MUSIC

When Danish national Martin Nielsen moved to Kenya to work with a venture capital firm, he quickly switched gears after spotting an opportunity in streaming music and selling downloads. Fast forward eight years and the Kenya-based company…

Set 30-plus years after the original film, which captured the hearts of millions around the world, this highly anticipated sequel promises to be an even bigger event than its predecessor. With two albums accompanying the film - Coming 2…

Pop music group, BTS have been named the best-selling artists of 2020 by the IFPI, the organisation that represents the global recorded music industry. The accolade caps a stellar year for the Korean boyband, who released two…

The Lagos State Government, South-west Nigeria, has launched a programme tagged, “Lagos State Creative Industry Initiative” (LACI) aimed at addressing the identified skills gap in the creative industry, particularly in the area of Script…

The Headies award has come and gone but it will be remembered for a long while as it is the first time it went virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the organizer of the  14th edition of the prestigious award ceremony, Ayo…

The Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) on Sunday mourned the death of veteran musician, Chris Ajilo, who died at the age of 91. Reports were also gathered that the ‘Eko O Gba Gbere’ crooner died in his Ijebu-Ijesha hometown in Osun on…

Chick Corea, the American jazz composer and electric keyboard trailblazer whose visionary fusion work stretched the traditional boundaries of genre, has died of a rare form of cancer. He was 79. Corea’s illness “was only discovered very…

The jazz pioneer Chick Corea has died at the age of 79. According to a post on his Facebook page, the musician died from “a rare form of cancer which was only discovered very recently”. In his career, Corea won 23 Grammys and was the…

The world's largest record label, Universal Music, has removed all of its songs from the video sharing app Triller. The company says Triller has "shamefully withheld payments owed to our artists" and refused to negotiate a licence to use…

MTV Base, organizers of the MTV Africa Music Awards has postponed the event indefinitely. The ceremony was scheduled to hold in Kampala, Uganda on February 2021. In an e-mail sent to The Punch, organizers of the award said that the…