Wizkid, Rema, Tems, Asake Nominated for 2025 AMAs

Wizkid, Rema, Tems, Asake Nominated for 2025 AMAs

Wizkid, Rema, Asake, and Tems have been nominated for the Favourite Afrobeats Category at the 2025 American Music Awards. They will be competing with South African star, Tyla, for the prize. The 2025 American Music Award show will hold on May 25, after failing to hold in the past two years, and will be hosted by singer […]

Burna Boy, Tems, Davido, Lojay Up for iHeartRadio Awards

Burna, Tems, Davido, Lojay Nominated for 2025 iHeartRadio Awards

Burna Boy, Tems, Lojay, and Davido have earned nods for the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards. Davido and Lojay are nominated for Best R&B Song for their contribution to Chris Brown‘s ‘Sensational’, while Burna Boy and Tems are up for the World Artist of the Year category.  Meanwhile, South African singer, Tyla, leads the African contingent with three nominations with the third being for Best […]

Tems, Rema, and Seun Kuti to Perform at Coachella 2025

Tems, Rema, and Seun Kuti to Perform at Coachella 2025

Nigeria will have strong representation at the 2025 Coachella music festival, with Tems, Rema, and Seun Kuti set to take the stage. The annual festival, held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, is one of the world’s most renowned music events and will run from April 11 to April 20. Tems, who wowed […]

Tems’ “Found” goes platinum, joining Rema and Wizkid with RIAA-certified hits

Tems' "Found" goes platinum, joining Rema and Wizkid with RIAA-certified hits

Tems’ single “Found,” from her 2021 sophomore EP If Orange Was A Place, has achieved significant commercial success, garnering over 119 million Spotify streams, making it one of her most streamed songs. The track’s success comes after Tems gained international mainstream recognition following her appearance on Wizkid’s global hit “Essence.” With this latest achievement, Tems now […]

Full List of 2024 MTV EMA Nominations

Full List of 2024 MTV EMA Nominations

MTV has announced the nominations for the 2024 MTV EMAs, with African stars taking center stage, showcasing their incredible achievements over the past year. Afrobeats sensations Ayra Starr and Tyla lead the pack among African acts, each securing four nominations. Ayra Starr is nominated for “Best New”, “Best Afrobeats”, “Best African Act”, and her captivating performances […]

Barack Obama: Nigerian Stars Feature In 2024 Summer Playlist

Barack Obama: Nigerian Stars Feature In 2024 Summer Playlist

The Ex-President of USA, Barack Obama has shared his 2024 summer playlist, showcasing the tracks that have been on heavy rotation for him this season. The former U.S. president describes his playlist as an “eclectic mix,” featuring different artists that reflect his broad musical tastes. With summer winding down, I wanted to share some songs that […]

Tems creates a new record on Spotify for a Nigerian female artist

On June 7, 2024, boosted by the release of her debut album 'Born In The Wild', Tems accumulated 8 million streams which is a record for a Nigerian female artist.

Tems achieved her greatest Spotify streaming day on June 7, 2024, the day after her debut album “Born In The Wild” was released. Tems recorded 5.33 million global streams on the first day of her first album, placing her second behind Ayra Starr, who recorded 6.3 opening day streams for her newly released sophomore album, […]

Tems Releases Debut Album “Born in the Wild”

On June 7, 2024, boosted by the release of her debut album 'Born In The Wild', Tems accumulated 8 million streams which is a record for a Nigerian female artist.

Nigerian singer Tems has officially released her debut album, *Born in the Wild*, through RCA Records/Since 93′.  The 18-track album includes the pre-released singles “Me & U” and “Love Me JeJe,” the latter of which features an interpolation of Seyi Sodimu’s 1997 classic of the same name. To support the release, Tems is embarking on […]

Billboard’s annual Women in Music event will Award Tems

Nigeria singer, Temilade Openiyi popularly known as Tems has been shortlisted to be awarded at the annual women in music event organised by Billboard. The “women in music” honour women from different music professions in various categories.  Tems will be awarded as Billboard’s Women In Music Breakthrough Artist honoree for the year on March 7 […]

Burna Boy, Davido, Olamide, Tems, Asake, Ayra Starr lose all Grammy Nominations

Nigerian Afrobeats stars at the 66th Grammy Awards as Burna Boy, Davido, Tems, Ayra Starr, Olamide and Asake failed to win from 10 nominations across five categories. The Nigerian contingent lost the inaugural ‘Best African Music Performance’ trophy to South-African singer Tyla who earned the prize with her 2023 track, “Water”. All the categories the […]