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Spotify celebrates Wizkid’s “Ojuelegba” 10 years anniversary
Spotify, an online streaming platform, on Tuesday celebrated Wizkid’s “Ojuelegba” 10-year anniversary. Phiona Okumu, Spotify’s Head of Music, Sub-Saharan Africa, said in a statement in Lagos that the song had so far recorded over 55 million streams since its release in 2014. Okumu said Spotify had released a special anniversary film to celebrate this milestone, capturing the song’s influence and…
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Apple fined €1.8bn in EU for unfair competition in music streaming
The European Commission has fined Apple 1.8 billion euros (two billion U.S. dollars) for unfair competitive practices involving its music streaming service, Apple Music, following a complaint by Spotify. Apple device users in the European Union “were not able to make a free choice as to where, how, and at what prices to buy music streaming subscriptions,” EU competition chief…
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Arts & Culture
Olamide, most influential street pop artiste of his generation, says Spotify
Lagos, Dec. 21, 2023 (NAN) Spotify, an online streaming platform, has rated Nigerian rapper, singer, songwriter and record executive, Olamide Adedeji, popularly known as “Olamide”, as the ‘most influential street pop artiste of his generation’. Benewaah Boateng, Spotify’s Editor, West Africa, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. Boateng said lately, the undeniable rise of the sub-genre…
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Spotify reveals top exported Amapiano tracks
Spotify, an online streaming platform, has revealed top 10 exported Amapiano tracks on its streaming line. Jocelyne Muhutu-Remy, Managing Director for Spotify in Sub-Saharan Africa, said this in a statement on Monday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Amapiano is a sub-genre of house music that emerged in South Africa in the mid-2010s. It is a…
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Yemi Alade becomes Spotify’s “EQUAL Africa Artiste” for January
Spotify, an online streaming platform, has announced Nigerian Afro Pop artiste, Yemi Alade as its ‘EQUAL Africa Artiste’ for January. Phiona Okumu, Spotify’s Head of Music, Sub-Saharan Africa, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, in Lagos. She said the Spotify EQUAL Africa programme seeks to provide female artistes with the support and resources to grow their craft and reach worldwide…
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Late Tupac’s “Hit Em Up” emerges most streamed track from 90s – Spotify
Spotify, an online streaming platform, has announced that late American Rapper, Tupac Shakur’s track, “Hit Em Up”, is the most streamed track from the 90s in the year 2022. According to the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), Tupac, who died on Sept. 13, 1996, of gunshot wounds suffered in a Las Vegas drive-by shooting, still have his musical collections as evergreen.…
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