Asake, Burna Boy, and Wizkid among other Nigerian artists feature on Billboard 200 album chart

When your art gets known around the world, as an artist, you tend to brag about it, and your fans will praise you for doing great things. Over the years, some Nigerian singers have broken down barriers to become international stars. Their albums have debuted on the Billboard 200 album charts, which is a big... Read More

Blogs, The Music Blog

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July 24, 2021

#TheVoiceNigeria ends with twists, turns and of course, hard lessons

Season 3 of The Voice Nigeria came to an end last night, and it was every bit as satisfying as one would have hoped. As satisfying as the end may have been however, we simply can’t ignore all the lessons the finale had in store for its viewers. At the end of the night, Esther... Read More

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November 20, 2020

Is Omah Lay giving the industry’s big boys a run for their money?

I once had a conversation with a a friend who brought up an interesting subject. He told me of how glad he was that Omah Lay came into the music scene. I originally assumed it was because of the infectious and sultry sounds Omah Lay delivers, but when I asked why he felt that way... Read More

Deep Dive, Next Rated, The Music Blog

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September 29, 2020

FIFA ’21: Fireboy, Burna Boy and Rema feature another milestone for Afrobeat

When Beyoncé released an album in 2019 that featured a lot of African stars, the world bowed to an African music that was already spreading its tentacles in more ways than imagined. Afrobeat has now become a bigger phenomenon and the rest of the world now look towards this fast-growing genre. Unsurprisingly, the marriage of... Read More

Deep Dive, Next Rated

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September 28, 2020

#LayCONQUEROR: With BBNaija over, can Laycon conquer the music industry?

By Kola Muhammed Even the most pious monks in the country who have not seen a single scene of popular reality TV show, Big Brother Naija, have an idea that there is a new entertainment star. Such was the frenzy that descended not only on social media but also on streets and homes all over... Read More

Next Rated

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February 11, 2020

Here’s how to market a best selling album, according to Fireboy DML

Yesterday, Fireboy DML released the music video for ‘Vibration’, one of the more popular singles from his genre defining debut album. Fireboy is signed to the YBNL label owned by rapper and media mogul Olamide, and was one of the few signees that bucked the traditional trend of signing rappers for the label. Ever since... Read More

The Media Blog

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January 13, 2020

Greater Lagos 2020: Sanwo-Olu lauds Airtel for supporting entertainment, tourism

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has commended Airtel for throwing its weight behind the Greater Lagos 2020 programme, a carnival that held across five locations in Lagos and featured some of the biggest Nigerian artistes including Olamide, Naira Marley, Fireboy, Zlatan and D.J Spinall, among others. Speaking at the grand finale of the festival,... Read More

The breakout Nigerian artistes of 2019

Arguably, and for the Nigerian music landscape, Beyonce’s Lion King album featuring Afrobeats heavyweights was an exciting peak of 2019. It was also the year of the Burna Boy eclipse – hello Grammy – and several album releases from mainstays. But it didn’t mean we didn’t notice a handful of new artistes blowing up the... Read More

Rankings

Fireboy, Joeboy, Rema, Tems, The breakout Nigerian artistes of 2019

October 29, 2019

The events we loved in October, ranked

As 2019 slowly winds down, we are bound to drown in an avalanche of events, especially in Lagos. The month of October offered some decent offerings, Wizkid shut down Manchester StarBoyFest and Simi’s Trace Live had and Adekunle reinforcing their love on stage. Here’s our ranking of the events we loved in October: 5. Cinema... Read More

Rankings

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Asake, Burna Boy, and Wizkid among other Nigerian artists feature on Billboard 200 album chart

#TheVoiceNigeria ends with twists, turns and of course, hard lessons

Is Omah Lay giving the industry’s big boys a run for their money?

FIFA ’21: Fireboy, Burna Boy and Rema feature another milestone for Afrobeat

#LayCONQUEROR: With BBNaija over, can Laycon conquer the music industry?

Here’s how to market a best selling album, according to Fireboy DML

Greater Lagos 2020: Sanwo-Olu lauds Airtel for supporting entertainment, tourism

The breakout Nigerian artistes of 2019

The events we loved in October, ranked

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