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EVENT REVIEW: 14th Headies Awards 2021
“The 14th Headies! It’s time to Xplore!” A thick strong voice speaks foremost before the award commencement, culminating a sturdy background electronic sound which tends to vibrate like rumbling, and to the few audiences, from an unknown direction a brand new voice opens up the colorful night of glitz and glam; accompanied by a very special announcement for the night and at the side where almost every attendee seats quietly with their masks “on” giving 6inch distance to each other observing COVID-19 protocols. About to welcome the host for the night at the same time, the-same voice called in, popular Nigerian spontaneous comic star-actor Bovi and the delectable Nigerian Actress and TV personality Nancy Isime, who rocked stunning different outfit as the show moved on alongside her partner t...
Teni & Davido Are Meant For Each Other “For You” Review
Teni and Davido together share a bond that is strong and is like an epic transit in wonderland, like a place where they express both flaming feeling and entanglement for themself; maybe at an equal precision as they showed from the record delivery and, transcended to their cinematic visual that portrays the deep love they might share secretly for one another which slowly erupts publicly; well look deeper and aside from the strong clot chemistry in “For You” record, you’d affirm their love and would want them to forge ahead after now. “For You”, is the confirmation of something emotional they share that erupts through the music and visual. They love each other literally and they’ve unveiled the stronger sense in between their debut collaboration that could have been offered with an open hea...
Sean Tizzle’s Sonic Viscosity Is One Of A Kind, “Where You Been EP” Review
Sean Tizzle’s “Where You Been” EP, is a project that substantially surprises Tizzle’s detractors, and perhaps his core listeners; he took them to a place like a museum in my imagination that houses beautiful self-made artifacts of his art that he carefully refurnished and called in-his core fans to witness and left detractors as he awes them unapologetically. “Moving Forward EP” in 2017, was Sean Tizzle’s laid-back project that almost generally accompanied outstanding features in the delivery of the classic African pop records. Sean Tizzle fast-tracked from 2017 to 2021 as he delivered 2-Extended Play in which his most recent project dives in-between “Moving Forward EP” and his debut studio album, “The Journey” in 2014. RELATED: Teni & Davido Are Meant For Each Other “For You” Review “...
EXCLUSIVE: 10 Naija Songs That Should Be On Your Valentine Playlist
The season of love is here and it’s few hours to the day for the celebration of love among lovers, friends, and family. The beautiful day will see numerous people across the world share gifts with each other while some others would love to go out on a date and express their feelings to each other. However, the atmosphere would not be worth it without lovely music which creates a cool atmosphere for lovers to share the colourful moment together. RELATED: Valentine Gift Ideas That Won’t Break the Bank Naija Music has taken out time to put together beautiful songs you can add to your Valentine playlist, check the songs out below. Olakira: “In My Maserati” “In My Maserati” is one of the trending love songs in Nigeria and has received wide attention from music lovers, the undiluted sound can be...
The Miracle Of The Brain: A Motivational Article For Africans
The Miracle Of The Brain – A Motivational Article For Africans *Underdevelopment in Africa: Use your brain now or perish. Anambra procurement boss advises Nigerians in a powerful article* *The Miracle of the brain- Melie Onyejepu* It was Arthur Conan Doyle who exclaimed, “I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is mere appendix”. The brain is the most amazing part of the human body. It is providence most definitely precious gift to humanity. According to Joel Davis, the human brain is the last and greatest scientific frontier. It is the most distinguishing characteristics between man and other lower animals. Man was an unlikely candidate for power in a natural world where dominant adaptions were speed, agility, jaws and claws. He ascended from the stone age because he was able to dominate and...
Top 6 Hit Songs By Bella Shmurda
The professional musical journey of Akinbiyi Abiola Ahmed, popularly known as Bella Shmurda started in 2018 when he released a reprise on his song “Vision 2020” with one of the highly respected rappers in the Nigeria music industry, Olamide. The 23-year-old singer who has released numerous songs and has worked with top personalities in the music industry like, Davido, Olamide, LAX, DJ Consequence, MasterKraft, DJ Spinnal, and many others has been consistent in his game. The speed at which the singer signed into ‘Canny Consults For Oneword Global Records Label’ is moving has got him recognition among the fast-rising artist in the tough music industry in Nigeria. Bella Shmurda‘s consistency in the music industry has got him a mouth-watering net worth within a short time spent in the challeng...
Top 10 Richest Gospel Artists In Nigeria 2021 (EXCLUSIVE)
The gospel music industry as far as Nigeria is concerned over the years has created a presence for itself in the international scene with top musicians across the world willing to work with Nigerian gospel artists while others invite them on stage for a worship concert. The growth in the industry has also created wealth and recognition for the consistent musicians, who also have side businesses. The trend at which their songs go and the numbers of invites they get to big concerts alongside endorsement deals also play an important role in their net worth. Naija Music would be focusing on the top 10 richest gospel artists in Nigeria in the year 2021. 1. Sammie Okposo Net Worth – $800,000 Music producer, songwriter, and CEO of Zamar Entertainment, Sammie Okposo, tops the list of the 10 riches...
5 Nigerian Gospel Artists To Watch Out For In 2021 (EXCLUSIVE)
The year 2021 is still young and fresh but that does not determine the package and plans some talented gospel singers have for the new year, we would be listing out 5 Nigerian gospel artists to watch out for in 2021. 2020 was a tough year for gospel artists due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country which saw some top musicians release fewer songs due to economic issues and lack of access to some resources needed at the time. The outbreak of the virus in 2020 made some popular gospel singers learn how to use the digital media space to enhance and grow their presence. However, some of these top artists have wasted no time in the new year as they dish out new sounds for their followers and fans to vibe to in the new year. The resources put into the gospel music industry by some young gos...
Top 15 Music Schools in Lagos, Nigeria
Music is a very essential and vital part of life and its everyday importance can never be overemphasized. Here are the top 15 music schools in Lagos, Nigeria. Humans in every walks of life listen to different types and genres of music daily and in recent times musical consumption has been on an exponential increase with music artists and record label executives raking in millions of dollars annually across the world, ranging from online streaming incomes to appearance fees and endorsements deals. African music has in the past decades successfully drawn the attention of the world to the continent with lots of talented music artists making amazing sounds ranging from the indigenous Afrobeats to the high life, Afro-pop, and Afro dancehall, etc. Recently American artists including Beyonce, Dra...
The 10 Best Nigerian Gospel Songs of 2020
Featuring Mercy Chinwo, Nathaniel Bassey, Dunsin Oyekan, Sinach, GUC, Moses Bliss, Ada Ehi, Tim Godfrey, and Victoria Orenze. 2020 has been a challenging year, but we’ve survived and we are just a few days away from a new year. It calls for thanksgiving and the best way to do it by offering songs and praises to God who kept us alive through it all. In the light of this, we’ve rounded up our top 10 Nigerian gospel songs of the year to get you right into a thanksgiving mood. Here are our top 10 gospel songs of 2020 1. Mercy Chinwo ‘Obinasom’ [embedded content] Mercy Chinwo is the rave of the moment in the gospel music arena and one of the most streamed artists in Nigeria. She made 2020 joyous despite the challenges with Obinasom. It’s a song of thanksgiving where she tells of how happy she i...
7 Nigerian songs you should listen to this week (DEC. 14 – 19)
The last weekend we have some fantastic new Nigerian songs released by several Naija musicians. We have music from the likes of Naira Marley, Mr P, etc. It was also a weekend of albums as DJ Spinall released his ‘Grace‘ album, Tekno dropped his debut ‘Old Romance‘ and Zinoleesky slipped in his ‘Chrome’ (Eccentric) EP for fans. We noticed that most of the songs released over the weekend had some Amapiano influence and many more Nigerian artistes are exploring the sound. However, we picked out some of the best songs released over the weekend that we think you should listen to and also add to your music playlist. 1. Mr P – Follow My Lead ft Wande Coal Peter Okoye better known as Mr P released the first single from his debut solo album ‘The Prodigal‘ expected early next year. You know Mr...
Court stops COSON from general distribution practice
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has declared that the General Distribution which is practised by the Copyright Society of Nigeria, COSON, is illegal. The practise involves the annual distribution of the same amount of music royalties, usually about N30,000 each, to thousands of the organization’s members. This practice was challenged in court by the Music Publishers’ Association of Nigeria, MPAN, in Suit No. FHC/L/CS/1418/2019; Green Light Music Publishing Ltd, Chocolate City Music Ltd, Premier Music Publishing Company Ltd v. Copyright Society of Nigeria Ltd/Gte. The judgement which was delivered on November 25, 2020, by Justice Oguntoyinbo also ordered COSON to stop further distribution of royalties “in a manner known as ‘General Distribution’ or how so ever called which does not re...
