and for Best R&B/Pop Album at The Headies 2014. Savage’s second studio album R.E.D was released on 19 December 2015.

It yielded two singles: “My Darlin” and “Standing Ovation”. In June 2016, Savage signed a management and publishing deal with Roc Nation.

In September 2017, she released her debut EP Sugarcane. R.E.D and Sugarcane have both been nominated for Best Album at the Nigeria Entertainment Awards.

In November 2018, Savage won Best African Act at the 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards, becoming the first woman to win the category. In May 2019, she announced her record deal with Universal Music Group and exit from Mavin Records.

Savage sings in English and Yoruba; her music is a blend of Afrobeats, R&B, pop, and hip-hop. Savage’s contributions to the Nigerian music industry have earned her several achievements.

She has been involved in youth empowerment and breast cancer screening projects and has raised funds to build schools in Nigeria.

Tiwa Savage Music Career

Tiwatope Savage was born on 5 February 1980, in Isale Eko, Lagos State, Nigeria. Her family relocated to London when she was 11 years old. While attending secondary school, she was a trombone player for her school’s orchestra band.

Savage graduated with a degree in accounting from the University of Kent and started working at The Royal Bank of Scotland.

She did backup vocals for English singer George Michael at the age of 16 and lent vocals to other musicians such as Mary J. Blige, Chaka Khan, Blu Cantrell, Emma Bunton, Kelly Clarkson, Andrea Bocelli, and Ms. Dynamite.

Savage enrolled at Berklee College of Music and graduated with a degree in professional music in 2007.

While reminiscing about her experiences there, she said she was motivated by the drive and passion of the younger students. She also said she needed the school’s atmosphere.

In 2006, Savage participated in the UK edition of The X Factor and advanced to the final 24, but ended up being the 12th person to be evicted.

While participating, she had difficulty dealing with the limelight. She said, “You have to always realize that people are watching. When I got the bad news that I wasn’t getting through it was a really painful time.

But you still have to learn how to hold that until you get home. Because you don’t want to just let everything out. People admire you and want to see that you’re strong; they don’t want to see you breaking down.

In 2009, Savage signed a publishing deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

The deal allowed her to write for Babyface, Kat Deluna, Fantasia, Monica, and Mýa. She has received songwriting credits for her contribution to Monica’s soul-tinged ballad “Catch Me”.

Her collaboration with Fantasia on the song “Collard Greens & Cornbread” earned the American recording artist a Grammy nomination in 2010.

Savage wrote Jaicko’s “Oh Yeah”, featuring Snoop Dogg, and Deluna’s “Push Push”, featuring Akon.

She performed background vocals on Whitney Houston’s album I Look to You (2009).

Inspired by the growth of the Nigerian music industry, Savage moved back to Nigeria and signed with Mavin Records in 2012.

Tiwa Savage Net Worth in Naira and Dollar March, 2024

Tiwa Savage is among the richest female Nigerian musicians, currently, she ranks number #2 (two) in the Richest Nigerian Female Musician Index (ASA  is number #1).

Since Tiwa savage got signed, her net worth has never stopped growing, as of March, 2024 Tiwa savage has already bagged an estimated net worth of $10.5 Million Dollars which is N4.2 Billion In Naira (Nigeria currency).

Tems Biography

Tems posing for a shot in a photo studio

Temilade Openiyi (born 11 June 1995), known professionally as Tems, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer.

She rose to prominence after she was featured on Wizkid’s 2020 single, “Essence”, which reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 after the release of a remixed version with an additional feature from Justin Bieber and earned her a Grammy Award nomination. That same year, she was featured in Drake’s song, “Fountains”.

On 25 September 2020, she released her debut extended play, For Broken Ears. Tems released her second extended play, If Orange Was a Place (2021), after being signed to RCA Records.

In 2022, Tems’ vocals from her song “Higher” were sampled by Future on his single, “Wait for U”, which led to her being credited as a featured artist on the song.

She debuted top the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first African artist to debut at number one and the second Nigerian artist to top the chart.

Tems covered Bob Marley’s “No Woman, No Cry” for the Marvel movie Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack, released in July 2022 and in the same month her song “Free Mind” from her debut EP debuted on the Hot 100. Tems became one of the five Nigerian women who made history in the month of July as she won a BET.

Throughout her career, Tems has received multiple award nominations, winning two NAACP Image Awards, two BET Awards and a Soul Train Music Award.

Tems Music Career

In 2018, Tems quit her job to pursue a career in music. She began to learn self production skills on YouTube and on 18 July 2018, she released her debut single, “Mr Rebel”, a song which she produced by herself.

On 7 August 2019, she released the single “Try Me”. In 2020, DJ Edu chose her as one of “ten artists to watch” that year. On 23 April 2020, Tems was featured alongside fellow Nigerian singer Davido on a reworked version of American singer-songwriter Khalid and English electronic music duo Disclosure’s single, “Know Your Worth”.

On 25 September 2020, Tems released her debut extended play, For Broken Ears.

It was produced primarily by her and the single “Damages” from the EP became another follow-up hit to “Try Me”, peaking at number one on the Nigerian Apple Music chart and number six on the then-newly launched TurnTable Top 50 chart and garnering five million views on YouTube.

On 30 October 2020, Tems was featured on fellow Nigerian singer Wizkid’s single, “Essence”, from the latter’s fourth studio album, Made in Lagos.

The song earned her a number one spot on BBC 1Xtra Airplay Chart, and also earned her first career entry on Billboard Hot 100 at number 9.

Tems won a Soul Train Music Awards, two NAACP Image Awards, and received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Global Music Performance.

On 8 November 2020, Tems was included in The Future Awards Africa: Class of 2020.

On 13 August 2021, a reworked version of “Essence”, which contains an additional feature from Canadian singer Justin Bieber, was released, which propelled the song to reach number nine on the Billboard Hot 100.

On 3 September 2021, Tems was featured on Canadian rapper and singer Drake’s song, “Fountains”, from the latter’s sixth studio album, Certified Lover Boy, which debuted at number 26 on the Hot 100. On 15 September 2021, Tems released her second extended play, If Orange Was a Place.

It was primarily produced by GuiltyBeatz, and the single “Crazy Tings” was released five days before and peaked at number three on the UK Afrobeats Singles Chart.

Later, Tems reached number one on the Billboard Next Big Sound chart and the Billboard Emerging Artists chart.

Tems Net Worth in Naira and Dollar March, 2024

Tems is among the fast-rising Nigerian singers, She rose to prominence after she was featured on Wizkid’s 2020 single, “Essence” since then her net worth has never stopped growing.

As of March, 2024, Tems has already gotten an estimated net worth of $2.5 Million Dollars which is N1 Billion in Naira (Nigerian currency).

Ayra Starr Biography

Ayra Starr Having a good time in Colors Studio

Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe (born 14 June 2002), known professionally as Ayra Starr, is a Nigerian singer born in Cotonou, Benin.

Ayra Starr began a fashion career at the age of 16 with Quove Model Management before deciding to pursue music. After covering several songs by popular artists on Instagram, she posted her first original song on her page in December 2019.

This brought her to the attention of record executive Don Jazzy and led to her signing to Mavin Records.

In early 2021, Ayra Starr achieved mainstream recognition with her eponymous debut extended play and its hit track “Away” which spent two consecutive weeks at number four on Nigeria’s TurnTable Top 50 and went to number 17 on US Billboard Top Triller Global, paving the way for the release of her first full-length studio album, 19 & Dangerous in August 2021.

Categorized mainly as Afropop and R&B, the album has been met with favorable critical reception. It spawned two top forty hits in Nigeria.

The lead single “Bloody Samaritan” peaked atop the Top 50 chart, becoming the first solo song by a female artist to reach the number-one position.

Starr debuted on the Pandora Predictions chart, and on 28 August 2021, she ranked number two on Billboard’s Next Big Sound.

Ayra Starr Music Career

In August 2018, Starr was signed with Quove Models, a modelling agency based in Lagos. From there, she modelled for companies such as Mazelle Studio, Complete Fashion Magazine and Esperanza Woman.

In 2019, she began posting covers of songs by artists like Andra Day and 2Face Idibia online. She chose her stage name because, in her words, “it means woke and eye-opening and that’s what I stand for.”

She appeared in the music video for Eri Ife’s song “Dear Future Wife.” In December 2019, she uploaded an original song called “Damage” on her Instagram page.

This was heard by thousands of people including label executive Don Jazzy and led to her first recording contract with Mavin Records.

In 2020, she started recording at Mavin Studios in Lagos with producers Louddaaa and Don Jazzy. Her self-titled debut extended play was released on 22 January 2021 through Mavin Records.

The album has been described as “a topsy-turvy chronicle of love or love-themed situations” and “merges elements of R&B/neo-soul with Afropop percussion.

“Ayra Starr said her intention with the record was to make music that would resonate with both young and old listeners.

The mixing and mastering of the EP was by Ikon, Louddaaa and Johnny Drille. Starr wrote one of the songs on the EP alone and co-wrote the remaining four with her brother Dami.

Shortly after its release, the EP became the number-one album on Nigeria iTunes and Apple Music.

As of March 2021, it has reached the same position on Apple Music in 4 other countries, racking up over 15 million streams across Spotify, YouTube, and Audio Mack.

The project spawned the hit track “Away” which peaked at number four on Nigeria’s TurnTable Top 50 and number 17 on US Billboard Top Triller Global.

Its accompanying music video also debuted on MTV Base’s Official Naija Top 10. OkayAfrica included the song in their list of The 9 Best Nigerian Songs of January 2021.

Ayra Starr released remix versions of “Ija” and “Away” featuring Tokimonsta and Lilo respectively between March and April. Around the same time, Crayon’s EP Twelve A.M was released with her vocals on the track “In Sync.”

She performed at the UC Berkeley Nigerian Students Association virtual culture show titled The Olori Awards.

On 28 April 2021, the official music video for her song “DITR” was released on YouTube via Mavin. In June 2021, the music video for another song titled “Sare”, was released. Both music videos were directed by Afolabi Olalekan.

On 11 July 2021, Ayra Starr performed for the season finale of Nigerian Idol.  On 6 August 2021, her debut studio album, titled 19 & Dangerous was released.

For the album, she worked with her previous collaborators Louddaaa and Don Jazzy, both of whom contributed production on her EP Ayra Starr, and new collaborators, London and Andre Vibez.

The album marked her first time recording alongside guest artists such as Fousheé and CKay.

It was met with favorable critical reception with most critics characterizing its sound as primarily Afropop and R&B.

It spawned two top forty hits on the TurnTable Top 50, the highest being “Bloody Samaritan”, its lone single, which became Starr’s first number-one single on the chart.

The song climbed the Top 50 for several weeks, and, on the chart dated 27 September 2021, it reached the number one spot, making Ayra Starr the first female artist to do so with a solo single.

She debuted on Pandora Predictions chart, and on 28 August 2021, she ranked number two on Billboard’s Next Big Sound.

She was featured on “in the light”, a track on Johnny Drille’s Before We Fall Asleep. On 4 September 2021, she was named brand ambassador for Pepsi Nigeria. The following day, Starr performed during a live eviction episode of Big Brother Naija.

She collaborated with Cheque on “Dangerous”, the second track on his album Bravo.

At the 8th African Muzik Magazine Awards, she was nominated for Best Newcomer award.

Ayra Starr Net Worth in Naira and Dollar March, 2024

Since Ayra Starr got signed into the Mavin Record label, she has been waxing strongly, as of March, 2024, Starr has already bagged an estimated net worth of $1.5 Million Dollars which is N641 Million Naira (Nigeria currency).

The richest between Tems, Tiwa Savage & Ayra Starr Forbes Naira and Dollar March, 2024

Collaged image of Tems, Tiwa Savage & Ayra Starr.

With Tiwa Savage having a net worth of $10.5 Million Dollars which is N4.2 Billion In Naira and Tems having a net worth of $2.5 Million Dollars which is N1 Billion in Naira and Ayra Starr having a net worth of $1.5 Million Dollars which is N641 Million Naira it clearly show that Tiwa Savage is the richest among them.

As of March, 2024, Tiwa Savage is richer than Tems and Ayra Starr, while Tems is richer than Ayra Starr.