Tag: Africa Music

On this week’s episode of #WithChude, Ahmedu Augustine Obiabo, popularly known as Blackface Naija, discussed the controversy around the award-winning song, African queen, how he settled the age-long debate about the song’s ownership and handling the consequent backlash from the media with host and co-founder of Joy Inc. Chude Jideonwo. Blackface was inspired to begin his songwriting career after it… Read More

Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and top politicians joined award-winning African performers and others on Tuesday, in New York, to take part in a special event to discuss COVID-19 vaccine equity. The UN correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event was organised by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) to discuss… Read More

The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador Cui Jianchun, has said that the trade volume between his country and Nigeria was $20bn in 2020 despite the coronavirus pandemic. During the period, the envoy explained, China’s GDP also grew to $15.7tn from $10.5bn in 1952. Addressing a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday to mark the moon festival, one of the most… Read More

Popular Nigerian singer, Djinee, has spoken about the need for society to have men who are raised better than the current crop of men in the society via his Twitter account. According to the “Ego” crooner, a lot of broken women are walking around carrying the hurt from relationships they had with badly-behaved men. Read Also: ‘Sanwo-Olu Has Missed The Chance… Read More

Simplicity 26 Records Announces KLÖ’s Newest Single “Why Tonight” – Music Industry Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for music industry professionals · Wednesday, September 22, 2021 · 552,000,047 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

Released as a posthumous album in 1999, The Best Best of Fela Kuti is a 2-CD compilation album released by MCA Records. It was issued in the United States in 2000 as part of a reissue series of Kuti’s albums. On the other hand, ‘Made In Lagos’ was released in 2020 by RCA Records. Both albums have spent a total… Read More

YouTube today announced the appointment of Addy Awofisayo as Head of Music, Sub-saharan Africa for YouTube and YouTube Music. Addy will be in charge of YouTube Music’s business and partnership teams in Sub-Saharan Africa, and  she will report to the Head of Music, YouTube EMEA. Addy Awofisayo, incoming Head of Music, Sub-Saharan Africa said: “Music is a powerful medium of… Read More

As the only music chart publication in Nigeria, it is part of our commitment towards music data tracking and music documentation to allow listeners, music enthusiasts, music executives, artistes and professionals get a look at the performance of music in the country in the year review. The information on the TurnTable YTD Chart includes top songs across all platforms (TurnTable… Read More

Juju music legend, King Sunny Ade, has lost his wife of 43 years. Hon. Risikat Adegeye, 62, was a former member of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing Amuwo-Odofin. The beautiful Lagos politician died in the early hours of Tuesday, a day to her husband’s 75th birthday. The music maestro was born on September 22, 1946. Hon. Adegeye’s love… Read More

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