Tag: Africa Music

LONDON: Singers Harry Styles and Kate Bush are among the nominees at next month’s Ivors, the annual awards honouring songwriters and screen composers. Kate Bush is being recognised for her 1985 song ‘Running Up That Hill‘ which enjoyed a resurgence in popularity last year thanks to Netflix show “Stranger Things”, the UK-based Ivors Academy said on Tuesday evening. The track… Read More

Nigerian music video director and cinematographer, ThankGod Omori Smith, popularly known as TG Omori, has disclosed he will be switching his career soon. Naija News reports that the 27-year-old Lagos-born entertainer disclosed this on Wednesday via his verified Twitter account. TG Omori revealed that when he is done with his ongoing music directing phase, he will become a p*rn star… Read More

Ghanaian musician Obrafour is suing megastar rapper Drake for the rapper’s decision to sample his song without his permission. Drake sampled Obrafour’s ‘Oye Ohene’ remix in the ‘Calling My Name’ off Drake’s ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ album released in 2022. According to the Ghanaian legend, Drake had earlier sought permission which was denied but the rapper nevertheless went forward with the sampling.… Read More

Jamaican Rapper Fahda Romie Is Dropping “Weh Di F**k” – Music Industry Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for music industry professionals · Wednesday, April 19, 2023 · 628,937,904 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News Topics Newsletters Press Releases Events & Conferences RSS Feeds Other Services Questions? Sourced From… Read More

Young musicians with the ability to draw in both domestic and foreign audiences have proliferated in recent years in Nigeria’s music business. Ayra Starr, a a young singer and songwriter who has been making waves in the industry since her debut in 2021, is one of these stars. Oyinkansola Aderibigbe, Ayra Starr’s real name, was born and raised in Lagos,… Read More

The Seven Universal Styles: tell me how you dress and I’ll tell you who you are – Music Industry Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for music industry professionals · Wednesday, April 19, 2023 · 628,808,656 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News Topics Newsletters Press Releases Events & Conferences… Read More

‘Calm Down’, a hit track by Rema, has made history as the highest-charting Afrobeats song on the Billboard Hot 100. Advertisement In a tweet on Tuesday, Billboard disclosed that ‘Calm Down’ clinched the number 6 spot on the chart, surpassing its previous position — number 7. The song also extended its stay on the chart to 32 weeks. The #Hot100 top… Read More

Kano political singer, Dauda Kahutu, popularly known as Rara, on Tuesday requested a High Shari’ah Court sitting at Rijiyar Zaki to disregard a case filed before it by a businessman, Muhammad Ma’aji, accusing him of non-payment of money amounting to over N10 million. Counsel for Rara, G. A. Badawi, told the court that the case has no basis and therefore… Read More

Nigerian music has come a long way and has evolved over the years, with many popular songs influenced by the music of the past. Sampling is a significant aspect of Nigerian music that allows artists to create new and exciting music by taking beats from previously released songs and reworking them. Some songs borrow rhythms from other works and infuse… Read More

Getting your heart broken is often a difficult and challenging thing to go through and Nigerian music artists are not exempted from experiencing their own share of it. However in order to find solace and expression, they have learned to leveraged those situations; channeling their pain as creative muses and turning them into hit songs that we continue to enjoy… Read More