Endorsements from various corporate bodies have become a major source of revenue for top entertainment celebrities.
Musicians, comedians and Nollywood stars now smile to the banks on account of what they get paid by these blue chip companies.
These endorsement deals are usually worth multi millions of naira and our celebrities are laughing all the way to the bank.
We highlight celebrities with the most endorsements and how much they’re worth.
Funke Akindele – N20 million deal with Vita Foam
Funke Akindele shot into prominence with the release of her smash hit
movie Jenifa where she made over #60 million. Since then, she has become
the queen of endorsements with numerous brands using her to advertise
their products.
Her endorsements include Vitafoam where she got #20 million. Telecoms
giant Globacom, Jobberman.com, Qlichy.com, Klin detergent, Lagos Inland
Revenue Service and Nigeria’s premier detergent, OMO are among those
paying the actress mouth-watering money to represent them in our
capacity or the other
2face – N20 million Guinness deal
Born Innocent Idibia, the former member of the band, Plantashun Boyz, is
said to be among the richest artistes in the industry. With two
platinum records in his kitty, Tuface is speculated to be worth about
N550m.
It comes as no surprise as he has had endorsement deals with brands like
Guinness, which earned him N20m and Airtel, which earned him N22m. He
was also said to have earned N30m from
the producers of Phat Girls movie, and charges between N4m and N5m for shows.
the producers of Phat Girls movie, and charges between N4m and N5m for shows.
Don Jazzy – N50 million package from Loya Milk
Don Jazzy has become a very wealthy man, even making Forbes List as the
richest artiste in nigeria. The CEO of Mavin Records isn’t only making
money from his star-studded record label, he also has very lucrative
endorsement deals including one with Loya Milk where he got nothing less
than #50 million.
His #25 million deal with MTN, and his mouth-watering endorsement with Samsung Africa rake in millions of naira.
Genevieve Nnaji: N100 million Etisalat deal
Genevieve Nnaji is one of the richest actresses in Nollywood and she
achieved the feat not only by starring in high budget films but also by
promoting several blue chip brands.
Some of the brands she is representing or has represented include Lux,
Cintrion Energy drink, Range Rover Evogue, Etisalat, Polo and Amstel
Malta.
The Etisalat deal alone earned her N100 million.The Polo deal is put in
the region of N70 while the Cintrion drink rakes in N50 million for the
actress.
Iyanya –N60 million MTN deal
After winning MTN Project Fame in 2008, Kukere crooner Iyanya made a lot
of money from his jaw-dropping endorsement deals with top brands.
His endorsement deal with MTN is worth #60 million. He also has a
$350,000 endorsement deal with Zinox computers and a #35 million deal
with phone manufacturing company Solo Mobile where he also received a
2014 Prado SUV.
Wizkid – MTN is worth N45 million
His deal with Telecommunications network MTN is worth #45 million.
Wizkid also has endorsement deal with Pepsi worth about $350,000.
He has another endorsement deal with Guinness. No wonder the Jaiye Jaiye
crooner could afford to replace his crashed 25 million naira Porsche
Panamera with a brand new one just two weeks after.
Wizkid also has a clothing line.
Omawumi – Glo deal worth N25 million
Omawumi shot into limelight after becoming 1st runner up at the 2007
West African Idols. She is now one of the highest paid female artistes
charging up to 5 million naira per show.
She is also one of the singers with the highest number of endorsement
deals. Glo deal is said to worth N25 million. Others include including
Konga worth between 5 – 10 million naira, Mortein and Malta Guinness
Tiwa Savage – MTN deal worth N30 million
Apart from her very successful music career the First Lady of Mavin
Records, also has a number of juicy endorsement deals worth several
millions of naira.
Her MTN deal is reportedly worth N30 million. Other deals include contracts with Pepsi, Forte Oil and Maggi
Davido – N30 million MTN Pulse deal
Aye crooner Davido has deals with MTN Pulse and Guinness Nigeria. While
the Guinness deal hasn’t been declared his MTN contract is reported to
have made the Omo Baba Olowo N30 million richer.
Banky W
R & B Singer Banky Wellington popularly known as Banky W is smiling
to the bank with his jaw-dropping N100 million endorsement deal with
Samsung mobile as well as his endorsement with MTN.
He recently signed a deal with Ciroc
Kate Henshaw
Kate Henshaw also has an endorsement with Samsung as the Face of Samsung Mobile.
She has other multimillion naira endorsements like Face of Blessing Perfume and Face of Onga.
Mr Ibu
Veteran Nollywood Actor Mr Ibu has been entertaining movie lovers for a
very long time. Just recently, he got two very lucrative endorsement
deals, one as an ambassador for Sports Betting company MerryBet and
another one as brand ambassador for GoTv
Flavour N’abania –
Flavour has become one of the most sought after Nigerian artistes and
charges nothing less than 4.5 million – 5 million naira for shows in
Nigeria and #8 million naira to perform at international events.
He has multimillion naira endorsements with well known brands such as Globacom, Harp and Onga seasoning.
Saka
Saka is known for his strange roles in movies. The funny actor is known
for his ‘I don port’ campaign and he received a whopping #20 million
when he switched from Etisalat to MTN. He also has a lucrative deal with
Soulmate hair cream where he had appeared a number of their adverts
Dbanj & Psquare
D’Banj gets close to N100 million + He Recently signed a deal with Ciroc, Psquare N140m from Glo
Dbanj’s deal with Glo is said to be in the region of N100 million while
Psquare’s deal with same outfit goes for N140 million.
Mike Ezuruonye
Just few months after Mike Ezuruonye was dropped as Glo Ambassador, he
ported to Airtel in a very lucrative endorsement deal running into
millions.
Burna Boy and Waje have multimillion naira endorsement deals as Glo Ambassadors.
Burna Boy recently signed an International Deal
Limpopo crooner Kcee and Chidinma are both MTN Ambassadors with lucrative deals worth over #20 million each.
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