1. Galala
dancehall/highlife singer Daddy Showkey in the mid to late nineties. The song grew in popularity with the rise of “ghetto” acts like Daddy Fresh, Baba Fryo, Danfo Drivers, African China and Stereoman among others.
Although many artists have claimed to be the originator of
the funny dance step that includes weird facial expressions and body
distortions, this has not derailed from its enjoyment. A variation of it can be
seen in music videos by foreign dancehall artists like Brick n Lace and Sean
Paul.
2. Suo Suo also a “ghetto” dance overthrew galala to become
the hottest thing in the late nineties but unlike galala, its reign was brief.
It was made popular by Mountain Black and Mad Melon aka
Danfo Drivers on their hit single, Danfo Driver.
3. Alanta Alanta was as weird as galala; characterised by
“winch face”, dancers raise their legs, one after another beating an imaginary
drum on their stomach. It was made
popular by Artquake.
4. Makossa Known in Nigeria as makossa, it is actually based
on the Congolese soukous. It was made popular in Nigeria following an influx of
Francophone songs by Koffi Olomide, Awilo Longomba and others in the late
nineties and early noughties. One may argue that popular dance steps that
followed the makossa craze were inspired by it.
5. Azonto Nigeria became popular in Nigeria thanks to
Ghanaian singer Fuse ODG with his song Azonto featuring Tiffany.
6. Etigi Etigi became popular when Iyanya released the video
for his hit single, Kukere. It is actually an Efik traditional dance move that
was modernised.
7. Skelewu Davido wowed everyone with his hit single,
Skelewu, and followed it up with a beautiful dance step to promote the song.
The song gave the Nigerian artist recognition home and abroad, memorable of
which was when it was played during the half time of a Spanish La Liga match
8. Shoki Shoki will be remembered as one of Nigeria’s most
controversial dance steps because about three acts claimed to be its
originator, Dre San, Lil Kesh and Orezi. Leaving the originator issue behind,
Shoki was a hit, considering how easy it is. It was even co-opted by American
rapper Missy Elliot in her latest video, WTF.
9. Sekem Sekem
dancers are lovely to watch. The jolly sideways, back and forth moves is the
beauty of the dance step created by MC Galaxy on his hit track Sekem.
10. Shakiti Bobo In what looked like a mere freestyle when
it was first released, Olamide’s Bobo became a monster hit when its visuals was
released with a trending dance step that many embraced with both arms. Bobo
became so famous that worshipers made its moves at churches across the
federation.
Who wouldn’t like to move to Bobo considering the playful
way it was brought to us?
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