President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, congratulated Nigeria’s musical talents nominated for the 2024 Grammy Award. ⁣ They include Burna Boy, Davido, Olamide, Tems, Asake, and Ayra Starr.⁣ ⁣ President Tinubu’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, titled ‘President Tinubu congratulates Nigeria’s 2024 Grammy awards nominees’. ⁣ The President celebrated …

The 66th 2024 Grammys was held yesterday, 4th February 2024. SZA has the most nominations with a total of nine, followed by Phoebe Bridgers, recording engineer Serban Ghenea, and Victoria Monét, who each have seven. Jack Antonoff, Jon Batiste, Brandy Clark, Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, and Taylor Swift have six nominations each. The Recording Academy added three new …

YBNL/Empire signee Ahmed Ololade, popularly known as Asake has emerged most streamed Nigerian artist for 2023 in a comprehensive overview as displayed by data accrued by the streaming platform, Spotify. According to the 2023 Spotify Wrapped data, Nigerian music enthusiasts Asake earned the coveted title of most streamed artist in three different countries, Nigeria, Ghana, and Togo, where he captivated …

Nigerian artistes, Davido, Burna Boy, Ayra Starr, Asake, and Olamide have all been nominated for the 66th Grammy Awards. While Grammy-winning star, Burna Boy bagged a total of four, Davido, in his first bite, bagged three nominations. Asake, Arya Starr, and Olamide got one nomination apiece. The Nigerian quintet were all nominated in the maiden Best African Music Performance category …

Organisers of the MTV Europe Music Awards have introduced a new category called ‘Best Afrobeats’ in the 2023 event. The category was included in the 2023 MTV EMAs nominations announced on Wednesday. The pioneer nominees in the category are French superstar, Aya Nakamura, and Nigerian singers, Asake, Arya Starr, Burna Boy, Davido and Rema. Meanwhile, Rema’s collaborative hit song with …

Afro-fusion artist, Ahmed Ololade, popularly known as Asake, reiterated that his choice of pursuing music over dancing was driven by his financial aspirations. Also known as ‘Mr Money’, the singer clarified in an interview that he opted for a music career as he was uncertain if dancing would yield the financial success he aimed for. He said: “The main reason …

Popular singer Ahmed Ololade (known professionally as Asake) has revealed why he is using his mother’s name as his stage name. “My stage name is actually my mother’s. While I was in the cultural group, people used to call me ‘omo Asake,’ which means child of Asake in Yoruba. And after a while, it just stuck. People stopped adding the …

Asake has emerged as the winner of the Album of the Year category at the 2023 Headies Awards. ‘Mr Money’ as Asake is fondly called by his fans beats other talented artistes like Davido, Rema, Burna Boy and Omah Lay to clinch the award. Other artistes who have won the award in the past include Fireboy, Falz, Simi, Kizz Daniel, …

Four Nigerian artists – Burna Boy, Tems, Ayra Starr and Asake – have been nominated for the 2023 edition of the Black Entertainment Television Awards. Grammy award winner, Burna Boy was nominated for Best Male R&B/Pop Artist, Video Director of the Year, Viewer’s Choice, and Best International Act categories. Tems, who is also a Grammy winner, was nominated for Best …

Popular Nigerian disc jokey, Florence Otedola (well known as DJ Cuppy) has made known her intentions to become one of the backup singers rave of the moment, Asake. The billionaire heiress, who recently bagged a Master’s degree from Oxford University, revealed that she is considering a new career via her Instastory on Sunday. She solicited help from the public to enable …