Music

Nigerian Singer, Burna Boy is among the artists that will perform at the 2023 Coachella which is scheduled for April. Burna Boy is set to perform on April 14th and 21st as he will assist the global best-selling artist of 2022 Bad Bunny who will be headlining the dates. The Singer previously performed at the Coachella in 2020.

Nigerian singer Joeboy has revealed that he will be releasing his sophomore album in the first quarter of 2023. The singer revealed that up-and-coming artist Kemena, Award-winning DJ and Producer Diplo, and Afrobeats maestro Tekno are some of the guest artists on the album. In 2020, Joeboy released his debut album 'Somewhere between Beauty and Magic' which enjoyed critical acclaim.

Rema's 'Calm Down' tops the chart in the Indian Music Industry as it begins 2023 as the number 1 song in India. The smash hit remix featuring Selena Gomez tops the chart that has Sam Smith, Chris Brown, and Glass Animals in the top 10. Appearing at NO. 2 is 'Until I Found You' by Stephen Sanchez and Em Beihold, Sam Smith and Kim Petra's 'Unholy' enters at NO. 3, 'Dandelions' by Ruth B is NO. 4, and 'Under The Influence' by Chris Brown rounds off the top 5.

Nigerian singer, Kizz Daniel’s newly released single ‘Rich Till I die’ has hit 1.7 million views on YouTube in just three days after its release. The song was produced by Reward Beatz and co-produced by Blaise Beatz, with the visuals brought to life by ace music video director, TG Omori. The musical cocktail has Daniel in a mood of thanksgiving, which is obvious in the lyrics that are spiced with […]

Canadian singer, Justin Bieber, is close to finalizing a deal that would see him sell the rights to his entire catalog for $200M. According to reports the big-ticket transaction would be with Hipgnosis Songs Capital, could go down as the largest music-rights acquisition in the company's history. The company which also bought the rights to Justin Timberlake's catalog earlier this year for $100M, will be getting  Bieber's entire catalog of recorded music, which includes 6 albums over […]

R. Kelly’s former manager, Donnell Russell, has been sentenced to one year in prison for calling in a shooting threat at a New York theater in 2018 to stop screening a docuseries "Surviving R. Kelly". U.S. District Judge, Paul Gardephe, described Russell as someone who took part in serious criminal conduct in a misguided attempt to protect someone who was a prolific abuser. In the false alarm phone call, the […]

Boomplay has declared Burna Boy the most streamed artist on the platform in 2022. Burna Boy leads Asake who comes in at number 2 and Kizz Daniel who is the third most streamed artist. In 2022, the singer released his 6th studio album 'Love, Damini' which emerged as the most streamed album on Boomplay Nigeria, Apple Music Nigeria, and Spotify Nigeria 2022. He has now emerged as the most streamed artist of 2022 on three of […]

Award winning singer, Kizz Daniel was presented a plaque by Boomplay, after amassing 500 million streams on the platform. The plaque was presented to Daniel by Boomplay’s Director of Artist & Media Relations, Tosin Sorinola, at his sold-out Afroclassic 2022 show in Lagos state. Earlier in April 2022, Boomplay announced that the singer became the first artist to hit 100,000,000 project-based streams in less than six months with his fourth […]

As Spotify releases list of most streamed in the 2000s, timeless hit songs 'Gongo Aso' from Afrobeats maestro 9ice, 'Olufunmi' by super group Styl Plus, and 'Fall In Love' by Afrobeats legend D'banj all appear in the top. Spotify released two playlists in October highlighting the best deep cuts and evergreen favorites from 2000s and 2010s Afrobeats. They feature music that inspired today’s Afrobeats savants and is still widely enjoyed by fans.