What is Mayorkun Net Worth in 2023

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What is Mayorkun net worth or what is the net worth of Mayorkun?

In this article you will find out what Mayorkun net worth is, but before then you should know who Mayorkun is and how he makes his money.

Who is Mayorkun?

Mayorkun is a Nigerian afrobeats singer, song writer and pianist. Mayorkun whose real name is Adewale Mayowa Emmanuel was born on March 23, 1994 in Osun State, Nigeria. He is the first child of three, Mayorkun was born into a family of entertainers. His mother is a Nollywood actress and his father, an artist and movie producer. Mayorkun was part of the choir at a very young age, according to him, “it was how he learnt the rudiments of music”. Mayorkun has a degree in accounting from the University of Lagos, and was in a banking job before he was discovered in 2016 by Nigerian popular afrobeats musician Davido.

Now that you have known who Mayorkun is, let us talk about Mayorkun career and how he makes his money before going into Mayorkun net worth.

Mayorkun Career

Mayorkun was working in a bank when he released a cover of Davido’s single, titled “The Money.” He left the bank job in search of another due to bad pay, when his cover video was spotted by Davido in February 2016 on Twitter.

Afterwards, Davido followed Mayorkun on Twitter and Instagram, afterwards, Davido asked him if he can do more than play the keyboard. On the same day, he wrote his resignation letter, Mayorkun got a call from Davido and sent Davido some of the songs he already recorded.

Davido decided to sign him to his record label; Davido Music Worldwide (DMW). Mayorkun released his first single under the label called “Eleko” in 2016 which debuted on number 9 on the Nigeria Playdata charts, on the 1st of May 2016, and reached number 5, on 28 May 2016. The video of the song gathered a million views in the first 10 days.

Since then, Mayorkun has several singles including Yawa, Sade, Che Che, and Mama. In October 2018, he released singles “Posh” and “Fantasy” featuring Olu Maintain, in anticipation of his first studio album titled “The Mayor of Lagos”. The Mayor of Lagos was released on the 16th of November 2018. On December 1, 2018, it appeared on the Billboard World Albums chart, peaking at number 15.

In 2020 he was among the artistes scheduled for performance at the Convention center of the Eko Hotel and suites, Victoria Island, Lagos for the 2020 vanguard personality awards. Other scheduled artistes included Tekno, Timaya and many more.

In 2021, Mayorkun announced his exit from DMW at the release party of his second album “Back In Office”, in an interview with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, they both (Davido, and Mayorkun) shared the news with fans at his album lunch party. The studio album “Back In Office”, was released through Sony Music, West Africa division in Nigeria on the 29th of October, 2021.

It is time for you to know the net worth of Mayorkun.