“Hey Lagos, Nigeria,” she posted on Instagram and Twitter. While Donell Jones is not a regular social media user, Mya shared news of her arrival in Nigeria with her followers. Her popular singles include two songs from 2000: ‘Case of the Ex’ and ‘Best of Me’. “Can't wait to watch Donell Jones,” she tweeted before the event.īranded as a radio station that plays music from the past, Classic FM is also bringing R&B act Mya, who found fame on the continent with singles released around the same period as Jones' commercial peak. At the time, Nigerian pop act Seyi Shay expressed her excitement online. He was a headliner at the Black Tie Concert, which took place in December 2015. His forthcoming appearance will not be the first time Jones has performed in Lagos. His popularity among that demographic has remained: his performance at the 2018 Soul Train Awards trended on social media. In his heyday, Jones had a large number of young fans in Nigeria and across the continent. Three studio albums have followed since, including 2013’s Forever. Where I Wanna Be went platinum.Ī third album, Life Goes On, was released in 2002. Two of its singles, its title track and ‘U Know What’s Up’, topped the Billboard charts. That album, Where I Wanna Be, was released three years after his first and is frequently mentioned as one of the best R&B albums of that era. Jones’ second album is also his most popular album. It reached No 30 on the Billboard R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart, its success propelled by the single ‘Knocks Me Off My Feet’, a cover of the Stevie Wonder 1976 classic. One of the most celebrated R&B artists of the late 1990s and early 2000s, Jones released his first album My Heart in 1996.
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Nigerian acts Styl Plus and 9ice will also perform at The Classic Concert, an event presented by Classic FM radio in Lagos. The 'This Luv' singer will be joined by his compatriots, the group Next and the singer Mya.