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  • Burna Boy, four other Nigerian singers named among artists with 1 billion streams

    Burna Boy, four other Nigerian singers named among artists with 1 billion streams

    A new list with names of Nigerian artists whose songs have gotten to one billion streams worldwide has surfaced on social media.

    The list features four male artists and one female artist. The male artists include Burna Boy, Rema, Ckay and Wizkid.

    The female artist happens to be Ayra Starr. Her song ‘Rush’ is the sole track contributing to her total streams. The other top songs include Burna Boy’s ‘Last Last’, Wizkid’s ‘Essence’, Ckay’s ‘Love Nwantiti’ and Rema’s ‘calm down’.

    Rema recently had a concert in Benin, making his song ‘Calm Down’ hit one billion streams.

    Ayra Starr also achieved mainstream international recognition with the release of the song ‘Rush’. The song charted in several territories, including Switzerland, Ireland and the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 24, earning the singer a nomination at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards for Best African Music Performance.

    Burna on the other hand rose to stardom in 2012 after releasing ‘Like to Party’ the lead single from his debut studio album L.I.F.E (2013). As at 2017, Burna Boy signed with Atlantic Records in the United States to release his third studio album, Outside in the year 2018.

    Wizkid who began his career at the age of 11,  rose to the limelight after releasing “Holla at Your Boy”, the lead single from his debut studio album, Superstar in 2011.

  • Patoranking, Kizz Daniel, Ckay set for 2022 Qatar World Cup performances

    Patoranking, Kizz Daniel, Ckay set for 2022 Qatar World Cup performances

    Reggae-dancehall singer, Patrick Okorie, aka Patoranking, is scheduled to perform for the 2022 Qatar World Cup, at the Al Bidda Park, in the country’s capital, Doha, on November 28, 2022.

    The ‘Girlie O’ crooner has undoubtedly carved a niche for himself with his style of music.

    Born and raised in Ijegun-Egba, Lagos State, he started his entertainment career as a dancer.

    The singer also seems to be an ardent lover of football. As a matter of fact, he stated that he got the inspiration for one of his songs, ‘Abule’, while playing football.

    Another singer rocking the music scene, Oluwatobiloba Anidugbe, aka Kizz Daniel, will perform at the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

    For Daniel, this is a dream come true, as the ‘Cough’ singer had taken to his Twitter page months earlier to say that he wished to perform his hit song, ‘Buga’ at the tournament. He wrote on June 22, “God, I want to perform ‘Buga’ for (sic) the World Cup with a mass choir. Help me say ‘amen’.” Few months later, he is set to perform at the opening ceremony of the games.

    Chukwuka Ifeanyi, better known as Ckay, will join his Nigerian counterparts to perform at the tournament too.

    In an interview, the singer stated that he was excited to be one of the artists that would be performing at the World Cup.

    He had said, “Even though we (Nigeria) did not qualify for the World Cup; at least, there is still Nigeria representation in the area of music.”

    Recall that Ckay’s 2019 song, ‘Love Nwantiti’ enjoyed global acceptance.

    Though he was not listed among the artists that would perform at the World Cup, popular singer, David Adeleke, aka Davido, was featured on the theme song for the competition.

    He joined Latin-American singer, Trinidad Cardonna; and Qatari singer, Aisha, to record the song titled, ‘Hayya Hayya’ (Better Together).

  • I was working in three studios at the same time- Ckay recounts struggles before fame

    I was working in three studios at the same time- Ckay recounts struggles before fame

    Chukwuka Ekweani, better known by his stage name Ckay (SEE-kay) is undoubtedly one of the biggest revelations of 2021 in the Nigerian music industry.

    Recounting his struggles before fame, Ckay said: “When I moved to Lagos, I had to make money somehow to take care of myself because I wasn’t depending on my parents, so I started producing in studios around to make a living while pursuing my own stuff.

    I didn’t have friends, and I was literally just walking up to studios I found online and I would introduce myself as a producer and tell them what I could do for them.

    I was working in three studios at the same time, one in Dolphin, Ikoyi; another in Surulere, and the last one around Alfred Riwane in the boys’ quarters of a house there. Then I started working in Chocolate City at some point, making it four. I did all this because I had to survive”, he told Guardian Life.

    Asked how music began for him, he said: “I grew up in Kaduna and it was very uninteresting. My parents didn’t let me go out a lot because they were strict Christian parents. My life revolved around home, church, and school. My childhood was very regular and my parents were middle-class earners so it’s not like I had rich parents and I was balling, it was just very average but I had a deep curiosity for music that led me to learn how to play the piano, guitar and eventually producing and that’s kind of how everything started.”