# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wizkid
# Generated: 2026-09-02T22:13:56.474Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wizkid"
name: "Wizkid"
slug: "wizkid"
description: "Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, better known as Wizkid, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. Born in the Ojuelegba suburb of Surulere, Lagos Nigeria, Wizkid is a voice in the emerging Afrobeats movement. His music is a blend of Afrobeats, afropop, R&B, afrobeat, reggae, dancehall, and pop. He began recording music at the age of 11 and released a collaborative album with the Glorious Five, a group he and a few of his church friends formed. In 2009, Wizkid signed a record deal with Banky W's Empire Mates Entertainment (E.M.E). He gained recognition after releasing \"Holla at Your Boy\", the lead single from his debut studio album, Superstar (2011), which also spawned the singles \"Tease Me/Bad Guys\" and \"Don't Dull\"."
tagline: "Nigerian singer and songwriter (born 1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wizkid_at_Iyanya's_album_launch_concert%2C_2013_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1990-07-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           73.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.274172
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  14
  category: null
totalFollowers: 525000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/wizkidayo"
    handle:    "wizkidayo"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/wizkidayo/"
    handle:    "wizkidayo"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/wizkidmusic"
    handle:    "wizkidmusic"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3tVQdUvClmAT7URs9V3rsp"
    handle:    "3tVQdUvClmAT7URs9V3rsp"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.wizkidofficial.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE0-Bxu88d4bsGCv34zvtbA"
    handle:    "@wizkidvevo"
    followers: 525000
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ويزكيد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويزكيد"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wizkid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wizkid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wizkid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wizkid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wizkid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wizkid"
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    title: "Wizkid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wizkid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ויזקיד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wizkid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizkid_(cantante)"
    title: "Wizkid (cantante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizkid"
    title: "Wizkid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wizkid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wizkid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wizkid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wizkid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiz_kid"
    title: "Wiz kid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizkid"
    title: "Wizkid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizkid"
    title: "Wizkid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizkid"
    title: "Wizkid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wizkid"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wizkid"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3f43dfac-d67a-4505-b4bf-2a4769f1956e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16233663"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump