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Last week, Billboard announced its first try to document the burgeoning Afrobeats movement with a chart dedicated to covering the 50 best performing tracks within the US Market. Yesterday, the chart was released for the first time. Taking a look at the entries, some things stood out. Find five of them listed below; Nigeria controls […]
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As part of its commitment to supporting local talents and creatives, the popular streaming service, Showmax, recently announced that it has teamed up with Livespot360 for the production of The Real Housewives of Lagos (RHOLagos), West Africa’s first edition of the renowned reality show format, The Real Housewives. In order to give the show a […]
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by Godwin Mitchual Augustine Ebrechi Akor, known professionally as August Makorr, is a Gabon-born Nigerian musician currently based in Los Angeles. Although his passion for music began in Nigeria, it wasn’t until August moved to Los Angeles that he would record his first-ever song. Due to a lack of studio equipment, Makorr would just write […]
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Nigeria’s leading digital solutions provider, MTN Nigeria, recently partnered with uduX to secure exclusive global rights to stream Davido’s second historic concert at the O2. MTN customers were granted access to watch the concert for free, contributing to a record-breaking turnout of 718,368 music fans across the world. The partnership is in line with MTN’s […]
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Nigerian singer and rising pop superstar, Ayra Starr has emerged as the latest #UpNow cover artist on popular music streaming platform, Audiomack. The #UpNow program which was launched in 2020 is dedicated to spotlighting and promoting the next generation of music superstars across the globe. Each quarter, Audiomack handpicks a minimum of three artists across […]
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On Friday night, terrorists numbering 200 invaded the Kaduna International airport, killing a security guard attached to the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and preventing a Lagos-bound commercial flight from leaving. Yesterday night, a train conveying passengers to Kaduna from Abuja was attacked and held hostage by gunmen suspected to be bandits around the Dutse […]
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by Esther Akpovi Meet NatseJ and Dedejaé, two Gen Z artists both based in Lagos, Nigeria. NatseJ is a model, actor, musician, and the co-founder of Wintar Studios, who had written over 100 songs by the time he turned 18. Like his cousin, Dedejaé is also a Gen Z artist. He began his music career […]
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YBNL’s new buzzing artist, Asake has finally dropped the remix of his previously released song, Sungba — the second track off his debut EP, Ololade which was released a few weeks ago. Also produced and mastered by Magicsticks, the highly anticipated remix features Grammy Award-winning artist and self-proclaimed African Giant, Burna Boy. Sungba is a street […]
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