Tag: Africa Music

If the year presently coming to a close was a dance, it’d be a hesitant shuffle, tentative steps toward — or heyyyy, maybe away from? — an uncertain future. So maybe that’s why, when we sat down together to discuss which albums we loved the most over the course of 2021, NPR Music’s staff and contributors found ourselves drawn to… Read More

Please note, this list only ranks the top songs, albums and artists based on Apple Music and Shazam users in Nigeria, not globally. See the lists below; Apple Music Top Songs of 2021 – Nigeria Wizkid – Essence (feat. Tems) Wizkid – Ginger (feat. Burna Boy) Ruger – Bounce Davido – The Best (feat. Mayorkun) LADIPOE & Buju- Feeling Olamide – Infinity (feat. Omah… Read More

Saudi Arabia confirmed its first case of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant as countries tightened restrictions on international travel in an attempt to slow its spread. Saudi’s state-run SPA quoted a source from the health ministry as saying the infected individual – a Saudi national who has been isolated – had travelled back from a North African country. The announcement… Read More

Popular Nigerian musician Folarin Falana (Falz) and comedian Debo Adebayo (Mr Marcaroni) have rejected the invitation of Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to a peace walk. Sanwo-Olu earlier today (Tuesday) revealed plans to organise a peace walk in December 2021 in commemoration of the #EndSARS movement.   He further extended an open invitation to youths, civil society groups, journalists, students and… Read More

The Wait is Over: Acclaimed Singer/Actress, Sandy Kaur’s Anticipated Music Album “Sound Therapy” is Live Nov 28, 2021 – Music Industry Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for music industry professionals · Wednesday, December 1, 2021 · 557,346,541 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News Topics Newsletters Press Releases Events… Read More

Celebrity Hairstylist, Sean James, Examines How He Created Dylan and Cole Sprouse’s Hairstyle – Music Industry Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for music industry professionals · Tuesday, November 30, 2021 · 557,335,205 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News Topics Newsletters Press Releases Events & Conferences RSS Feeds Other… Read More

Nigerian singer and songwriter, Darey Art Alade, and his wife, Deola, celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary on Tuesday. The singer took to his verified Instagram page to share a loved-up picture of himself and his wife. Darey, who runs a creative agency, ‘Livespot 360’ with his wife captioned their picture with a poetic message. In the caption, Darey wrote, “Through… Read More

In keeping with YouTube Music’s commitment to the development of the African creative industry, Briteswan and iManage Africa Entertainment Limited will receive support to help them scale up their initiatives to develop music creatives on the continent. This move is set to directly impact an estimated 300 participants in initiatives led by these organisations. Briteswan’s ‘The Audiogirl initiative’ seeks to… Read More

Grammy award-winning Nigerian singer, Ayo Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has won the Artist of the Year award for African region in the Apple Music Awards 2021. This announcement was made by Apple via its official website on Tuesday, as Wizkid emerged as one of the five artists to emerge as ‘Artist of the Year’ from various regions. Listing Wizkid’s… Read More

Davido & Focalistic’s “Champion Sound” starts at No. 9 on the Top 50 giving Davido his fifth top ten entry of the year. The Top 50 blends all-genre freemium streaming (Top Streaming Chart), radio airplay (Top Airplay Chart) and TV airplay (TV Top Songs Chart) in Nigeria. All charts will be dated and updated on Mondays, this week’s chart will… Read More