Entertainment Kiss Daniel: 10 Things Every Nigerian Should Know

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He stormed the music stage not long ago, a little above three years now. Fast rising Nigerian singer, Kiss Daniel is a talented and hard working young super star. In the few years of being in the entertainment industry, 'Kiss' has endeared himself to music lovers and keeps doing well with no scandal. Here is a look at some other details about him.

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Kiss Daniels. Credit: Instagram

1. Kiss Daniel was born Oluwatobiloba Daniel Sikiru Anidugbe in Ogun state, Nigeria. He hails from Abeokuta North local government area.

2. He attended Abeokuta Grammar School in abeokuta, Ogun state. He graduated from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, in 2013, where he studied Water Resources Management and Agrometeorology (Water Engineering).

3. He started his music career professionally 2013 after his tertiary education, when he came across the famous G-Worldwide Entertainment CEO, Emperor Geezy who had heard a lot about him and sign him to his record label.

4. Kiss Daniel released his first official single titled 'Shoye' produced by Beatburx on 1st of May, 2014 from the stables of G-Worldwide Entertainment and also dropped a video to it couple of weeks after, which was directed by MEX Film.

5. Having created a platform for himself and is record label, Kiss Daniel rose again but this time teaming up with the amazing producer Dj Coublon to drop a follow up single titled "Woju", an highlife tune which top Nigeria's music chats for weeks, months. "Woju" was followed shortly by "Laye" which had a similar appeal to audience and "Mama", another hit in 2016.
6. Woju spent eleven weeks on the MTV Base Official Naija Top Ten, including six weeks at the number one spot. This was followed by a remix of 'Woju' with Tiwa Savage and Tiwa Savage. This also lived up to expectations as people loved it. It peaked at Number 1 and Number 2 respectively on the MTV Base Official Naija Top 10, the first time an original song and its remix would peak at the first and second positions on the chart.

7. Kiss Daniel has won several awards such as Next rated artiste of the Year at Extreme Awards held in Benin Republic, Newcomer/Revelation of the year at Maya Awards in Ibadan; Coson Music Awards / Best Song in Melody (2015); Nigeria Entertainment Awards / Best New Act of the Year (2015); Afrima Awards Most Promising Act in Africa (2015); MTN4SYTE TV Music Video Awards (Ghana) /Best African Act Video “Woju Remix” (2015), and has got several awards nominations.

8. His stage name came about while he was in secondary school because of his dimples. If you had dimples in both cheeks, you were called 'Kisses'. But because he had in only one, he was called 'Kiss' and the Daniel was to differentiate him from other Daniels in school.

9. 2face Idibia (2Baba), Danfo Drivers, Oritse Femi, W4, Wande Coal, Zulezu, 9ice and others are Kiss Daniel’s musical influences.

10. The ‘woju’ crooner lost his father on 9th May, 2015.
 
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