Joeboy Biography: Age, Career, Spouse, Family, Net Worth

Joseph Akinwale Akinfenwa Donus, referred to professionally as Joeboy is a Nigerian musician and singer. Mr. Eazi of the record label empowers Africa first discovered Joeboy in the year 2017. His style of music is Afro-pop as well as R&B. Born in Lagos State, Nigeria.

Profiling Joeboy

A Quick Glance At Joeboy

Full Names	Joseph Akinwale Akinfenwa-Donus
Stage Name	Joeboy
Date Of Birth	21 May, 1997
Age	25 Years Old
Nationality	Nigerian
State of Origin	Lagos State, Nigeria
Occupation	Singer • Songwriter
Spouse	Private
Marital Status	Single
Academics	University Of Lagos
Net Worth	$2 million-$5 million

Biography

Joseph Akinfenwa-Donus (born on 21st May 1997) is a top Nigerian music producer who has captured fans across the world of his Afrobeats lovers by the afrobeat, Afropop, and R&B music.

The talented songwriter well-known professionally as Joeboybecame a pop music phenomenon after the success of his single Baby was released in the year 2019.

He released his debut EP, Love & Light on November 19, 2019. The beneficiary of Mr. Eazi‘s guidance is currently being signed to Banku Records and released his highest-charting debut record, Amid Beauty & Magic which was released under the label.

University Of Lagos (UNILAG) graduated Joseph Akinfenwa-Donus who made it big by the name Joeboy. Joeboy Is the age of 25 Nigerian musician and singers.

He is among the artists who are exploring Afrobeats/Afropop, as well as RnB music genres.

Early Life

Joeboy was born on the 21st of May 1997, to the Akinfenwa-Donus family. and Mrs. Akinfenwa-Donus. He was raised in a musical family as well with his father and older brother also being in the choir. His brother was a singer and his father was a keyboardist.

He grew up in the city of Lagos along with his siblings. Being a witness to his father and brother performing music sparked Joeboy Joeboya’s enthusiasm for the industry. This passion was stimulated by listening to various styles, including Pop, Soul, R&B, Dancehall, Reggae, Afrobeats, and music made by African or Western musicians.

Joeboy Joeboy was an extremely popular character at the secondary school he attended because the schoolmates always adored him of his stunning voice. He would often perform songs he composed himself during school events. A lot of people knew that he’d pursue professional music later in his life.

Born on May 21, 1997. Lagos Nigerian-born musician Joeboy has earned a degree in Human Resource

was accepted into the prestigious university University Of Lagos (Unilag).

Joeboy‘s first breakthrough occurred in the wake of Mr. Eazi‘s EmPawa African Adventure.

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Education

An habitant of the Nigerian capital city, Lagos State, Joeboyattended one of the most prestigious schools for his primary and secondary schooling.

He graduated from high school in 2013 with flying colors at the West African School Certificate Examinations.

He graduated from the University Of Lagos with a Bachelor’s Degree with a major in Human Resource Management.

Age

How old is Joeboy? He was born on the 21st of May 1997, he is 25 years old as of October 2022.

Career

While a student at The University Of Lagos, Joeboywas at the forefront of the university’s ever-growing entertainment scene. He wasn’t afraid to show his talent or stop his desire to become an international music sensation. He was always receiving requests to play at concerts, shows, and other occasions held on campus. He was also given an excellent performance, which led to him gaining a following quickly since a lot of Unilag students began to appreciate his music.

A neo-producer at this time Joeboy spent his time working in the studio recording songs he composed. He did this to perfect his sound and improve his musicianship. The time and effort he put into it paid off and soon he was able to get the break that he had always wanted.

He submitted an application and was admitted to the emPawa100 mentorship program. It is a mentorship program that was created by the program, dubbed emPawamusic imprint created by Mr. Eazi for the purpose of helping support new artists from Africa. Apart from receiving a grant from the imprint, Joeboy was able to secure an opportunity to collaborate with Mr. Eazi and this resulted in the creation of his breakout single, “Faaji”. The single was released on the 26th of October, 2018. The artist used the grant money to film the music video for Faaji...

Faajidid was great in the marketplace and also brought Joeboyto more of an audience, and set the tone for his contract to Banku Records. A signed artist, Joeboy‘s debut single Baby was released on the 1st of March, 2019. The song was a massive success, surpassing the goals that were achieved through the Faaji. The song was able to attract more than 20 million views across YouTube as well as Spotify.

A music video with a visualizer was made available for “baby” on YouTube and was viewed by more than 31 million people by the close of the year.

To keep pace with his increasing success, Joeboydropped another hit single titled beginning. The music video that visualizes the song’s beginning surpassed 23 million hits on YouTube. The song, which was released on the 15th of August 2019, was made by Killertunes.

At the close of the year in November of 2019, he released the highly-anticipated debut album which is an EP entitled “Love & light. Joeboylinked together with DMW superstar, Mayorkun to record the number one charting track, Don’t Call Me Back. The track is among the tracks on the debut album.

On April 10th, 2020, he debuted the track Call The Call, which is the first single from his debut album. The album he released as his debut studio album, Somewhere Between Beauty and Magic was released on the 4th of February 2021.

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Songs / Album & EP Projects

• Contour
• Nobody (featured by DJ Neptune alongside Mr. Eazi & Laycon)
• Baby
• Beginning
• Focus
• Alcohol
• Show Me
• Don’t Call Me Back (featuring Mayorkun)
• Lonely
• All For You
• Somewhere Between Beauty and Magic (Album)
• Love and Light (EP)
• Fááji
• Gbese
• Lonely
• Blessing
• Empty My Pocket

Family

Joeboy was born in and was raised in a musical family that made his dreams simpler with his father who was an accomplished Keyboardist, while his older brother was a prominent part of his church’s choir.

Thus, Joeboy ventured into music at 16 and released his first solo track ” Gbeseyin” in the year following, when the singer was 17. His idols and primary inspiration to follow were 9ice and ID Cabasa He took a leap onto the Ed Sheehan Shape of You album cover, which was highly acclaimed in Nigeria as well as across the frontier.

Joeboy was able to make his name noticed through a record deal with Gorilla Sauce Ent and Banku Music which resulted in him dropping a smashing track ” Baby” and a follow-up video was backed by EmPawa African, a program to find talent for up and up and coming African music artists.

He was among the fastest-growing Nigerian Artists soon following the release of ” Baby” which topped the charts across the world and in Nigeria. His name was firmly established as a major Afropop flag-bearer.

In March of 2019, Joeboy launched the hit song ” Baby” a Love track that was a top 10 hit on the charts of Apple Music for Nigeria, Uganda, and Kenya. The other song that was released by Joeboy is ” Beginning” which was later released by the public in the same way as ” Baby” and became a featured track on the beats of 1 host Ebro in his discovered section.

The song was most popularly played on the music streaming service Apple Music in Nigeria and Uganda. On the 8th of November, 2019, Joeboy released the album ” Love & Light” which consists of five songs. The album was released under the label of tune document, Banku Music, under a one of type license granted given to EmPawa Africa Limited.

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Awards and Nominations

In the year 2019, Joeboy went home with the Best Artiste award in African Pop at the All Africa Music Awards.

He also won his Best Artiste in Pop award during the 2020 Soundcity MVP Awards Festival.

In 2019 The Headies Awards, Joeboy was nominated in the various categories of Top New Artist Best Pop Single, the Song Of The Year as Viewer’s Choice.

Personal Life

Joeboy‘s stunning appearance rivals that of many performers in the business and is among the main reasons for his huge number of female admirers. He has a fair complexion, is tall at five feet, and has his hairstyle in dreadlocks.

She celebrated turning 25 on May 21st and is residing in Lekki in a spacious and spacious apartment. The fame of his singer has also earned an impressive amount of money, which is why there are expensive cars within his car.

Spouse

The situation of the singer’s love life is not known to the public. Though rumors suggest he may be in a relationship with a gorgeous model from Nigeria but he has not yet confirmed whether the information is true or not.

Net worth

As a being of the best and most popular young talents in the music industry, Joeboyis steadily earning a fortune through his talent in music.

Joeboyhas an estimated net worth between $2 million to US$5 million.

Social Media

Since he made his debut as a musician, Joeboy‘s following on social media has grown.

He has a total of 2 million fans on Instagram and more than 941k fans on Twitter.

• Instagram handle: @joeboyofficial
• Twitter handle Twitter handle: @joeboyofficial