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2face and Wizkid are the headlining of this year's Hennessy
Artistry 2014 and they just released pics from a shoot they did to
promote their first ever collaboration, shot by famed photographer,
Kelechi Amadi-Obi and styled by Lilian Unachukwu. See the photos after
the cut...
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Nigeria’s music stars including Tuface, Iyanya, D’banj, Tiwa Savage,
Davido, and Wizkid bagged nominations in various categories at the 2014
World Music Awards. The World Music Awards are based on sales merit and
voted by the public on the Internet.
With the
International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, IFPI, providing
the organizers with the names of the best-selling artists from all major
territories, the World Music Awards, which is regarded as the best
music awards because of its transparency, will honour the best-selling
recording artists from every continent.
The World Music Awards are based on sales merit and voted by the public on the Internet as there is no jury involved.
The
world’s best-selling recording-artists in each category are determined
by a thorough inquiry conducted by the organizers which includes sales
figures and record certification in 2013.
Kukere master, Iyanya, leads with six nominations for his hit singles “Away” and “Le Kwa Ukwu.”
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For quite some time now, the
Copyrights Society of Nigeria (COSON), has been harassing the
Broadcasting Society of Nigeria (BON) and the
Independent Broadcasting Society of Nigeria, IBAN, insisting that they
pay royalties for playing the songs of Nigerian artists. COSON has
dragged several radio and TV stations to court, demanding millions,
sometimes billions of Naira in royalty.
Well, it seems IBAN and BON have had enough. Two days ago, they
announced the ban of all Nigerian artists registered with COSON. Meaning
that they ordered the immediate stop to the airing of songs of artists
who are COSON members.
The artists include 2face Idibia, D'banj, Onyeka Onwenu, Iyanya, Banky
W, Flavour, Ice Prince, Dr Sid, Olamide, 9ice, M.I, eLDee, Ruggedman,
Wizkid, Asa, Waje, Omawumi and several others.
In a statement released and signed jointly by the President and
Secretary of IBAN, Sonny Adun and Guy Murray Bruce, the need for such a
drastic step was due to "the antagonism and harassment under the
leadership of Tony Okoroji (COSON Chairman)”. Continue...
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What are you doing on Sunday November 3?
Nigeria’s leading stand-up comedian Tee A wants you
to clear up your calendar, as he plans to deliver another live concert
featuring some of the biggest names on the continent today.
The respected entertainer announced today that he’s
hosting the Lagos edition of Tymeout With Tee A Live Concert at the
Intercontinental Hotel on Sunday November 5; with headliners including
international music superstar D’Banj, iconic pop acts and one of Africa’s most
decorated entertainers 2face Idibia, queen of pop Tiwa Savage, revered lyricist
Sound Sultan and a special Jump Off segment with Africa’s number one jockey DJ
Jimmy JATT.
The spectacular line up was unveiled today, as Tee
A revealed plans for this year’s Lagos show. An Abuja edition held earlier,
with Banky W, Lynxxx, Basketmouth, Iyanya, KCee and others.
The November 5 event will also feature
electrifying performances by Princess, MC Abbey, Omo Baba, Akpororo, Helen Paul
and the hit Shuga Band.
Tee A, who pioneered live comedy events in Nigeria
with his nineties Live ‘N Naked series, will host the event which is a live
presentation of the popular TV show Tymeout With Tee A.
It’s D’banj’s second time on the show and Tee A
says the charming entertainer is ‘back by popular demand’.
‘We had fun at the MUSON Centre last year’, he said
in Lagos today. ‘And we’re doing it even bigger this year with some of the
biggest performers around. Even I can’t wait!’
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Peter and Paul Okoye famously known as
P-Square are the highest paid hip-hop artistes right now, ENCOMIUM Weekly findings have revealed. The Okoyes are currently charging between
N9 and N10 million for a show within Nigeria.
Apart from information gathered from the source close to the duo,
independent music promoters/artiste managers also confirmed this,
declaring the Koko master, D’Banj as the second highest paid artiste.
The DB Record boss charges between N6 and N7 million as a standard show
fee.
“Before the split of Mo’Hits, it used to be D’Banj. When D’Banj was
charging between N7 and N8 million, P-Square’s fee was N5 million”, a
veteran music manager affirmed, adding, “Right now, it’s P-Square.”
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Within the time span of Summer 2012 and Summer 2013, several new artists have made their entrance into the music scene. Some have made a lot of noise with their music, but only a handful of artists really had us putting their songs on repeat, making noise when a song came on and made serious impact between the aforementioned time period.
The list below is a True, undiluted run down of the Artists that shaped, defined and led music among Nigerian consumers in the past year.
Like To Partyis a testament that you can catch a hit record without following the typical music format that rules the airwaves in Nigeria. Burna Boy appeared to have come from nowhere after“Like To Party”became an overwhelming hit all over Lagos and most parts of Nigeria, but the reality is that he has been dropping music since 2011 and finally caught his biggest hit in 2012. Burna then went on to deliver a quality video for not just his first single off theL.I.F.E albumbut for his other strong and widely accepted singles such as TonightandRun My Racewhich were produced by Aristokrat in-house producerLeriQ.
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Weeks after Tuface and Annie Idibia got married, news began
to make the rounds about Annie being pregnant but she denied the report.
Well,
a recent photo taken at the Tuface Peace award held at the Nicon Luxury
Hotel Abuja, last Saturday September 21, shows Annie with a growing
baby bump.
This is the couple's second child together. Annie is said to be about 5 months pregnant.
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It was Tuface Idibia's birthday on Thursday, September 19 but he was
far away in Jos, away from his lovely wife, Annie and daughter.
But the day didn't just waste away as Tu Baba out of Lagos on a peace
tour in Jos. And while his wife, Annie took to social network, Twitter
where she sent out a heartfelt message to her beau, she didn't let him
down as she took out time to organize a birthday gig for him in
absentia.
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4
year old Isabella Idibia has followed her mother's footsteps. She made
her acting debut this week in the movie 'Unconditional' produced by Uche
Jombo.
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MTV
Africa All Stars sponsored by The KwaZulu-Natal Province is set to hold
the Lagos leg of the urban club tour featuring performances by Tuface,
Davido and Ice Prince at the Federal Palace Hotel on April 13, 2013.
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2Face & Annie Idibia
Its
official. By every standard and convention, 2Face & Annie Idibia
are man and wife. The couple jetted out to Dubai last week for the final
lap of their marriage rites and it was indeed a glorious event. Tons of
Nigerian A-list celebrities stormed Dubai to celebrate with the couple.
That was to be expected, it is 2Face afterall. HHW Magazine gives you
all the juicy gist of everything that went down in Dubai…..
For quite some time now, the
Copyrights Society of Nigeria (COSON), has been harassing the
Broadcasting Society of Nigeria (BON) and the
Independent Broadcasting Society of Nigeria, IBAN, insisting that they
pay royalties for playing the songs of Nigerian artists. COSON has
dragged several radio and TV stations to court, demanding millions,
sometimes billions of Naira in royalty.
Peter and Paul Okoye famously known as
P-Square are the highest paid hip-hop artistes right now, ENCOMIUM Weekly findings have revealed. The Okoyes are currently charging between
N9 and N10 million for a show within Nigeria.
Apart from information gathered from the source close to the duo,
independent music promoters/artiste managers also confirmed this,
declaring the Koko master, D’Banj as the second highest paid artiste.
The DB Record boss charges between N6 and N7 million as a standard show
fee.
Within the time span of Summer 2012 and Summer 2013, several new artists have made their entrance into the music scene. Some have made a lot of noise with their music, but only a handful of artists really had us putting their songs on repeat, making noise when a song came on and made serious impact between the aforementioned time period.
Weeks after Tuface and Annie Idibia got married, news began
to make the rounds about Annie being pregnant but she denied the report.
In a recent interview with Golden Icon 2face revealed why he married Annie Macaulay and other issues.
4
year old Isabella Idibia has followed her mother's footsteps. She made
her acting debut this week in the movie 'Unconditional' produced by Uche
Jombo.
