What genres of music does Tiwa Savage perform?

Tiwa Savage performs pop, pop rap, soul, and rhythm and blues music, blending various styles to create her unique sound.

Which record labels has Tiwa Savage been affiliated with?

She has been affiliated with major record labels including Roc Nation, Universal, Capitol Records, and Motown throughout her career.

Where did Tiwa Savage receive her education?

Tiwa Savage attended the University of Kent in the United Kingdom and Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

What awards has Tiwa Savage won?

She has won several awards including the MTV Europe Music Award for Best African Act and has been recognized by BBC 100 Women and OkayAfrica 100 Women lists.

Tiwa Savage

Nigerian singer, songwriter, and actress

Person Human Q7810465

Facts

24 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: female^[20]
Date of birth: February 5, 1980
Place of birth: Ikeja
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom, Nigeria^[6]^[7]
Occupation: singer-songwriter, actor, musician
Educated at: University of Kent, Berklee College of Music^[11]^[12]
Award received: BBC 100 Women, OkayAfrica 100 Women, All Africa Music Awards, MTV Europe Music Award for Best African Act, City People Entertainment Awards, MTV Africa Music Awards^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]
Genre: pop music, pop rap, soul, rhythm and blues^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]
Official website: officialtiwasavage.com^[31]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English, Nigerian Pidgin^[34]^[35]
Described by source: Boomplay^[33]
Discography: Tiwa Savage discography^[29]
Eye color: brown^[32]
Family name: Savage^[30]
Hair color: black hair^[37]
Name in native language: Tiwa Savage^[36]
Native language: Yoruba, English^[8]^[9]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: BBC 100 Women Edit-a-thon^[39]
Personal pronoun: L484
Record label: Roc Nation, Universal, Capitol Records, Motown^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]
Social media followers: 1.5M (850k–5.7M, n=9)^[41]^[42]
Start of work period: 1996^[38]
Writing language: English^[40]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 39

ISNI: 0000000466318767
VIAF cluster ID: 1614163706823229422102
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Tiwa Savage's studio portrait.jpg ↗
AZLyrics artist ID: t/tiwasavage
AllMusic artist ID: mn0002534475
Apple Music artist ID: 324225716
BBC Things ID: f4d943aa-48c0-4cba-b6a0-1452444195bb
Bandsintown artist ID: 1554135
Deezer artist ID: 2281211
Described at URL: blogs.kent.ac.uk, kids.kiddle.co
Discogs artist ID: 2735825
Europeana entity: agent/base/134893

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Facebook username: tiwasavage
Famous Birthdays ID: people/tiwa-savage
Freebase ID: /m/0k0sng7
Genius artist ID: Tiwa-savage
Genius artist numeric ID: 119302
HAND ID: F21B-9897-2071-4643-46EA
IMDb ID: nm6170421
Instagram username: tiwasavage
Jaxsta profile ID: d5f8b967-0029-4d1f-9658-e06dbbf93678
Last.fm ID: Tiwa+Savage
LyricsTranslate ID: tiwa-savage-lyrics.html
MusicBrainz artist ID: 9d9f7ce8-e1cf-4413-b2c9-b90b69bc17f6
NME artist ID: tiwa-savage
Snapchat username: tiwa.savage
Songkick artist ID: 2391062
Spotify artist ID: 1hNaHKp2Za5YdOAG0WnRbc
Threads username: tiwasavage
Tidal artist ID: 4360570
TikTok username: tiwasavage
Universal Music France artist ID: 30371333223
VK Music artist ID: tiwasavage
WhoSampled artist ID: Tiwa-Savage
X (Twitter) topic ID: 1055130554339717122
X (Twitter) username: TiwaSavage
Yandex Music artist ID: 165345
YouTube channel ID: UCcBJoRL_QYkPlJaMhAUahvA
ČSFD person ID: 811164

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🔗 Connections

Award received 5

BBC 100 Women, MTV Africa Music Awards, MTV Europe Music Award for Best African Act, City People Entertainment Awards, OkayAfrica 100 Women

Mb:performer of 5

Once Upon a Time, R.E.D, Celia, Sugarcane, Water & Garri

Genre 4

pop music, rhythm and blues, soul, pop rap

Record label 4

Capitol Records, Motown, Roc Nation, Universal

Occupation 3

actor, musician, singer-songwriter

Country of citizenship 2

United Kingdom, Nigeria

Educated at 2

Berklee College of Music, University of Kent

Languages spoken, written or signed 2

English, Nigerian Pidgin

Mb:recording contract 2

4rt Africa, 4rt Africa

Native language 2

English, Yoruba

Described by source 1

Boomplay

Family name 1

Savage

Hair color 1

black hair

Instance of 1

human

On focus list of Wikimedia project 1

BBC 100 Women Edit-a-thon

Place of birth 1

Ikeja

Sex or gender 1

female

Writing language 1

English

← Performer 1

4rt Africa

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Summary

Tiwa Savage was born on February 5, 1980^[1], in Ikeja^[2]. She has worked as a singer-songwriter^[3], actor^[4], and musician^[5].

FAQs

Where was Tiwa Savage born?

Tiwa Savage's place of birth was Ikeja^[2].

What did Tiwa Savage do for work?

Tiwa Savage worked as a singer-songwriter^[3], actor^[4], and musician^[5].

Where did Tiwa Savage go to school?

Tiwa Savage was educated at University of Kent^[11] and Berklee College of Music^[12].

What awards did Tiwa Savage receive?

Honors received include BBC 100 Women^[13], OkayAfrica 100 Women^[14], All Africa Music Awards^[15], and MTV Europe Music Award for Best African Act^[16].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Tiwa Savage — place of birth (P19): Ikeja. Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Tiwa Savage — sex or gender (P21): female. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Tiwa Savage — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Tiwa Savage — country of citizenship (P27): Nigeria. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Tiwa Savage — educated at (P69): University of Kent. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Tiwa Savage — educated at (P69): Berklee College of Music. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Tiwa Savage — native language (P103): Yoruba. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Tiwa Savage — native language (P103): English. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Tiwa Savage — occupation (P106): singer-songwriter. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Tiwa Savage — occupation (P106): actor. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Tiwa Savage — occupation (P106): musician. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Tiwa Savage — genre (P136): pop music. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Tiwa Savage — genre (P136): pop rap. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Tiwa Savage — genre (P136): soul. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Tiwa Savage — genre (P136): rhythm and blues. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Tiwa Savage — award received (P166): BBC 100 Women. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-12-19. bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Tiwa Savage — award received (P166): OkayAfrica 100 Women. 100women.okayafrica.com. 100women.okayafrica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Tiwa Savage — award received (P166): All Africa Music Awards. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Tiwa Savage — award received (P166): MTV Europe Music Award for Best African Act. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Tiwa Savage — award received (P166): City People Entertainment Awards. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Tiwa Savage — award received (P166): MTV Africa Music Awards. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Tiwa Savage — record label (P264): Roc Nation. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Tiwa Savage — record label (P264): Universal. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Tiwa Savage — record label (P264): Capitol Records. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Tiwa Savage — record label (P264): Motown. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Tiwa Savage — discography (P358): Tiwa Savage discography. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Tiwa Savage — date of birth (P569): February 5, 1980. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Tiwa Savage — family name (P734): Savage. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Tiwa Savage — official website (P856): http://officialtiwasavage.com/. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Tiwa Savage — eye color (P1340): brown. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Tiwa Savage — described by source (P1343): Boomplay. boomplay.com. boomplay.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Tiwa Savage — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Tiwa Savage — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Nigerian Pidgin. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Tiwa Savage — name in native language (P1559): Tiwa Savage. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Tiwa Savage — hair color (P1884): black hair. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Tiwa Savage — start of work period (P2031): 1996. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Tiwa Savage — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): BBC 100 Women Edit-a-thon. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Tiwa Savage — writing language (P6886): English. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ Tiwa Savage — social media followers (P8687): 4,743,059. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ Tiwa Savage — social media followers (P8687): 2,242,588. wikidata.org.

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12d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Discogs artist ID → 2735825

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #62839: Importing Discogs artist IDs into Wikidata from MusicBrainz, after ensuring matching labels part1"
13d ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-10-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗

NME artist ID → tiwa-savage

"Created claim: NME artist ID: tiwa-savage, Matched to tiwa savage (#214794689) in NME artist #mi"
13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗

HAND ID → F21B-9897-2071-4643-46EA

Wikidata description → Nigerian singer, songwriter, and actress

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46458: HAND ID (5)"

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