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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 can talk about Nigerian… Read More →
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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: global recorded music revenues… Read More →
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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, Atlantic Records deal, sold-out… Read More →
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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 naira was trading at… Read More →
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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 artist who blew up… Read More →
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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 30.3 billion streams. Afrobeats… Read More →
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Afrobeats and the Grammy Problem: Why Nigeria Keeps Losing Its Own Category
The Afrobeats Grammy conversation has become an annual ritual. If you watched the 68th Grammy Awards in February 2026 and felt like… Read More →
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Nigeria Has the Music, But Can It Ever Own the Platform?
Every conversation about a Nigerian music streaming platform ends the same way thousands of likes, zero hard questions, and everybody scrolling on… Read More →
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Davido 5ive Alive Tour: Why OBO Is Playing a Longer Game Than Everyone Thinks
David Adeleke’s Davido 5ive Alive Tour has always been about more than collecting bags and flying home, and if you’ve been watching… Read More →
