Tag: Africa Music

On July 10, 2015, Friday was designated as the Global Release Day for the release of music singles and albums worldwide. Song released this week: Asake, our cover for the week, taps Russ for his 12-tracks album, ‘Mr Money With The Vibe,’ Patoranking employs the services of Diamond Platnumz for ‘Kolo Kolo,’ while Jaido P drops solo-performed single ‘Disturb‘. Made… Read More

Elesin Oba, the King’s Horseman is a new movie coming to Netflix. It is based on Nigeria’s most famous play, Death and the King’s Horseman, written in 1975 by Nobel Prize-winning author, activist and academic Wole Soyinka. Directed by the late Biyi Bandele, the film – in the Yoruba language – is generating global attention with a world premiere at… Read More

Musician Janta is on the right track to make it big on the international scene after signing a two-year music distribution deal with Electromode Ingrooves Music Group Africa. According to a statement from the music distribution company, the company will be managing Janta’s music by selling it on all online in Africa and beyond. Janta holds the Malawi flag after… Read More

Burna Boy, a Grammy-winning musician, lost his composure once more on social media while exchanging insults with Wizkid fans. The singer described the type of life he led before joining the Nigerian music industry while performing. The self-acclaimed African giant claims that he doesn’t care who the biggest Nigerian artist is; rather, he is content with the fact that he… Read More

Sharia law operates alongside civil law in the mostly Muslim north of Nigeria. Photo: PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFPSource: AFP An Islamic court in northern Nigeria has ordered police to arrest and investigate 10 local celebrities for “immoral conduct” on social media that could influence youth, a judicial official told AFP Thursday. The court issued the order on Tuesday last… Read More

His Majesty King Charles III has paid tribute to his mother in his first public statement as Britain’s new monarch. It comes after the announcement that Queen Elizabeth II has died today (Thursday), aged 96. The announcement was made this afternoon after an earlier statement from her doctors expressing concern for her health. All of the Queen’s children, King Charles,… Read More

Haniwa Audio to Debut Time-Aligned, Full-Range 20-20 Super Subwoofer Stereo at the New York Audio Show, September 9 & 10 – Music Industry Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for music industry professionals · Thursday, September 8, 2022 · 590,013,050 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News Topics Newsletters Press… Read More

Grammy award winner, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu aka Burna Boy has recounted his journey into the music industry. Burna Boy tweeted he had no idea that he would live long, noting that he came into the music industry from prison in the UK. The 31-year-old was arrested in London in 2010 for allegedly murdering an individual. According to some reports, he… Read More

– – Award winning-artist Derrick Oboubie Jr. known in the music space as J. Derobie has disclosed why he went off the music scene after winning the Vodafone Ghana Award in 2020. J. Derobie’s breakthrough song titled ‘Poverty’ was announced as the winner for Reggae Dancehall Song of the year during the VGMA 2020 awards; where he beat artists Epixode,… Read More

By Priscilla Osaje Fast-rising Nigerian singer, Joseph Akinfenwa-Donus a.k.a Joeboy, has expressed excitement over the recognition plaque he received  from the Recording Academy/ Grammy Awards. The plaque was for his collaboration work on the album ‘Music is the weapon’ by American music group, Major Lazer. The singer, who took to his social media platforms to share the huge feat with… Read More