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Usher Speaks On Performing At The Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show

Usher on Why He’s Excited To Perform at the Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show… It’s happening. It has happened, ladies and gentlemen!! It’s been a lot like to keep secrets from my own kids at home. Yeah. A very, very close knit group of people knew and were really excited about the entire […]

Wizkid Bags BRIT Billion Award For Reaching 1 Billion Streams In The UK

Wizkid has received the Brit Billion Award which is a prize given to artists who have surpassed a billion streams in the United Kingdom. The award was presented to the Grammy winner after his landmark show at the Tottenham Stadium on July 29, 2023, thus making Wizkid the first African artist to receive the prestigious […]

Spotify Raises Premium Subscription Price

Spotify is raising prices for its 200 million ad-free subscribers for the first time in over a decade, the platform has announced. In the US, the cost will increase from $9.99 to $10.99 for those with an individual plan. Similar price hikes also apply to the UK, Canada, Australia and 49 other territories. The move […]

Bella Shmurda Announces The Birth of His New Child

Popular Nigerian artiste, Ahmed Akinbiyi, popularly known as Bella Shmurda, on Monday, announced the birth of his new child. The singer also revealed that he lost his child at birth last year when he was preparing to release his album, ‘Hypertension’. Announcing the arrival of his son on Twitter, the elated father said losing his […]

Taylor Swift Now Has The Most Number One Albums By A Female Artist

Taylor Swift now has more number one albums than any other female artist in history following the recent release of “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version),”  Billboard said Monday the record debuted at the top of the Billboard charts, becoming the pop queen’s 12th number one album and surpassing Barbra Streisand for the most among women.  â€œSpeak […]

Adekunle Gold Releases New Single ‘Ogaranya’

International Afrobeats superstar Adekunle Gold drops new single ‘Ogaranya’ and also unveiled the Cover Art and Tracklist for his forthcoming landmark fifth album; ‘Tequila Ever After (TEA)’.  ‘Tequila Ever After’ packs 18 incredible songs and is set for release on July 28, 2023.

Beyoncé Begins Renaissance Tour In Stockholm, Sweden

BeyoncĂ©, One of the biggest musicians in the world, started her “Renaissance” tour in Stockholm, Sweden. It’s a significant moment because BeyoncĂ© hasn’t toured since going on a joint jay-z and BeyoncĂ© tour in 2018. On the opening night of her tour, BeyoncĂ©’s setlist had 36 songs with classics like “Dangerously In Love,” “Diva,” and […]

Rema Enters Guinness World Record With ‘Calm Down’

Divine Ikubor, popularly know as Rema, has joined the league of Nigerian artistes having their names in the Guinness World Book of Records. The Afrobeat singer achieved the laudable feat with his hit song ‘Calm Down’, which emerged as No.1 hit on the official MENA chart (Middle East and North Africa chart), which is the […]

Fugees’ Pras Found Guilty Of Illegal Lobbying

Ex-Fugees musician Prakazrel “Pras” Michel has been found guilty of 10 counts, including corruption, stemming from allegations he used money to peddle influence in the US. The Grammy-winning musician was accused of bringing “secret, illegal, foreign influence to bear” during the administrations of Barack Obama and Donald Trump, between 2012 and 2017. US prosecutors said […]