Banky W - Olubankole Wellington

Olubankole Wellington (known as Banky W) was born on March 27th, 1981 in New York City, United States of America. His father, George Bankole Wellington, hails from Badagry, Lagos and his mother, Mrs Wellington (also called Mommy W) from Calabar, Cross River State. He is singer, actor and businessman.

Olubankole Wellington Age

Olubankole Wellington is 43 years old.

Olubankole Wellington Early Life

Also known as Mr. Capable, Banky comes from a big family with one sister and three brothers. For the first few years of Banky W’s life, they all lived in the US, but they moved back to Nigeria, when he turned five years old. He attended Corona Primary School, Home Science Association Secondary School and Ajao Secondary School all in Lagos. He began his singing career at age 8, when he was singing in his church choir. He then returned to the US for college and studied Industrial Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, RPI, in New York. When he was a junior year in RPI, he started writing, producing and hitting the studios.

Olubankole Wellington Career

Banky won the Albany Idol competition which brought him to the fore in his music career. He went on to establish the Empire Mates Entertainment (E.M.E.) in order to project his music more. His debut album, Undeniable, released in 2013 was sold on the internet and from the trunk of cars. The success of his marketing strategy got Fox 23 News New York to cover him and this got him a distribution deal with Trans World; one of North America’s largest music distributors. The song later became one of the top selling independent record, which won Banky the 2003 R&B/Soul Artiste of the Year at the Urban Independent Music Awards. Some of his other albums include; Back in the Building (2005), Mr. Capable (2008), The W Experience (2009) and R&BW (2013).

Banky W moved to Nigeria in 2008 with the aim of promoting African music to the world and dominating the Nigerian airwaves with mind blowing songs. He has since gone on to release several beautiful songs till date. He is a Philanthropist, he founded the “I am Capable” Scholarship fund which provides tuition, room, and board for indigent undergraduates who met the foundation’s requirement. He is also in the fore front of the Light upNigeria project aimed at achieving steady electricity power supply in Nigeria. Banky W has featured in several movies such as; The Wedding Party (2016) and The Wedding Party 2 (2017).

Olubankole Wellington Personal Life

Banky W has four siblings - three brothers and a sister. His sister, DeeDee George, is the co-founder of The Urban Marketplace (TUM) Showcases and Events. Funmi Wellington (his brother) is currently employed at KPMG, where he works as an Advisory Associate, but he also hosts events and works as a DJ. Another of his brother, Kema Wellington, works as a Trader/Investor at Kema Investments. The youngest brother Temi Wellington has recently graduated from an American university and currently works as an Account Manager at the company called Atradius. He also dabbles in music under the nickname DJ Aux Cord (not to confuse with another DJ with a similar name).

Banky first met his future wife, Adesua Etomi, in 2012. According to the musician, both of them did not give each other too much thought. However, in 2015, Banky W was suddenly struck by a cupid’s arrow, because he understood that Adesua was the woman of his dreams. The musician revealed their engagement in February 2017. In addition to the movie, The Wedding Party, featuring both of them, their love is also reflected in the song 'Made for you'. They had their traditional wedding and court wedding in Lagos on November 19th and 20th, 2017 and their white wedding on November 25th in Cape Town, South Africa. Banky's net worth is estimated at N2.3 billion by Forbes. 

Olubankole Wellington Awards

Awards received by Banky include;

• John Lennon Song Writing Award 2006, R&B Category, for ‘My Regret’
• Best R&B Artiste, Nigerian Entertainment Awards 2006
• Best Male R&B Artiste, Urban Independent Music Awards, USA, 2006
• Best International Album, Nigerian Entertainment Awards 2007 for ‘Mr Capable’
• Best R&B Video, Nigerian Music Video Awards 2008 for ‘Don’t Break My Heart’
• Best Vocal Performance (Male), Hip hop World Awards 2009 for ‘Don’t Break My Heart’
• R&B Single of The Year, 2010 Hip Hop World Awards for ‘Strong Ting’
• Best Dressed Male Artiste, FAB Magazine Awards 2010
• City People Entertainment Awards 2010 – R&B Singer of the Year,
• City People Entertainment Awards 2010 – Music Video of the year for “Strong Ting”
• Soundcity Music Video Awards 2010 – Best Music Video (Male)
• Soundcity Music Video Awards 2010 – Best R&B Singer
• The Future Awards 2011 – Musician of The Year

His nominations include;

• Best Video, Song of the Year, 2010 Mtv Africa Music Awards
• Best African Act, 2010 MOBO Awards
• Most Gifted Male, Channel O Music Awards 2010
• Best Male Music Video, Nigerian Entertainment Awards 2010
• Best Pop/R&B Artiste of the Year, Nigerian Entertainment Awards 2010
• Recording of the Year, Best Vocal Performance (Male) - Hip Hop World Awards 2010
• Musician of the Year, Future Awards 2010
• Artiste of the Year, Dynamix Awards 2010
• Semi-finalist, African Artiste of the Year, KORA Awards 2010
• Best R&B/Pop Album (Mr. Capable), Hiphop World Awards 2009
• Hiphop World Revelation 2009
• Best Pop/R&B (Don’t Break My Heart), Soundcity Music Video Awards 2009
• Best Male Video (Don’t Break My Heart), Soundcity Music Video Awards 2009
• Best R&B Singer, City People Entertainment Awards 2009
• Musician of the Year, Future Awards 2009
• Best International Artiste, Nigerian Entertainment Awards 2009

Olubankole Wellington Net Worth

His net worth is not available.

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