Adekunle Gold Biography And Net Worth

Adekunle Gold, sometimes known as Adekunle Kosoko, is a gifted graphic designer and vocalist of highlife music from Nigeria. After releasing the 2015 hit song “Sade” and a highlife cover of One Direction’s “Story of My Life,” he gained widespread recognition. His official studio album “Gold,” which debuted at number seven on the Billboard World Albums chart, was published in 2015 after he signed a record deal with YBNL Nation. The release of the singles “Sade,” “Orente,” and “Pick Up” came before the album Gold. Before joining YBNL, Adekunle Gold, who spoke to Nigerian Entertainment Today, completed other designs for Lil Kesh, Viktoh, and Olamide in addition to the label’s official logo.

Adekunle Gold Biography

In Lagos State, Nigeria, Adekunle Kosoko was born into the Kosoko aristocracy. The Lagos State Polytechnic awarded him a higher national diploma in arts and style. Adekunle became interested in music as a child after listening to songs by King Sunny Ade and Ebenezer Obey. He joined the junior choir at his church when he was a teenager, and at the age of 15, he composed his first song.

After breaking up the music group he had started with a fan while still in school in 2014, Adekunle went solo. After sharing an altered photoshop photograph of him hugging Tiwa Savage on social media, he earned the moniker “King of Photoshop.” He released “Sade,” a cover of One Direction’s “Story of My Life,” on December 19, 2014. The song received positive reviews and received a nomination for Best Alternative Song at the 2015 Headies.

His debut single, “Orente,” was published through YBNL Nation following the release of the song “Sade,” which was followed by the signing of a music contract with the label on March 5, 2015. At the 2015 City People Entertainment Awards, he was up for Most Promising Act of the Year. Adekunle Gold unveiled the cover art and track listing for his debut studio album, Gold, on July 18. With musical production from Pheelz, Masterkraft, B Banks, Sleekamo, Oscar, and Seyikeyz, the album might be a 16-track undertaking. Three days ahead of the original release date, on July 25, it had been made available. Following its release, it debuted at number seven on the Billboard World Album Chart for the week of August 13, 2016.

Additionally, it had received extensive reviews from reviewers of modern music. Adekunle Gold debuted his band “The 79th Element” in reference to the atomic number of gold after leaving YBNL Nation when his contract with the label expired. Adekunle Gold was announced as Unity Bank’s brand ambassador on January 15th, 2018. The highly anticipated album “Afro Pop Vol. 1” by Adekunle Gold was also released on August 21st, 2020.

Adekunle Gold Awards

The music star has won numerous awards throughout the course of his career. His first nomination came at Nigeria Entertainment, where he took home the prize for the best song, “Pick Up,” and the Headies Awards, where he took home the prize for the “Best New Act to Watch,” which he later went on to win. Since then, he has received numerous honors, including the City People Award for Album of the Year and numerous other awards.

Adekunle Gold & Simi

Simi, a well-known singer in Nigeria, and her artist husband Adekunle Gold had their first child together, a stunning daughter. On Sunday, Simi announced the news on her Instagram page and disclosed that they had given the infant the name Adejare. “Adejare. This limitless, soul-stealing, unlimited, exciting, mind-blowing love is just like free-falling. Deja, my little child,” she penned. Simi and Adekunle Gold were wed in December 2019 during a private ceremony. When Simi made her baby belly known in the music video for her song “Duduke,” which was released on April 19—also Simi’s birthday—the newlyweds were able to officially confirm Simi’s pregnancy.

Adekunle Gold Albums

• Gold (2016)
• About 30 (2018)
• Afro Pop Vol. 1 (2020)

Selected singles

• “Sade” (2014)
• “Temptation” (2014)
• “Orente” (2015)
• “Pick Up” (2015)
• “No Forget” feat Simi (2016)
• “Ariwo Ko” (2016)
• “Friend Zone” (2016)
• “Nurse Alabere” (2016)
• “Ready” (2016)
• “My Life” (2016)
• “Nurse Alabere” (2016)
• “Friend Zone” (2016)
• “Work” (2016)
• “Beautiful Night” (2016)
• “Fight For You” (2016)
• “Sweet Me” (2016)
• “Paradise” (2016)
• “Call on me” (2017)
• “Only Girl” feat Moelogo (2017)
• “Money” (2017)
• “Ire” (2018)
• “Damn Delilah” (2018)
• “Before You Wake Up” (2019)
• “Young love” (2019)
• “Kelegbe Megbe”
• “Jore” feat Kizz Daniel (2020)
• “Something Different” (2020)
• “AG Baby” feat Nailah Blackman (2020)