Niniola Net Worth, Career, Age, And Biography2022

Niniola’s Biography

Full Name: Niniola Apata

Born: 15th November 1986
Age 35years (As at April 2022)
Country of Origin: Nigeria
Stage Name: Niniola
Profession: Singer and Songwriter
Net worth. $1.7million
Genre: Afro-house, Folk, house
Record Label: Drum Roll Records

Niniola was born and raised in Lagos State.

She comes from a polygamous family and she is the sixth of ten children, raised by three mothers and a father who was killed in 1995.
Niniola is the older sister of singer Teni.
Simeon Olaosebikan Apata, their father was a retired Nigerian Army Brigadier-General and he was assassinated on January 8, 1995.
Niniola did her primary education at Apata Memorial School, a military boarding school in Ekiti state founded by her father, Simon Apata.
She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in education, a four-year course at the University of Lagos.
Niniola is not among the top 10 list of the richest musicians in Nigeria.

However, she is a Nigerian singer and songwriter who’s best known for participating and finishing third runner-up on the sixth season of the reality show Project Fame West Africa.
She released her debut single “Ibadi” in March 2014. 

Music career

Niniola‘s love for music dated back to her secondary school days.

She uses her classmates as her audience and performs to them for free.

She was so good that she led the school’s cultural musical group in inter-school and inter-state competitions.

After graduation, Niniola continued to pursue her passion for music, which led her to participate in the MTN Project Fame Season 6 edition in 2013.

Her performance was weakly acknowledged as she finished 3rd in the competition.
In one of our favorite Niniola quotes that “When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.” She never stops in her pursuit of greatness and goal.

Her first single titled, Ibadi, produced by Sarz released in March 2014, became one of the most requested and listened to songs in Nigeria and Africa at large.
She went on to make more hits.
Her hits include Gbowode, Soke, followed by, Start Over, Shaba, J’ete, Jigi-Jigi, not leaving out Maradona, and Sicker.

Niniola’s international appearance has seen her work with Ugandan Eddy Kenzo on his hit song titled, Mbilo Mbilo. This feature won them the award for Best Collaboration at the AFRIMA award in 2016.

After keeping fans in much anticipation, the Nigerian singer released her first album titled, This Is Me, with 13 tracks on 1 November 2017.

The album came with an award for Apple Music’s Artist of The Month.

Her success drove her to a music tour in South Africa, and she was immediately contracted to perform at the prestigious South Africa Music Carnival held in February 2018.

Renowned African DJ Snake couldn’t get over Niniola‘s single, Maradona, which propelled her to collaborate with a remix titled, Maradona Riddim, released on 22 July 2018.

Niniola kept releasing hits, breaking the first female Nigerian artist’s record to surpass 1 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
Niniola headed for her first-ever concert termed The Human Radio, held at the Landmark Event Center Victoria Island Lagos State.
The show was a significant success.

Niniola Net worth and highlights

Networth: $1.7million.

Niniola Apata’s source of income comes from the sale of her music, shows, and tours where she performs. As one of the most influential female singers, Niniola net worth is $1.7million.

The singer made her money from her music, live performances, and several deals and contracts as an ambassador of various brands.

Niniola’s norminations and Awards

Below is a list of some of the Awards the Afro-House Queen has picked up for herself so far

Best Vocal Performance (Female) – The Headies 2021
Best Female Act – Ghana-Naija Showbiz Awards 2018
Glazia Persons of The Year – Glazia Awards 2018
Youth Artiste of The Year – Maya Awards Africa 2018
Choice Female Vocalist of the Year – Nigerian Teens Choice Awards 2017
Best RnB Video – Nigerian Music Video Awards 2016

Niniola cars and houses

Well, Niniola has shared several pictures of herself posing beside a white Toyota Venza. From what we’re seeing, the car can pass for the 2010 Venza model.

Singer Niniola hasn’t publicly stated owning a house, though we’ve seen her sharing photos of her posing in front of a house. However, we know she’s staying in Lagos State where she grew up.

Niniola‘s biggest song is arguably her single titled, Maradona. However, the singer has other hit songs.

Some of them are the ones listed below.

Ibadi (2014)
Good (2014)
Akara Iyabo (2015)
Soke (2015)
Start All Over (2016)
Jigi Jigi (2016)
Saro (2017)
Maradona Riddim (2017)
Magun (2017)
Bana (2018)
Designer (2019)
Fantasy (2020)