Burna Boy among panelists at Billboard’s first MusicCon
Today, Billboard announced Billboard MusicCon, a first-of-its-kind event that will celebrate the past year in music while setting the tone for what artists, trends, and songs will dominate the music…
With the FENIX360 App, African Musicians Can Earn A Living With Their Music
With the help of technology, the playing field has been leveled for both signed and unsigned musicians. With a few taps on a smartphone, musicians can…
Billboard Partners With Afro Nation to Launch U.S. Afrobeats Songs Chart
Billboard and global music festival brand Afro Nation team up to launch the first-ever United States chart for Afrobeats music, The Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart…
Newly Launched Record label Futura Recording plans to become an “artist-first” record label
Music entrepreneurs Jonah Chukwu Orji and Chibuzo Madubuko on the 2nd of March announced the launch of Futura Recordings, an artist-first record label based in Lagos,…
Spotify Releases Report For Fourth Quarter 2021: Closed 2021 With 180M Subscribers & $3B in Revenue
Audio streaming giant, Spotify released its Q4 2021 report, and here are major highlights from the report; Highlights: MAUs, Revenue, Operating Income, and Gross Margin performed…
Jonah Chukwu Orji Launches New Management Company
Audience Attention Management aims to create a Path to Success for Artists Music Executive Jonah Chukwu Orji has announced the launch of his new management and…
The Official South African Charts Adds Youtube Views to Aggregation
To kick off the new year, The Official South African Charts (TOSAC) is delighted to announce that eligible streams from YouTube have been added to the…
Warner Music Group Acquires Majority Stake in Leading African Music Company Africori
Warner Music Group (WMG) has announced it has acquired a majority stake in Africori, Africa’s leading digital music distribution, music rights management, and artist development company….
Shazam Spotlights 5 Artists to Watch in 2022
At the top of every year, Shazam uses its data to predict five artists to watch — last year it did pretty well with Masked Wolf…
Songs South Africans Listened To The Most in 2021 on Spotify
Spotify unveiled its annual Wrapped results as they do every year and this is what mzansi was listening to the whole of 2021. Spotify also revealed…
Boomplay Streams Now Count Towards Billboard Charts
As part of its dedication to helping the African music industry unlock its full potential, music streaming platform, Boomplay, will now have its streams added to…
Guilty Beatz Signs Publishing deal with Sony Music UK
Multiple award-winning Ghanaian Producer Ronald Banful popularly known as Guilty Beatz has just bagged a publishing deal with Sony Music UK. After working on Beyonce’s ‘The…
Boomplay partners with Turntable charts
Africa’s leading music streaming platform, Boomplay, this week announced a partnership with Nigeria’s TurnTable Charts (TTC). The partnership will see the music streaming service distribute data…
King Promise Bags Record Deal With 5k Records and Sony Music
Multiple award-winning Afro-Pop Musician King Promise, has bagged a record deal with 5k Records in partnership with Sony music. In making the announcement of his new…
Gyakie Signs A Record Deal With RCA And Sony Music Entertainment
Fast Rising Ghanaian Singer Gyakie, has secured a record deal with American global music company, Sony Music Entertainment. RCA Label Group UK earlier today issued a…
Spotify expands into more African markets including Ghana and Nigeria
Spotify on Monday announced that it would expand its services into more than 80 new countries. More than 30 of those are in AfricaThe announcement was…
Spotify reaches 155 million Premium subscribers
Spotify on Wednesday published its financial results for the fourth quarter (Q4), which ended on 31 December 2020.The report shows the company added 11 million Premium…
Empire inks deal with Made in East New York
International distribution company and record label Empire on 28 January announced a new partnership with Made In East New York (MIENY).MIENY is a US multimedia music…
How Management Firm, Audience Attention Management, Is Thriving Under Jonah chukwu Orji.
Audience Attention Management the management firm founded by Jonah chukwu Orji in 2018 plans to become a major powerhouse in entertainment in Nigeria/Africa & Globally in…
Africori partners with Warner Chappell Music France
South Africa-based Africori this week announced that it had partnered with Warner Chappell Music France on a global sub-publishing deal.The new deal follows April’s news that…
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Sofie’s blissful ‘BLUR’ leaves us nostalgic
The splendid singer has a classic on her hands this week and it’s titled ‘BLUR’. Stream or download ‘BLUR’ across all major digital platforms here: songwhip.com/sofie4/blur…
Sho Madjozi scores new brand ambassador deal with Hennessy
South African Gqom artist Sho Madjozi has scored a brand ambassadorial deal with French Cognac brand, Hennessy. The star returned to social media after a short…
Sofie’s blissful ‘BLUR’ leaves us nostalgic
The splendid singer has a classic on her hands this week and it’s titled ‘BLUR’. Stream or download ‘BLUR’ across all major digital platforms here: songwhip.com/sofie4/blur…
Sho Madjozi scores new brand ambassador deal with Hennessy
South African Gqom artist Sho Madjozi has scored a brand ambassadorial deal with French Cognac brand, Hennessy. The star returned to social media after a short…
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Burna Boy’s performance at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards
Nigerian Afrobeat star, Burna Boy, on Sunday, May 15th, made his debut appearance at the just ended Billboard Music Awards. The singer with no doubt delivered…
Naira Marley Announces Release Date For His Debut Album “GTTB”
Marlian Nation president, Naira Marley, has shared the release date and cover art for his forthcoming debut album ” God’s Timing’s The Best,” GTTB. He made…
CKay makes TIME magazine’s 2022 list of Next Generation Leaders
TIME has unveiled their 2022 Next Generation Leaders and Nigerian Afrobeat crooner Ckay, is the only Nigerian to make the list alongside other influential personalities….
Phyno Sits With GRAMMYS For Latest Herbal Tea & White Sofa
Before he hits the stage, Nigerian rapper, songwriter and producer Phyno likes to create the perfect setting for positive pre-show energy. He takes the mantra of…
Ayra Starr Previews A Koffee-Assisted “Bloody Samaritan” Remix At Coachella 2022 Festival
Ayra Starr previewed what appears to be the official remix of her chart-topping single “Bloody Samaritan” from her debut album “19 & Dangerous” at Coachella 2022….
Rema Set For ‘Rave & Roses’ World Tour
Rema has announced destinations for his much-anticipated world tour dubbed “Rave & Roses” in support of his debut album “Rave & Roses”. Hitting a total of…
Moonchild Sanelly Signs With Transgressive Records And Releases New Single
Talented musician Moonchild Sanelly, has debuted her new single titled Bashiri. The banger ribs preachers, who use the church for capital gain. Moonchild whose career in…
Nigeria’s Fireboy DML releases Apple Music Session
Nigerian musician Fireboy DML has released four newly recorded tracks as part of the Apple Music Home Session series.The Apple Music Home Session project involves stripped-down,…
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