Music

For his 1973 album, Band on the Run, Sir Paul McCartney, a former member of the Beatles, choose to record in Lagos after his label, EMI, suggested the city.

Eminem overtook ABBA and Led Zeppelin on Friday to claim the record for the most consecutive chart-topping albums in Britain, with the release of “Kamikaze”.

Country legend Dolly Parton will be honored at a charity concert ahead of next year’s Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy, which administers the prize, announced Tuesday.

U2 frontman Bono has been forced to cancel a Berlin gig just four songs in to the show after losing his voice.

Okiemute Ighorodje, the winner of MTN Project Fame West Africa, Season 9, has decried the glorification of Afro pop to the detriment of other genres of music.

On-air-personality and video blogger, Toke Makinwa, says that she is set to have a career in music.

MI Abaga, Nigerian rapper, has acknowledged that his latest album is not mainstream material and that he felt it was “career suicide”.

Tiwa Savage held the London leg of her Savage Tour at IndigO2 on Friday.

Tiwa Savage, Nigeria singer-songwriter, says women identify with her music and she uses that to her advantage.

Kizz Daniel has signed the first set of artistes to his new record label, Flyboy Inc.

A box set of The Eagles’ greatest hits has surpassed Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” as the biggest selling album ever in the United States, according to a new ranking by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Duncan Mighty has dismissed allegations that he brutalised his wife, describing them as “lies”.

The MTV Video Music Awards will be hosted on Monday 20 August 2018 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The show will feature a lot of phenomenal performances from music artists.

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) “to immediately lift the ban on Jay FM 101.9 Jos, stopping the radio station from playing songs such as Falz’s ‘This is Nigeria’, Wande Coal’s ‘Iskaba’ and Olamide’s ‘See Mary, See Jesus’, and rescind the unlawful fine of N100,000 imposed on the station.”

The 5th edition of the Biggest African Music Awards in Diaspora, AFRIMMA 2018 Awards & Music Festival is fast approaching and the announcement of the nominees list is set to crank up the anticipation.

Ciara, an American R&B/pop singer, has announced that her new single ‘Freak Me’ will feature Nigerian superstar, Tekno.

A renowned Nigerian musician, Dapo Daniel Oyebanjo, popularly known as ‘Dbanj’, has reassured his wife, Lineo of his unflinching love in his first released song after the death of their son.

Pop legend Janet Jackson and fast-rising rapper Cardi B will headline the Global Citizen festival in New York to rally support for preserving international aid to eradicate extreme poverty.