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, Wizkid, Asake Win Big at AAEA 2025
Burna Boy was named the Best Overall Male Artist of the Year at this yearâs AAEA Music Awards, which took place recently in Nairobi. Wizkid’s ‘Piece of My Heart’ featuring Brent Faiyaz got the prize for the Best Afro-R&B song, just as British-Nigerian singer, Darkoo, won the award for the Best Diasporan Act for her hit single ‘Favourite Girl’ whose remix features Rema. Asake’s ‘MMS’ featuring […]
Nigerian Stars Burna Boy, Davido, Wizkid, Tems Shine with NAACP Image Awards Nominations
Nigerian music stars Burna Boy, Davido, Wizkid, and Tems have received nominations for the 2025 National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) Image Awards. The 56th NAACP Image Award, which celebrates outstanding representations and achievements of people of colour in motion pictures, television, music, and literature is scheduled to take place on February […]
The 24-hour Greater Lagos Countdown 2025 to Begin by 7.00pm
The Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs Toke Benson-Awoyinka, says the 24-hour Greater Lagos Countdown 2025 slated to hold Dec. 31 will begin at 7.00 p.m Benson-Awoyinka, in a statement yesterday, said the event which was meant to usher in the New Year,will feature an electrifying lineup of Afrobeat superstars, including Wizkid, […]
Wizkid Reveals Tracklist for Upcoming Album ‘Morayo’
Afrobeat superstar Wizkid has taken to Instagram to reveal the tracklist for his highly anticipated album, Morayo. The announcement has fans buzzing with excitement as they anticipate the tunes of Asake, Jazmine Sullivan, Anis, and others as listed on the tracklist. Morayo, which translates to âI have found joyâ in Yoruba, hints at a deeply […]
Wizkid Features Brent Faiyaz in His New Single
Wizkid’s new single ‘Piece of My Heart’, featuring Brent Faiyaz, has become the song with the biggest week streams on YouTube Nigeria. Released on October 18, the single has garnered 1.20 million streams, surpassing the previous record of 1.18M streams held by Fireboy’s ‘Peru’ remix featuring Ed Sheeran. ‘Piece of My Heart’ is off the âMorayoâ album, set to drop on […]
Wizkid Releases New Single ‘Piece of My Heart’
Award-winning artist Ayo Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has released âPiece of My Heartâ, the first single from his highly anticipated album, Morayo. The track which is a blend of Afrobeats and R&B centers around love and heartbreak, and features American R&B star Brent Faiyaz. Wizkid has continued to build anticipation for the new album, […]
Asake Unveils Documentary On Musical Journey
Asake has unveiled a documentary on his musical journey from the ghetto and rise to stardom. He shared the documentaryâs trailer on his Instagram page. The documentary, voiced by award-winning Hollywood actor, Idris Elba, follows the release of Asake’s third album ‘Lungu Boy’, which features superstars Wizkid, Stormzy, and Central Cee. READ ANOTHER RECENT POST HERE:https://thebeat99.com/uefa-reopens-bidding-for-2027-champions-league-final/
Wizkid Hints at Collaborations with Nigerian Artists for Upcoming Album “Morayo”
Grammy-winning Nigerian singer Wizkid has revealed plans to collaborate with fellow Nigerian artists on his highly anticipated sixth album, titled “Morayo.” The album is a heartfelt tribute to his late mother. During an interactive session with fans on X (formerly known as Twitter) today, Wizkid shared that he has been in the studio with several prominent […]
Why I donât want to be labelled Afrobeats artist â Wizkid
Nigeria singer, Ayodeji Balogun, aka Wizkid, has revealed why he refuses to be labelled an Afrobeats artiste. He recently asked the public not to refer to him as an Afrobeats artiste. while announcing his forthcoming album titled âMorayoâ. In a now-deleted post via his Instagram story, the 33-year-old singer said although he is African, he […]
