Apple Music Celebrates 100 million songs
Apple on hitting 100 million songs milestone: “Twenty-one years on from the invention of iTunes and the debut of the original iPod, we’ve gone from 1,000…
Charlotte Bwana promoted to Audiomack Africa director of brand and media partnerships
Audiomack has promoted Charlotte Bwana as director of brand and media partnerships for its operations in Africa. Bwana joined Audiomack as the company’s ambassador in 2019….
Shazam turns 20
Shazam on 19th August 2022 turned 20 and as of this week, it has officially surpassed 70 billion song recognitions. A mainstay in popular culture, the…
Larry Gaaga Becomes VP of Def Jam Record Label
Music producer Larry Gaaga has attained new heights as he becomes the Vice President at Def Jam Africa. The news was made official on the 13th…
SAMAs enters partnership with TikTok
The South African Music Awards (SAMAs) has partnered with TikTok ahead of its 28th presentation ceremony later this year. The announcement comes ahead of the SAMA28 nomination announcement…
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…
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Geoxpress Affirms His Exceptional Come Up With Upcoming Release Titled ‘Apollo’
Apollo is a two-track single pack with titles “Prophesy” and “Booty Bounce” a Groovy Afro-fusion sonics with meticulously interlaced drums, shakers, and melodies, Geoxpress shines through…
Ckay Releases His Much-anticipated Debut Album ‘Sad Romance’
The album is a follow-up to last month’s single release of ‘you’. Ckay will be headlining his first solo North American tour in October kicking off…
Geoxpress Affirms His Exceptional Come Up With Upcoming Release Titled ‘Apollo’
Apollo is a two-track single pack with titles “Prophesy” and “Booty Bounce” a Groovy Afro-fusion sonics with meticulously interlaced drums, shakers, and melodies, Geoxpress shines through…
Ckay Releases His Much-anticipated Debut Album ‘Sad Romance’
The album is a follow-up to last month’s single release of ‘you’. Ckay will be headlining his first solo North American tour in October kicking off…
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Blaqbonez set to drop ‘Young Preacher’ album on October 28th
Rapper Blaqbonez has announced the official release date for his impending studio album ‘Young Preacher’, he made the announcement on his socials sharing the BTS photoshoot…
Don Jazzy drops new episode of ‘Don Jazzy Radio’ on Apple Music
Legendary producer and Mavin Records founder, Don Jazzy is out with the third episode of Don Jazzy Radio, his monthly radio series hosted on Apple Music…
Geoxpress Affirms His Exceptional Come Up With Upcoming Release Titled ‘Apollo’
Apollo is a two-track single pack with titles “Prophesy” and “Booty Bounce” a Groovy Afro-fusion sonics with meticulously interlaced drums, shakers, and melodies, Geoxpress shines through…
Adekunle Gold out with ‘5 Star’ remix featuring Rick Ross
Nigerian singer and songwriter, Adekunle Gold comes through with the remix of his song “5 Star” featuring American rap honcho Rick Ross. Adekunle Gold adds this…
Ckay Releases His Much-anticipated Debut Album ‘Sad Romance’
The album is a follow-up to last month’s single release of ‘you’. Ckay will be headlining his first solo North American tour in October kicking off…
CKay on ‘Sad Romance’ being a chronicle of his love life in musical form
Nigerian Afrobeats singer-songwriter CKay joins Dadaboy Ehiz via FaceTime on Apple Music 1 to talk about his latest track, “mmadu.” He also discusses the making 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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