Author: Olayinka Koya
Music
How Tope Alabi’s Criticism of Oniduromi Made Adeyinka Alaseyori Famous
On the morning of June 12, 2021: Democracy Day in Nigeria a video began circulating on social media.…
Music Business
Coachella 2026: Davido Gets His Own Full Set While Wizkid and Tems Ride Justin Bieber’s Main Stage Spotlight – Here Is What That Actually Means for Nigerian Music
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How Nathaniel Bassey Built the Biggest Online Prayer Meeting in the World From His Living Room
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Suno Just Hit $300 Million: Here Is What That Actually Means for Nigerian Music
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No Seyi No Vibez: The Underground Journey That Built Nigeria’s Second Biggest Streaming Artist
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Joeboy, Bad Bunny, and the $465,000 Question Nigerian Music Cannot Afford to Ignore
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Before Spotify & Apple Music, There Were Four Blogs, Nigerian Music Owes Them Everything
To understand what NotJustOk, TooXclusive, 360Nobs and Naijaloaded built, you have to go back to Alaba because we…
Music Business
African Music Hit $120 Million in 2026, Nigeria Is Not the Biggest Market
The headline number that came out of the IFPI Global Music Report 2026 last week was $31.7 billion:…
Music Business
Burna Boy’s Early Catalogue Is in Legal Limbo, and Here’s What That Actually Means
Damini Ogulu has spent the last five years building toward total control of his music. Grammy Awards winner,…
Music Business
Nigeria Built the Biggest Sound in the World. So Why Are Its Artists Running Away From Home?
Burna Boy performed to 80,000 people at London’s Crystal Palace Park in August 2024. That same month, the…
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FOLA and Catharsis: How Nigeria’s Biggest Debut Album Came From Someone Nobody Was Ready For
There is a specific kind of Nigerian music industry story that almost never gets written properly. Not the…
Music Business
Nigeria Made N60 Billion on Spotify in 2025: Here’s Why That Number Is Misleading
Every Nigerian music publication ran the same story last week, Spotify announced N60 billion with 140% growth, and…