Music

As an entertainment journalist, the job gets really busy in December, with a litany of music festivals, award shows, comedy events to cover. As early as October 2018, entertainers begin to roll out dates, venues and…

The Golden Globes 2019 co-hosted by Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg has been held in Los Angeles , and we have the full list of winners. The Golden Globes 2019 had some unexpected surprises as “Green Book” won three awards while “Bohemian…

Damini Ogulu, Nigerian Afro-fusion singer better known as Burna Boy, was the biggest winner at the Soundcity MVP awards. The award held on Saturday, January 5 at the EKO Hotel and Suites, Lagos. Although the event…

It was a night for the ’80s and ’90s music enthusiast as Bobby Brown and the Bell Biv DeVoe trio rolled back the years at the RBRM concert. The event which held on Saturday at Eko Convention Centre, Lagos, also featured…

Seun Kuti, Nigerian Afrobeats musician, has been nominated for the 2019 Grammy Awards. The performer was nominated in the best world music album category for ‘Black Times’. Kuti was nominated alongside his…

‘Soco’, a single by Starboy crew, is at present, the most watched 2018 Nigerian music video on YouTube. As at press time on Thursday, the music video had 28,855,380 views. ‘Assurance’, a song by Davido dedicated to his…

Olamide Adedeji, YBNL rapper, will host the 2018 edition of his annual concert at the EKO Hotel & Suites Convention Centre. The 2017 concert held at Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos, and while approximately 15,000…

"This is Is Nigeria’, the controversial music video by Folarin Falana, better known as ‘Falz The Bad Guy’, has crossed 15million YouTube views within six months of release. This is despite the ban by the Nigeria Broadcasting…

For the past few weeks, Wizkid and his camp have teased fans non-stop about the singer’s “first official single” of 2018. Although the singer has been on many hit songs since the start of the year, he has not released any as a solo…

Some Nigerians have decried the latest postponement of the resumption date for the National Assembly from Sept. 25 to Oct. 9, saying it would delay INEC’s budget for 2019 general elections.They expressed their displeasure while…

After enjoying massive radio airplay with ‘Pull Over’, Wizkid and Kcee have teamed up for a new song with the hope of replicating the success of five years ago. Their new joint effort titled ‘Psycho’ sees the singers cover the same…

Femi Kuti’s son, Made, has made his debut as a member of his father’s Positive Force band. Made, who attended music school in the UK, performed alongside his father at the New Afrika Shrine. “Always awesome playing alongside my…

Eminem has broken the UK chart record for consecutive No 1 albums, beating a record held jointly for 36 years by Abba and Led Zeppelin. His album Kamikaze, is his ninth No 1 in a row. Kamikaze is also the fourth-fastest selling album…

According to Wizkid, he is Starboy’s new star, and going by his debut single, he may yet live up to the billing. Terri on Friday released ‘Bia’, his first solo effort under Starboy Entertainment, a long-awaited taste of his…

A box set of The Eagles’ greatest hits has surpassed Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” as the biggest selling album ever in the United States, according to a new ranking by the Recording Industry Association of America. RIAA said “The…

Niniola, singer-songwriter, has become the first Nigerian female artiste to reach one million monthly listeners on Spotify. According to the music streaming platform, Niniola has a total of 1,004,093 monthly listeners. The…

Cynthia Cee-C Nwadiora, first runner-up of Big Brother Naija, is the star of ‘Big Daddy Ice’, a new video by rapper Ice Prince Zamani. The reality TV star makes more than a cameo appearance in the video which was released on…

The Kingdom Choir has signed a record deal with Sony Music. The gospel choir sang a memorable rendition of ‘Stand By Me’ at the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on May 19. Their performance, viewed by millions…

Drake has scored a double victory on the UK Billboard Chart with his viral single ‘In My Feelings’. The American rapper, who is known for his acting gained a large chunk of Nigerian fans when he remixed Wizkid’s ‘Ojuelegba’ in 2015.…

American Singer, R-Kelly just released a new single titled I Admit, where he confesses to all the crimes he had committed, check out the lyrics of the song: Download Here R. Kelly – I Admit Lyrics I admit I done made some mistake…

A young man has been caught red-handed on camera stealing an expensive MacBook from a shop in Lagos.  A video has shown the moment a young man was caught on camera stealing from a shop in Lagos.The unidentified man reportedly committed the…

Rapper Drake has made Billboard Hot 100 history with his new album Scorpion, currently having seven tracks in the top 10 simultaneously. His song, “Nice for What” returns to the top spot on the chart, making it the only song to ever…

Nigerian Afropop star Davido on Saturday performed at the Wireless Festival in the UK. The festival, which is the UK’s premier urban music festival, held inside London’s Finsbury Park. The Nigerian singer performed before 50,000…

An up-and-coming artiste, Analike Okezie (Yoko B), has accused popular singer, 2baba (formerly known as 2face Idibia) of stealing his song, Amaka. Recall that 2baba recently released a song titled, Amaka. On the track, the singer…