Burna Boy, the African behemoth, was photographed with multiple Grammy award-winning diva Beyonce at a star-studded event in Paris.
Burna Boy and Beyonce were sighted together at an event hosted by the multiple Grammy Award-winning artist in Paris, so it appears that we may soon be hearing from them again.
On Saturday, October 8, 2022, Burna, who was featured on Beyonce’s Lion King soundtrack album, attended the star-studded Beyoncé x Tiffany & Co. party in Paris. Given that Burna has already teamed up with well-known musicians, many are predicting that we may soon hear a collaboration deserving of both singers winning another Grammy.
In the public images, the two actors were engaged in a lengthy chat.
The track list for Black Sherif’s debut album, “The Villain I Never Was,” has been revealed. Black Sherif is a Ghanaian musician and performing artist.
The album’s featured artists have not yet been revealed by Black Sherif, however the tracklist already included their collaboration with Burna Boy on “Second Sermon Remix.”
On Thursday, October 6, 2022, the artist claims that the album “The Villan I Never Was” will be released.
The 14-track album would also feature well-known songs like “Kweku The Traveller” and a Burna Boy remix of “Second Sermon.”
The most popular Nigerian musicians and songs on Apple Music since the service’s start more than seven years ago have been made available to celebrate Nigerian Independence Day.
In honor of the upcoming Independence Day, Apple Music released a list of the greatest Nigerian songs ever, and it includes some of our favorites.
Under the banner of its “Oshe Naija” promotion, Apple Music recognized some of the most well-known songs and performers in Nigeria by publishing a list of the top Nigerian songs, albums, and artists of all time.
Burna Boy took the top spot in the Top Nigerian Artists category, followed by Wizkid, Davido, and Fireboy DML and Tems, who came in at positions four and five for new-age artists, respectively.
See the list below:
The top song in the Top Songs of All Time category was Ckay’s Love Nwantiti, followed by Wizkid’s Tems-featuring Essence, Fireboy’s Peru, Ye, and Burna Boy’s Last Last, which came in fourth and fifth, respectively.
Wizkid’s Made In Lagos topped the list of all-time greatest Nigerian albums, followed by Burna Boy’s African Giant, Love Damini in third, Twice As Tall in fourth, and Tems’ For Broken Ears in fifth.
Ckay’s “Love Nwantiti” was the most shazammed Nigerian song of all time, followed by Rema’s “Calm Down” and Fireboy DML and Ed Sheeran’s “Peru.”
Thanks to the majority of the artists in these categories that Apple Music has featured, the Nigerian music business is today among the most well-known in the entire world.
Some people might disagree with Apple Music on this, particularly in the instance of the Top Nigerian Artiste, but keep in mind that all of these calculations were made using numbers.
Burna Boy, a superstar in Nigeria, has given an explanation for why people frequently misinterpret him.
Burna Boy explained that he keeps being misunderstood by many people since he has chosen to withhold much of his personality from the public during an interview with the international media source Dazed while visiting the Caribbean island.
He stated: “I tend to be misunderstood and the reason is that I have never really given anyone a chance to know who I am, and that’s what I tried to do.”
Burna added that he attempted to use his most recent album, Love, Damini, as a way to let people get to know him better.
He stated: “I tried to use this album to allow people to get closer to me.”
Drake made an appearance in Burna Boy’s latest music video “It’s Plenty”!
Drake was also absent from Wizkid’s “come closer” video shoot, despite having a verse on the song.
“Come Closer” is a single by Nigerian artist Wizkid that features Canadian rapper Drake on vocals. Wizkid’s third studio album, Sounds from the Other Side, featured the song as the third single.
Wizkid became the first African artist to be certified Gold (both) as a featured and lead artist in the United States in September 2020, after Come Closer sold 500,000 sales.
Burna Boy has released the music video for “It’s Plenty,” a song from his platinum-selling album “Love, Damini.”
Check out the music video below:
Drake made an appearance in Burna Boy’s latest music video “It’s Plenty”!
Drake was also absent from Wizkid’s “come closer” video shoot, despite having a verse on the song.
Did Drake Prove That Burna Boy Is Bigger And Better Than Wizkid?
After Drake made an appearance in the song video, the fans had some things to say.
The fans are over the moon that Drake, a Canadian heavyweight singer and rapper, made a cameo appearance in Burna Boy’s most recent music video for “Its Plenty.”
On Tuesday, September 27, 2022, afrobeats icon Burna Boy released the official music video for the chart-topping song “It’s Plenty.” Drake made a surprise guest appearance on the song, which was first made available back in July as part of his sixth studio album, “Love, Damini.” Drake is a Grammy Award-winning superstar.
Because of its high caliber and, most significantly, the Drake factor, the video, which was created by British outstanding cinematographer Troy Roscoe, got a lot of attention from fans.
Prior to 2019, the knighting of a legendary album took place every second to every third year. This only made sense since there weren’t many albums released, which meant there weren’t many excellent albums, and because the rate at which artists released albums was inadequate in and of itself. Davido, who only put out two albums during the review period but accomplished countless feats to become an all-time great, is a clear example of this. Having a strong discography was only a bonus in this sector, which was mostly a singles market.
Although there were iconic albums that gave rise to the period between 2012 and 2014, such as Olamide’s trifecta of YBNL, Baddest Guy Ever Liveth, and Street OT (all albums won in the Album Of The Year category at the Headies.) In 2016, Simi released Simisola, and in 2017, Kizz Daniel released New Era. However, it wasn’t until 2018 that multiple albums achieved notable success in a single year. Both Outside by Burna Boy and About 30 by Adekunle Gold were commercially and critically successful songs. Particularly Burna’s Outside, which eventually led to his ascent to the pinnacle of the mainstream.
The enormous popularity of African Giant and Fireboy DML’s Laughter, Tears & Goosebumps will intensify the tide the next year. The latter was more of an unparalleled mainstream hit in the business, but the former was a significant record trigger point in the ‘Afrobeats To The World’ movement. We hadn’t experienced this level of popularity on a first album since Wizkid’s Superstar in 2011.
The biggest winner at the 14th annual Headies was Fireboy, who took 5 prizes, including Album Of The Year, Best R&B Album, Best R&B Single, and Best Pop Album.
Before starting to prepare themselves for their own individual projects, it was almost as if every artist paid close attention to the rebellious-esque popularity of Fireboy’s debut album and its influence on the soundscape. It’s not unrealistic to believe that even artists who hadn’t planned to release an album that year chose to do so as time went on given the enormous increase in album releases that occurred in 2020. The year 2020 gave us a ton of timeless and soon-to-be timeless songs, including Made In Lagos by Wizkid, Carpe Diem by Olamide, Twice As Tall by Burna Boy, Apollo by Fireboy DML, Boo Of The Booless by Chike, etc.
Additionally, EPs had a tremendous year. Omah Lay had a record-setting breakthrough year thanks to two successful EPs that yielded numerous hit songs. Even though practically every song on Get Layd was a successful single, What Have We Done gave rise to the artist’s biggest solo hit to date, Godly, which came from that album. Bella Schmurda debuted with the very energizing High Tension, following a breakthrough Olamide co-sign in Vision 2020, while Tems also released a strong breakout EP in For Broken Ears.
It was safe to state that the market was back to being an album market at the end of 2020. Moving forward to the third quarter of 2022, we are experiencing a year that is equally crowded and inundated as 2020 in terms of releases. It certainly seem possible that we could witness a flooding album year every two years as a trend.
In a span of six weeks in 2020, the three most popular and influential artists of the previous ten years released their albums.
Nigerian A-list and B-list musicians appear to have an odd preoccupation with the third and fourth quarters of the year. In 2020, the second half of the year saw the publication of 70% of the year’s new albums, while the last quarter saw virtually weekly album releases. For instance, in the week that followed the release of Burna Boy’s Twice As Tall, Cuppy’s debut album Original Copy and Adekunle Gold’s Afro-Pop Vol. 1 were both released on the same day, immediately following the release of Fireboy DML’s Apollo the day before.
Olamide’s Carpe Diem arrived just three weeks before Made In Lagos by Wizkid, Davido’s A Better Time, and Wizkid in the span of two weeks. In actuality, had it not been for the #EndSars protest and internet campaigns that paralyzed the business, the time between CD and MIL would have been shorter. Although their records were released in a short period of time, these three performers were unquestionably the most successful trio of the previous ten years.
In any sector, having a crowded album culture is not ideal. Projects require time and breathing room to reach their full potential, allowing both analysts and non-specialists to assess the project’s true potential for success. The market is currently being oversaturated with projects, which is preventing the one released the week prior from having a chance to establish itself. We have had the same barrage of back-to-back album releases in 2022—since July, to be exact.
Boy Alone, Playboy, The Guy, Bad, Love Damini, The Brother’s Keeper are all albums that were released since 1997 at a period with inadequate breathing room. The longest amount of time between albums was two weeks, and the fact that the current generation struggles with short attention spans and that record rotation is often brisk doesn’t help.
Even performers with respectable fan bases, such as Adekunle Gold, Falz, and Simi, have received lukewarm reviews for albums they released earlier in the year. Talk about breakout performers that put out great initial EPs but never had the chance to fully transform into popular stardom. Only musicians with contemporary momentum have survived in this competitive field.
Two new musicians signed by Mavins in 2022 were Bayanni (on the left) and Boy Spyce (on the right). Despite making outstanding EP debuts, neither project was able to establish a solid staple in the crowded mainstream.
Wizkid’s More Love, Less Ego is rumored to be set for release in October. Next month also sees the release of Blaqbonez’s Young Preacher and Ayra Starr’s 19 & Dangerous Deluxe Edition. This week will see the arrival of Ckay’s Sad Romance, and there won’t be many weeks between that release and the anticipated influx that will follow. Since a number of musicians, including Davido, Runtown, Bella Schmurda, Show Dem Camp, Zinoleesky, Bad Boy Timz, Lojay, and a host of others, will release albums before the year is up, we can be sure that November and December will be busy as well.
We must learn from other, more advanced businesses and refrain from releasing all of our important albums at once in the second half of the year. In order to maximize each album’s potential and ensure that it achieves its full potential, mainstream musicians should be more willing to release albums in Q1 and Q2. Great albums will continue to slip under the radar until that time, while a select few unlucky ones steal the show. Both audiences and artists profit from an album release schedule that is more balanced and healthy.
