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  • Sarkodie finally apologises to Yemi Alade over 2017 clash

    Sarkodie finally apologises to Yemi Alade over 2017 clash

    Fans of Yemi Alade and Sarkodie will not forget in a hurry the rift that transpired between the stars in 2017.
    Their misunderstanding happened after the “Mama Africa” singer accused Sarkodie of being unprofessional.
    The duo had collaborated on Alade’s song “Ego” but the songstress accused the Ghanaian star of failing to show up for the music video shoot.

     

    “Ego” was off Alade’s sophomore album, “Mama Africa” and in a 2017 interview, she revealed Sarkodie ignored her after she reached out to him to feature in the song’s video shoot.
    According to her: “I can count three different countries and three different venues where my team and I had an agreement with the artiste [Sarkodie] in particular and he didn’t come through,”
    “I’ve really tried my best to really not go into details but the long and short on why I don’t want to dwell on this is that it is super unfair, unprofessional and unkind for international acts or even artistes to have dealing with anybody and after agreeing to certain things, you don’t come through at all.”

     

     

    In a new development, Sarkodie shared the details of Yemi Alade’s recent collaboration with Angelique Kidjo on Twitter. He tweeted at Alade and realized that she had unfollowed him after their 2017 rift..
    He wrote: “Ou just realized queen unfollowed me… SarkNation tell my sis to follow me back n I’m sorry. No need for no explanations it’s 2020 Link up, always proud of you”
    Alade obliged the BET award-winning rapper as she followed him as requested to the admiration of fans who praised her for her forbearing heart.
  • TNG Special: 20 entertainers to watch out for in 2020[Part 2]

    TNG Special: 20 entertainers to watch out for in 2020[Part 2]

    This is the sequel to the piece we started last week on the 20 entertainers to watch out for in 2020.

     

    11. Teni the entertainer
    Teni is undoubtedly one of the biggest artistes in Nigeria at the moment.The entertainer continues to release songs Nigerians can relate with. With the massive success of her ‘Billionaire Experience ‘ concert and her huge fan-base, not forgetting her BET award nomination in 2019, Teni is definitely on her way to the top in 2020.

     

     

    12. Alex Ekubbo
    Truth be told, Alexx has metamorphosed from being that eye candy actor into a bonafide role interpreter who delivers.
    He did so well in Bling Lagosians that Funke Akindele had to use him in the movie ‘Your Excellency’. His sharpened range has been as a result of the diverse challenging roles he has played in time past. Ekubo’s time is here. We hope he uses it to the full.

     

    NATHANIEL BASSEY
    13.Nathaniel Bassey
    The trumpet wielding soft spoken singer is one of the most respected Nigerian gospel artistes. Nathaniel Bassey, an unassuming yet anointed singer continues to churn hits after hits while maintaining his focus.
    Bassey’s social media powered yearly prayer session, ‘Halleluyah Challenge’ continues to be a blessing to thousands all over the world.

     

    14.Williams Uchemba
    The former child actor played stellar roles in Merry Men 2 and Sugar Rush. With his obvious talent, industry contacts and social media influence, Uchemba is fast becoming an actor everyone is paying attention to.

     

    DJ CUPPY

    15. DJ Cuppy
    Cuppy stunned her fans in 2019, when she converted banter with her billionaire dad, Femi Otedola over ‘Gelato’ into a groovy tune featuring Zlatan.
    Her girl-next-door persona and humility has further endeared her to Nigerians. Despite the bullying she encounters on social media, Cuppy still manages to spread positivity.

     

    16.Nkechi Blessing Sunday
    The sexy Igbo damsel who stars in Yoruba movies loves attention. The good thing is that Nkechi has converted the attention into building a strong fan base. Her feature in Funke Akindele’s web series ‘Aiyetoro Town’ and a number of endorsements are the needed pointer that she is here to play big.
    17.Rudeboy
    When the PSquare split occurred, everyone didn’t give Paul a chance. We taught he would find it difficult to stand without his twin. However with a string of scintillating tunes including Nkenji Keke, Reason with Me and Audio Money, the self-proclaimed Rudeboy is showing us that he cannot be underestimated.

     

    18.Tacha
    Despite her unceremonious disqualification from BBNaija in 2019, Tacha still remains the most talked about BBNaija 2019 housemate. The young lady trends on Twitter effortlessly, no thanks to her loyal fan-bas called ‘Tacha Titans’. Her commitment to staying relevant will definitely bring her more fame and fortune.

     

    19.Yemi Alade
    When you think of Alade, what comes to mind is her sheer focus, dedication and melodious vocal dexterity. Though she has been condemned over the quality of her lyrics, the Igbo-Yoruba damsel seem unperturbed by the criticisms. In 2019, she was featured on Beyonce’s ‘Lion King’ album and also toured several countries.Watch out for her in 2020.

     

    1. Rema
    2019 was the year of discovery for the teenage singer Rema.The singer signed to Jonzing World,a subsidiary of Mavin Records, is absolutely one entertainer to look out for in 2020.
    His song, ‘Iron Man’ appeared on former US President Barack Obama summer playlist and the Edo-born entertainer won the coveted Next Rated awards at the Headies last year.Earlier this year, he clinched the award for the ‘ Best new artiste’ at the Soundcity MVP awards.
  • TNG Special: Why the world cannot resist Nigeria’s Afrobeats

    TNG Special: Why the world cannot resist Nigeria’s Afrobeats

    No doubts, Afrobeats a fusion of Afropop and other Nigerian music genres, has gained wide acceptance in the international community in recent years.
    Afrobeats, as contemporary African music is classified in foreign spaces, is gaining more recognition as an influential genre, as homegrown stars like Wizkid, Burna Boy, Yemi Alade and Tiwa Savage begin to experience commercial success on the global stage.

     

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    In 2018 ‘Ma Lo’ singer, Tiwa Savage headlined her first concert at the Indigo O2 in London, UK.It was a soaring success. When asked about the acceptance of Afrobeats on the global stage, Savage said:” I think for now Europe is much more ready for Afrobeat(s). We’re kind of focusing our energy on the UK and Europe..We’re still doing stuff in the US but it just seems like Europe is so ready.”

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    Femi Kuti in an interview with Hip TV said the Afrobeats genre has grown bigger since the passing of his father.The oldest singing Kuti affirmed that Afrobeats has been “taken to the next level” through his albums.
    ” I think what I have done with the Afrobeats is that I have expanded it; it was through my Afrobeats that several remixes came to being, especially the album Shoki shoki”, he said.
    Kuti further said his music served as an eye opener for DJs around the world who through his remixes, discovered that technology could be used to enhance Afrobeats.
    Davido was shocked in 2018 when over 10,000 people reportedly turned out for his concert
    held in Suriname, a tiny country in the northeastern pocket of South America .International artistes are jostling to eat the pie of Nigerian Afrobeats. Days back, a video surfaced online where American producer, Timbaland could be seen creating his own remix to Niniola’s ‘Boda Sodiq’. The video garnered a lot of views on social media.
    Dionne Searcey of The Newyork Times in his article Nigeria’s Afrobeats Music Scene Is Booming, but Profits Go to Pirates, wrote: “Afrobeats in particular — is having a moment. It blares in hotel lobbies, airport lounges, nightclubs and the dozens of bedroom recording studios where young men and women dream of stardom in this clogged, overheated city. The appetite for Nigerian music is clear. International labels such as Sony Music Entertainment are setting up shop in Lagos. Musicians like Seyi Shay, who spent much of her childhood in Britain with her Nigerian parents, are being lured back”.
    Wizkid’s One Dance’ with Drake continues to be the peak of our move towards global domination. With billions of streams and Billboard chart success, that song not only gave Nigerians a foretaste of what could be. The song crashed the ceiling for what tangible achievement really is.

    Asides from the success of his ‘African Giant’ album and his Grammy nomination, Burna Boy alongside Rema featured on Barack Obama’s favorite music of 2019.

     

    Lanre Typical, a Nigerian show promoter stated that Afrobeat has taken over all clubs in Dubai
    According to him: “As we all know, Afrobeats is one of the biggest genres in the world right now. It’s loved by all and now widely accepted. All clubs rock to it here in Dubai. Every club has or wants an Afrobeat night which they were not proud of a few years back, Afrobeats has taken over all clubs in Dubai. I can remember a few years back, Nigerian music was accepted by selected few, but today it has been accepted by everyone. I feel if there is the consistency it will remain in the mainstream for a long time to come,” he stated emphatically”.

     

    Popular talent manager and music executive Theophy Esuike stipulated that the emergence of the internet and different social media platforms should be applauded for making the Afrobeat music genre go viral till it became more prominent in the international scene. The Theory-X Entertainment boss added that Nigerian artistes doing Afrobeat and other styles of music like Wizkid, Davido, Tiwa Savage, Yemi Alade, Seyi Shay, Mr. Eazi and more, have been able to register their names globally through the aid of social media, which has bridged the gap between Africa and western world.
    In 2020, more Nigerian artistes will break into the international market with their different flavours of Afrobeats. Beyonce’s collaboration with Nigerian artistes like Tiwa Savage, Wizkid, Yemi Alade, Burna Boy, Tekno is an indication of how Afrobeats will further dominate the world music scene.

     

    With dedication and foresight, we will definitely get there.

  • Yemi Alade shows off sex appeal in racy bikini pictures

    Yemi Alade shows off sex appeal in racy bikini pictures

    Yemi Alade, Nigerian Afrobeats vocalist, who recently shared the video of her freshly unveiled song dubbed ‘Vibe’, has posted bikini pictures of herself that has stirred diverse reactions on social media.

    The sexy singer shows off her sex appeal as the bikini accentuates her ample curves

    She wrote:” Maybe I Should tie Ankara wrapper to swim”.

    Replying the caption of her post, popular comedienne, Chigurl wrote:” Please don’t’ oh”.

    Alade has achieved incredible milestones over the course of her music career that undoubtedly places her among the country’s biggest exports.

    Beyond landing the MTV African Music Award and the BET Award, the singer made the 2018 Forbes under 30 honoree list and was unveiled as part of the “2018 most influential people in Africa.”

    ‘Woman of Steel’, a recently released album by Yemi Alade, Nigerian Afrobeats vocalist, has been put into consideration for an award at the 2020 Grammy Awards.

    The 30-year-old singer took to her Twitter page to announce that she has reached out to the Recording Academy for the ‘Best World Music Album’ category and intends celebrating the feat with her fans.

    “We’re up for Grammy Award consideration! Reaching out to all voting members of Recording Academy to consider my Album, ‘Woman of Steel’ for Best World Music Album! This has been an incredible project and I would love to celebrate it with all of you,” she wrote.

  • Davido, Yemi Alade, others set for E! People’s Awards

    Davido, Yemi Alade, others set for E! People’s Awards

    Top six African artists, Wizkid (Nigeria), Cassper Nyovest (South Africa), Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania) and Yemi Alade (Nigeria) have been nominated in the African Influencer of the Year category at the E! People’s Choice Awards in California.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the ‘E! People’s Choice Awards is a U.S award show that recognises people in entertainment, voted online by the general public and fans.

    Other top names in the list are Nigerian musicians Davido, Tiwa Savage as well as South African TV personalities Bonang Matheba and Minnie Dlamini-Jones.

    NAN also reports that this is the first time E! would be recognising the most iconic and influential people on the African continent via the African Influencer of the Year Award category on a global scale.

    The E! People’s Choice Awards said that fans could start voting for their favourite artists online or via Twitter by sending a public tweet or retweet.

    The organisers added that the fans should include one category hashtag, one corresponding nominee hashtag and #PCAs.

    According to the them, hashtag for African Influencer of the Year is #AfricanInfluencer and the nominees’ hashtags are as follows:

    Cassper Nyovest – #CassperNyovest
    Davido – #Davido
    DiamondPlatnumz – #DiamondPlatnumz
    BonangMatheba – #BonangMatheba
    Minnie Dlamini-Jones – #Minnie
    Tiwa Savage – #TiwaSavage
    Wizkid – #Wizkid
    Yemi Alade – #YemiAlade

    The 2019 edition of E! People’s Choice Awards ceremony would be held at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California on Nov. 10.

    According to the organisers, voting commenced on Oct.17 and will end on Oct. 19 at 05:59 a.m CAT.

    Fans could vote up to 25 times per day, adding that any vote cast throughout the voting window would count twice.

     

  • I cannot forgive City FM OAPs – Yemi Alade

    I cannot forgive City FM OAPs – Yemi Alade

    Sultry singer, Yemi Alade has attacked City FM On-Air Personalities (OAPs) for criticizing her and Tiwa Savage.

    The OAPs, apparently oblivious that they were being recorded, were caught speaking ill of Yemi Alade and Tiwa Savage.

    Yemi shared a video of the women on Instagram on Friday, saying she was amazed at their mental state.

    “However, I am even more perplexed as to the mental state of these women. How can people this wounded in spirit and poor in mind be able to get jobs that involve addressing millions of people, influencing their thoughts, educating listeners, promoting justice?

    “Nonetheless!! Women DO support women! And unfortunately, these 3 are just a few of the bad eggs.

    “I can’t forgive you because you haven’t offended me to be sincere, lion no dey concern himself with wetin sheep dey talk,” Yemi wrote.

    TheNewsGuru recalls Tiwa Savage had also attacked the women, saying: “I hope you keep the same energy when you see me in person.”

     

  • Nigerian Afro beat singer Yemi Alade up for Grammy Award consideration

    Nigerian Afro beat singer Yemi Alade up for Grammy Award consideration

    Nigerian afro beat singer, Yemi Alade, has been put into consideration for Grammy Award 2019.

    The singer, who recently dropped her anticipated album ‘Woman of Steel’, took to her Instagram account to celebrate the great news as she aims to move her musical career to global stage.

    “We are up for Grammy Award consideration. Reaching out to all voting members @recordingacademy to consider my Album ‘Woman of Steel’ for Best World Music Album.

    “This has been an incredible project and I would love to celebrate it with all of you.

    “#Grammy 2019 #Grammy Awards#WorldMusicGrammy@recordingacademy#fyc#womanofsteel#yemialade,” she wrote.

    The singer, who is also a songwriter, was being considered for a Grammy Award due to the fact that she has acquired over a million global streams.

    Also, for being the first afro beat female to have over 100 million views on a single video which is her hit single ‘Johnny’

    The singer has several landmark achievements, which include BET, MTV African Music Award and MOBO awards as well as changing the narratives with her music outside the shores of Africa.

    She was recently listed as one of the most influential people in Africa in 2018, as she is being introduced as ‘Mama Africa’.

    Her 2013 single Johnny, with over 100 million views is still the most viewed video by any African artiste on YouTube six years after its release.

    Alade is the only female Afro beat artiste with this record without any collaboration.

  • Singer Yemi Alade signs licensing deal with Universal Music Group

    Singer Yemi Alade signs licensing deal with Universal Music Group

    Nigerian Singer Yemi Alade has signed a licensing deal with Universal Music group Africa/France.

    Universal Music Group also known in the United States as UMG Recordings (and abbreviated as UMG) is an American global music corporation that is a subsidiary of the French media conglomerate, Vivendi.

    The Universal Music Group’s west African affiliate is in partnership with Universal Music France (UMF)

    Alade, one of Africa’s most creatively and commercially successful artists through her record label signed the deal with the global licensing in agreement with Universal Music Africa (UMA).

    Based on the multi-year agreement, UMA would serve as the exclusive worldwide record music partner for the singer with her label Effyzzie Music Group.

    Also, UMF would serve as the international roll-out partner for the project and the agreement would take effect immediately.

    The shows UMG’s would strengthen its position in this part of the world through UMA and builds upon the enormous success.

    Alade emerged in 2009 as the winner of the popular Peak Talent Show,following her victory on the widely seen Peak competition, then released her debut single “Fimisile”.

    A deal with the Effyzzie Music Group yielded the 2013 international hit single “Johnny,” which was included on her debut album ‘King of Queen’ in 2014.

    The album which was mixed of reggae, R&B etc featured a number of collaborations between notable producers and guest artists like Phyno and Chihidna

    Her follow-up album, ‘Mama Africa’ was released in 2016 where she featured the singles “Do as I Do” and “Ferrari”, with a companion EP of Mama Afrique was followed in 2017.

    The Afro pop singer and songwriter whose real name is Yemi Eberechi Alade, gained prominence after winning the Peak Talent Show in 2009, and is best known for her hit single #Johnny.

    Alade became the first African female artist to reach one million subscribers on YouTube in July.

    Recently, she was featured on “Don’t Jealous Me”, a track from #Beyoncé’s soundtrack album #TheLionKing: #TheGift

    Her new song ‘woman of steel’ which was released on Aug. 30.

  • Why a collaboration with Tiwa Savage may not happen- Yemi Alade

    Why a collaboration with Tiwa Savage may not happen- Yemi Alade

    Nigerian songstress, Yemi Alade may have shocked her fans when she said a music collaboration with Tiwa Savage may not happen.

     

    Yemi who just unveiled a new album titled ‘Woman of steel’ made this known in a chat with Ndani TV.

    Asked if she would like to have a collaboration with Tiwa, the singer said, “I don’t know how to answer this question.It’s unfortunate that with the troubles that people keep steering in our ways, it probably will never allow us to ever have a collaboration, because you’re not sure the outcome would even be positive or be overrun by negative things and all the fights. When we do music, we do it so people can be happy, so when we do a song together, what are we fueling? What are we encouraging? That’s the most important question”.

    TheNewsGuru recalls that during a listening party for her new single, ‘49–99’ in London, England on Wednesday, September 4, 2019, Tiwa Savage gave a shout-out to her fellow African female artistes including Yemi Alade.

    The Universal Music artist gave the shout-out after a member of the audience at the listening party asked her who she would like to do a collaboration with among Nigerian female artists.

     

    She said, “Oh man, there’s many many queen, man. Come on, like Yemi Alade just dropped an incredible body of work, huge shout-out to her. Errrm, who doesn’t like Teni The Entertainer? Like, she’s incredible. Simi, Niniola, Waje, Omawumi…”

    “We even have Vanessa Mdee from the east, we have Becca whom I have done records with as well. And even the females from the UK, like you have Tomi… There’s so many… Lola Rae…”

  • Nigerians slam Tekno, Yemi Alade over roles in Beyonce’s album

    Dissatisfied Nigerians have taken to social media to slam Tekno, Mr Eazi and Yemi Alade, for the different roles they played in Beyonce’s ‘The Lion King’ album.
    The long anticipated album released on Friday featured conversant names like Jay-Z, her husband; Pharrell, Childish Gambino and Kendrick Lamar amongst others.
    Beyonce also collaborated with Nigerian artistes like Wizkid, Burna Boy, Tekno, Mr Eazi, Yemi Alade, and Tiwa Savage.
     
    From indications on social media, music lovers are not too excited with the respective deliveries of Tekno, Mr Eazi, and Yemi Alade on ‘Dont Jealous Me’, a track on the album, and the trio have come in for some stick on social media platforms, especially on Twitter.
    “Why should Tekno and Yemi Alade disgrace me,” a user said
    “It is like the lion was asleep when Yemi Alade, Tekno and Mr Eazi were recording, if not e for don chase dem commot studio. Making noise in a global album,” said another user.
    “Did Tekno, Yemi Alade and Mr Eazi not realize that the whole world will be listening to this sh*t,” another user said.
     
    Read the reactions below