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Tiwa Savage

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Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage is often called the Queen of Afrobeats; she signed to Don Jazzy's Mavin Records in 2012 and in 2019 signed a global deal with Universal Music Group, becoming the first Nigerian female act to join the label (per The Culture Newspaper interview report, 2025).

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Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage is often called the Queen of Afrobeats; she signed to Don Jazzy's Mavin Records in 2012 and in 2019 signed a global deal with Universal Music Group, becoming the first Nigerian female act to join the label (per The Culture Newspaper interview report, 2025).

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Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage is often called the Queen of Afrobeats; she signed to Don Jazzy's Mavin Records in 2012 and in 2019 signed a global deal with Universal Music Group, becoming the first Nigerian female act to join the label (per The Culture Newspaper interview report, 2025).

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