Nigerian singer and songwriter Tiwa Savage has signed an international recording deal with Universal Music Group .
UMG is an American global music corporation and is the world leader in music - based entertainment .
The group announced through their official Instagram account that they were “thrilled to welcome Tiwa Savage , one of Africa ’s biggest stars to the Universal Music Group Family ”.
They said that under the agreement , signed on Thursday, Savage ’ s future music will be released internationally through UMG ’s operations in more than 60 countries worldwide and projects would be executively produced by Efe Ogbeni and Vannessa Amadi- Ogbonna of Stealth Management .
Efe Ogbeni and Vannessa Amadi -Ogbonna said : “We ’re very proud to be a part of this ground - breaking partnership between Tiwa Savage and Universal Music Group .
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“Tiwa is undoubtedly the most hardworking and talented female artist crossing over from Africa to the rest of the world , and UMG has demonstrated its commitment to the Continent by placing its formidable machinery behind her amazing career .
“Partnerships like these symbolise the hopes and dreams of so many talented artists back home in Africa and it is an honour to be the executive producers of her project. ”
Following the deal , Savage said : “My biggest goal is to make Africa proud . I ’m so excited for this moment and I ’m thankful to Sir Lucian Grainge and my new UMG family for their belief in my dreams .
“I ’m looking forward to this next chapter in my career and I ’m more ready than I have ever been .”
On how she felt about the deal, she said , “It’s like a dream and more importantly it means that I ’m part of the legacy , I ’m part of a huge engine and it’s definitely an honour . ”
The deal marked the end of her seven years contract with Mavin Records owned by renowned producer , Don Jazzy .
In 2018 , she made history by being the first female to be awarded the Best African Act at the MTV European Music Awards .
That same year, she became the first African female act to sell out London ’s Indig02 .
In December 2018 , she was picked by Coldplay ’s lead singer Chris Martin to perform alongside Beyonce , Ed Sheeran and Jay Z live at the Global Citizen Festival in Johannesburg to a 70 , 000 in celebration of the centenary of Nelson Mandela’ s birth .
The “Kelekele ’’ crooner has described the deal as a “new era” for her and her music career .