Charly Boyʼs released his first album in 1982. He will later attain greater success with the release of his masterpiece Nwata Miss in 1985 with Polygram Nigeria. However, his most popular album was the album called 1990, the title was a reference to Nigeria's corrupt military government was expected to hand over power to civilians in that year. 1990 earned Charly Boy mixed reviews due to its political nature and caused a national controversy making a number of radio stations refuse to play the title track. Despite this, 1990 was one of Nigeria's best-selling albums of 1988, and Charly Boy was credited with using his music to stand up to his government, a lá Fela Kuti. A music royalty in his right, Charly Boy stayed highly significant in the music industry releasing hit records after hit records to the delight of his ever-loyal fans. In recent years, Charly Boy has worked on several collaborations with his cousin Dr. Alban, most notably on the song "Carolina" which sampled an earlier hit of Dr. Alban's – "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner" – and had originally featured singer Michael Rose. The re-worked version was sung in Nigerian Pidgin and was a hit in Nigeria. The pair also recorded the songs Work Work Africa and Commercial Wast. Charly Boy was the President of The Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (2002-2004)