Music Gist

Nigerian megastar Burna Boy yesterday won the prize for the Best African Act at the 2022 MTV European Music Awards. Burna Boy was nominated alongside Ayra Starr, Black Sheriff, Tems, Zuchu and Musa Keyz. Tems lost the Best New Act prize to Seventeen while Nigerian disc Jockey DJ Spinall was one of the artists who performed at the award show that held in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Nigeria Singer Omah Lay has acquired a brand-new property. A Twitter post shared by one of his associates revealed that the new home in an undisclosed location cost a whopping 500 million Naira. Omah Lay’s latest win comes in the wake of his just concluded North American music tour that saw him shut down Atlanta, Boston, And New York. The singer also recently debuted the visuals for Philo, his latest collaboration […]

Rave of the moment Asake’s debut album mr. Money with the vibe has made its first entry on the Billboard Album Chart where it debuted at number 66. This makes it the fourth ever highest charting Nigerian album after Burna Boy's Love, Damini which debuted at NO.18, Wizkid's Made In Lagos which debuted at NO.28, and Burna Boy's Grammy-winning Twice As Tall which debuted at NO. 54. The YBNL and Empire artiste has been in red hot form […]

Fast-rising afrobeat star Asake very early this morning dropped his debut album titled Mr Money With The Vibe. The 12-track album includes tracks like Dull, Terminator, Reason featuring American rapper Russ, Sunmomi, and Sungba' Remix featuring Burnaboy. The YBNL artist earlier released a teaser for a single off the album which offered an insight into a different sound from his fast-paced blend of Fuji and Pop evident in his previous singles.

Gospel singer and songwriter Ada Ehi has been shortlisted and selected as an honoree for the 12th Edition of the African Achievers Awards AAA. She was selected amongst top achievers in Africa to participate in the 2022 African Achievers Awards and International Summit/Honors taking place at the House of Parliament, Westminster, London, the United Kingdom on the 20th of September 2022. The Award ceremony has been rated by Forbes Magazine as […]

Starboy worldwide boss Wizkid has become the most decorated artist in the history of the Headies after he clinched 5 awards at the 15th Headies Awards. Wizkid went into the award as the most nominated artist after scoring 11 nominations including all the big categories. Wizkid's smash hit Essence took home the award for the Best R&B Single, Best Collaboration, and Song of the Year, while his album Made In Lagos also won the […]

Nigerian singer Buju Bnxn has broken his silence since his nude video got leaked by his alleged ex-lover. The music star who recently dropped his album Bad Since ’97 took to his Snapchat page yesterday where he revealed that he is heartbroken for the first time in his life and that he is incapable of loving anybody in the world asides from Peggy. Buju's latest comments dropped after his alleged […]

Afrobeats megastar singer, songwriter, rapper, and music executive, Olamide Gbenga Adedeji “Olamide” has released the snippet for the new single ‘We Outside’.