Music

The organisers of the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) have cancelled this year’s ceremony over “devastating events in Israel and Hamas”. The annual event had been due to take place in Paris on Sunday, November 5, with…

Fast rising Nigerian singer, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, has expressed delight over the feat recorded by his single ‘Calm down’. He said this after Spotify, a global online streaming platform, announced…

Rema’s hit single Calm Down, featuring Selena Gomez, has been streamed one billion times on global online streaming platform Spotify. Victor Okpala, Spotify’s Artiste and Label Partnerships Manager for West Africa,…

Grammy-winning Nigerian singer Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, better known by his stage name Burna Boy, has been nominated for seven awards at the 2023 BET Hip-Hop Awards. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that this includes a…

On Sunday, September 3, 2023, the 16th edition of the prestigious Headies Award was held in Atlanta, Georgia, marking the…

Nigerian music sensation, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, has reached another milestone as his song ‘Calm Down’ with Selena Gomez became the first song in history to spend one year on the Billboard US…

Ghanaian dancehall singer, Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr., known as Shatta Wale, has asserted that no Ghanaian artiste is as successful as Nigerian singer, Asake currently. He stated this in a Twitter space hosted…

Burna Boy has emerged frontrunner for the 2023 Headies Awards, leading with ten nominations. The awards ceremony, known for celebrating the finest…

Afrobeats artiste, Burna Boy has released the tracklist for his upcoming album. ‘I Told Them’. The self-styled African Giant took to social media on Monday to share the artwork for the music project. The 17-track album…

Olamide, the Nigerian rapper, says he founded YBNL (Yahoo Boy No Laptop), his music label, to avoid extravagant spending.…

Famous singer Divine Ikubor aka Rema has broken King Sunny Ade’s 41-year-old record as the Nigerian artiste with the longest-running album in the US Billboard 200 chart’s history. King Sunny Ade set the record…

The nomination for the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards has been released by the event’s organisers. The nominations for the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards as the entire list of Artist of the Year contenders comprised only…

Nigerian singing sensation, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, has recorded yet another milestone in his music career as his hit song ‘Calm Down’ becomes the most streamed African song in the United States…

Songs by Nigerian stars, Burna Boy and Ayra Starr, were included in former President of the United States of America, Barack Obama’s 2023 summer playlist. Obama released his summer playlist on Thursday night. The list…

Organizers of Nigeria’s biggest award show, the Headies, have released the list of nominees for the 2023 edition. Although an official date for the award ceremony  has not been communicated, the organizers of the…

American singer Selena Gomez has penned a gratitude note to singer Rema for the opportunity to feature in his viral hit Calm…

The legendary Tina Turner will receive a posthumous tribute this weekend as part of the 2023 BET Awards. Patti LaBelle is set to honour the late icon with a performance during the awards show that will capture…

Grammy award-winning Nigerian singer, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has become the first African music artiste to hit one billion streams on Audiomack. Burna Boy made the great feat as the…

Nigerian singer, Adekunle Almoruf Kosoko popularly known as Adekunle Gold or AG Baby, has revealed his next project “Tequila Ever After” and what inspired the songs. He disclosed this in a newsletter shared with his…

A group of 17 music publishers in the US has sued Twitter, claiming the platform enabled copyright violations involving nearly 1,700 songs. The National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) is seeking more than $250m…

The Recording Academy, organiser of the Grammys, has included the ‘Best African Music Performance’ category for the 2024 edition. In a statement via its Instagram page on Tuesday, the award organiser said the newly…

Singer Tina Turner, whose soul classics and pop hits like The Best and What's Love Got to Do With It made her a superstar, has died at the age of 83.…

British pop phenom Ed Sheeran did not plagiarize Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” when composing his 2014 hit “Thinking Out Loud,” a US jury ruled Thursday. Sheeran stood up and hugged his team after jurors ruled…

Groundbreaking rapper Missy Elliott, the late English chart-topper George Michael and rap-rock changemakers Rage Against the Machine are among this year’s inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,…