Balogun Afolabi Oluwaseyi known professionally as Seyi Vibez, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. He is known for his breakthrough single "Chance (Ham)" from his second studio album ''Billion Dollar Baby'' which debuted No. 19 on the
UK Afrobeats singles chart
The UK Afrobeats Singles Chart is a record chart compiled in the United Kingdom by the Official Charts Company (OCC) to determine the 20 most popular singles in the afrobeats genre. The chart is compiled by the OCC from digital downloads, phy ...
and peaked number 7 on the
TurnTable Top 100 chart.
Early life and career
Born in Ketu,
Lagos State and grew up in
Ikorodu, Seyi Vibez debuted in 2019 with his single "Anybody". He first gained popularity in 2021 following the release of his single "Godsent", same year he released his debut studio album ''No Seyi No Vibez (NSNV),'' his second studio album ''Billion Dollar Baby'' with the
Mixtape
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"Billion Dollar Baby 2.0" was released in 2022, the album peaked number 1 on the
Turntable 50 albums chart. Same year he was cited as one of the 16 African artistes to watch by MoreBranches.
On 6 January 2023, Seyi Vibez released his 5 tracked debut
Extended play, "Memory Card", with guest feature from American rapper YXNG K.A. First week of launching the Ep, it garnered over 6.30 million streams with four track from the Ep dominating the Turntable top 10 chart and was listed by Pan African Music as one of the 10 best albums of January 2023.
On 9 January 2023, Seyi Vibez performed at the nearly launched festival "BWUSFEST" alongside
Black Sheriff and
Asake. On February 2 2023, "Let There Be Light" by fellow Nigerian star
Zlatan
Zlatan ( sr-Cyrl, Златан) is a male given name of Slavic origin meaning ''Golden''. The name is common amongst all South Slavic countries, namely in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia and Serbia. The name is found i ...
featuring Seyi Vibez was released. The song debuted at No. 14 on Apple Music top 100 Nigeria chart.
Critical reception
''Okay Africa'' listed "Alaska" a single from his debut extended play as one of the best songs in Nigeria.
References
External link
Seyi Vibezat
AllMusic
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Living people
Nigerian singer-songwriters