Tiwa Savage
Afrobeats · Afropop · R&B
Tiwa Savage is Tiwatope Omolara Savage, a Nigerian singer, songwriter and actress born in Isale Eko, Lagos, on 5 February 1980. She moved to London at…
Biography
Tiwa Savage is Tiwatope Omolara Savage, a Nigerian singer, songwriter and actress born in Isale Eko, Lagos, on 5 February 1980. She moved to London at 11. By 16 she was singing backing vocals for George Michael, and she later worked with Mary J. Blige and Chaka Khan. She studied accounting at the University of Kent, then music at Berklee.
After reaching the final 24 on The X Factor UK in 2006, she signed a publishing deal with Sony/ATV and wrote for Monica, Fantasia and Kat DeLuna. She moved home in 2012 and joined Mavin Records. Her debut album Once Upon a Time (2013), with “Kele Kele Love” and “Eminado”, made her Nigeria’s leading female star. R.E.D (2015) and the Sugarcane EP (2017) followed, with “All Over”.
In 2018 she became the first woman to win Best African Act at the MTV EMAs. She signed with Universal in 2019 for Celia (2020), then released the Water & Garri EP (2021), a film of the same name (2024) and the album This One Is Personal (2025). She sings in English, Yoruba and Pidgin.
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