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Tiwa Savage
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Music Household Name

Tiwa Savage

The leading woman of Afrobeats

Household Name is level 4 of 4 in the Nigeria Hall of Fame: known and loved across the country, whatever the body of work behind it. See how the levels work.

Why they are here

She built a fusion of mainstream pop, R&B and Afrobeats, and became the most prominent woman in the genre.

Tiwa Savage has forged a path drawing on mainstream pop and R&B to develop a fusion heavily based on Afrobeats, and is the best-known woman working in it.
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