Top 50 Nigerian Wedding Party Reception Songs your DJ Must Play

September 1, 2022 Comment

Nigerian artists have created quite an impressive playlist for weddings with their amazing songs and we can boldly say that a wedding with only Nigerian songs can be achieved. Nigerian wedding party reception songs are vital in a typical Nigerian wedding. In Nigerian weddings, different songs are used at various stages of the ceremony. This includes those used as couples’ entrance songs, first dance songs, couples’ dance with parents, and the after party to mention a few. In no particular order, here are the top 50 Nigerian wedding party reception songs your DJ must play.

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Wedding Entrance Songs

Top 50 Nigerian Wedding Party Reception Songs your DJ Must Have on The Playlist
Top 50 Nigerian Wedding Party Reception Songs your DJ Must Have on The Playlist. Photo from  LeahAndMark & Co

You need a perfect grand entrance song for when you make your debut as newlyweds at your wedding reception. A fun wedding entrance song gets you in the mood to celebrate. We love these hits to use for your wedding entrance:

Buga – Kizz Daniel & Tekno 

Like – Iyanya, Kizz Daniel & Davido

Sugarcane Remix – Camidoh, Mayorkun, King Promise & Darkoo

Lie – Kizz Daniel

1 Milli – Davido

Mad Over You – Runtown

Overloading (Overdose) – Mavins, Crayon, Ayra Starr, LADIPOE, Magixx & Boy Spyce

Beginning – Joeboy

Ada Ada – Flavour

Aye – Davido

 

Wedding First Dance Songs

Top 50 Nigerian Wedding Party Reception Songs your DJ Must Have on The Playlist
Top 50 Nigerian Wedding Party Reception Songs your DJ Must Have on The Playlist.

Committing to eternity is substantive and sentimental, as is finding the best song to encapsulate that forever feeling. You need the perfect wedding first dance song to set the tone and put you at ease. If you’re stuck for that perfect first dance song, here are a few of our favorite wedding songs to get you started:

Promise – Adekunle gold & Simi

Aduke – Tjan

Number One – Ric Hassani

Running (To You) – Chiké & Simi

Hard to find – Chiké & Flavour

Roju – Chiké

Obim – Timi Dakolo, Ebuka & Noble Igwe

Iyawo Mi – Timi Dakolo

Romeo & Juliet – Johnny Drille

Count On You – Johnny Drille

 

Songs for The Mother-Son Dance

Top 50 Nigerian Wedding Party Reception Songs your DJ Must Have on The Playlist
Top 50 Nigerian Wedding Party Reception Songs your DJ Must Have on The Playlist

The mother and son dance is a sweet moment for the groom to honor and recognize his mother or any mother figure in his life. The songs that would be danced to at this special moment that the groom and his mom share should be carefully thought about. If you have been wondering what songs fit this moment, then we’ve got you. Here are few songs that would be the perfect song choices for the mother and son dance:

Mummy Mi – Wizkid 

African Queen – 2face

Ochie Dike (Mama) – Phyno & Onyeka Onwenu

Mama – Adekunle Gold

Sweet Mother – Tilda

Mama – Flavour & MC Loph

Mama – Flavour & Chidinma

Eleko – Mayorkun

Mama – Tekno & Wizkid 

Mama – Kizz Daniel

 

Songs for The Father-Daughter Dance

Top 50 Nigerian Wedding Party Reception Songs your DJ Must Have on The Playlist
Top 50 Nigerian Wedding Party Reception Songs your DJ Must Have on The Playlist

The father and daughter dance is a special moment between the father and the bride. If there’s another special person in your life whom you see as a father figure, you can share this special dance with them instead. Here are some beautiful father-daughter wedding songs to play for this sentimental dance.

Daddy – Reminisce & Davido

Good Father – Prince Nico Mbarga

Papa – Johnny Drille

 

Wedding After Party Songs

Top 50 Nigerian Wedding Party Reception Songs your DJ Must Have on The Playlist
Top 50 Nigerian Wedding Party Reception Songs your DJ Must Have on The Playlist. Photo from Jide Odukoya Photograhy

Once your wedding ceremony is over, it’s party time! When it comes to Nigerian wedding parties, no wedding after-parties are better. It’s time to fill your dance floor dancing to your favorite songs while singing at the top of your lungs. It’s the job of your wedding DJ to play songs that get people out of their chairs and on to the dance floor. You can help by giving the DJ a list of your favourite hits. Here are some trending Nigerian songs to play at your wedding after party:

Sungba (Remix) – Asake & Burna Boy 

Bandana – Fireboy DML & Asake

It’s Plenty – Burna Boy

Ijo (Laba Laba) – Crayon

Holy Father – Mayorkun & Victony

Electricity – Pheelz & Davido

Machala – Carter Efe & Berri Tiga

Omo Ope – Asake & Olamide

Palazzo – Asake & Spinall

Italy – Buju & Blaq Diamond

Kojosese – Naira Marley

Peace Be Unto You (PBUY) – Asake

High – Adekunle Gold & Davido

Finesse – Pheelz & Buju (BNXN)

Champion Sound – Davido & Focalistic

Terminator – Asake

Certified Loner (No Competition) – Mayorkun

 

And if you haven’t booked your DJ or band to play these songs, we’ve got you covered! The top events and wedding DJs whose work inspired this list of Nigerian wedding party reception songs appear below;

Dels Lighting and Entertainment- Wedding DJ in Ocho Rios.

SX Entertainment – Wedding DJ in Jamaica.

Covenant Child Productions – Wedding DJ in Maryland

DJ Speens – African and Caribbean Wedding DJ in London

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