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Streamdorm has compiled the list of first day streams on Spotify as of May, 2024. Davido ‘Timeless’ released March 31st, 2023 currently holds the number one spot with 4.91 million streams.
This year alone Shallipopi holds the highest first day streams with “Shakespopi” having 1.59 million (11 April, 2024). Ayra Starr “The Year I Turned 21” (30th May, 2024) holds the biggest first day for a female artist with 1.27 million streams.
Here’s the top 10 list of biggest album first day stream on Spotify:
Talented musician YKus has released a hit song featuring DJ Lyght titled Steady Income.
(Intro)
Are you ready?
DJ Lyght is here
Ykus let them know
Umbala umbala umbala oh no o
Oh no o yeh yeh
Bad man kush
Ykus on top
Chorus
Where God dey man no dey
Where mummy dey friends no dey
I dey pray for grace everyday
Make enemy no block my way, no block my way
I just wanna dey ok
Make I dey alright
Ke mi ma fo loke
Kin ma fo loke
Hun huh Hun
Only money ginger me
When nobody ginger me
Oh no ooo
Only mother pray for me
when nobody pray for me
Only mother pray for me
Hun Hun
Man dey hustle everyday
Kowo Sha tipe
Hun wan Hun wan
Man dey grind everyday
Kowo Sha wole
Kowo nla wole
Omo ope ti gbera tan
Ko ma se jabo mo
Bowo se un wole
Ko ma se duro mo
Hun steady money
Steady income, steady wire
Steady aza, steady income, steady wire
Hun Hun
Mi o le shalaye
Orin Ori gbemi trabaye
Steady income mi o le shalaye
Bowo se wole mi o shalaye
Mi o le shalaye
Hun Hun oh no ooo
I just wanna dey ok
Make I dey alright
Ke mi ma fo loke
Kin ma fo loke
Hun huh Hun
Oh no ooo, Hun Hun
Hun wan Hun
God dey man no dey
Chorus
Where God dey man no dey
Where mummy dey friends no dey
I dey pray for grace everyday
Make enemy no block my way, no block my way
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Here is a track-by-track breakdown of the album, according to Ayra Starr. [From Pulse]
“My brother, who is a music video director, paid a guy to just sing a Fuji song about me, which is at the beginning of ‘Birds Sing of Money’. This was a day after I released my first EP, as a gift. And the guy was just hyping me up. That’s a very Yoruba thing.”
“This is one of my favourite tracks I’ve ever recorded. Ever. Before I sent it to Asake, I wasn’t even sure if he was going to like the song. He was like, ‘OK Ayra, give me some time.’ He sent me his verse in two days. I was like, ‘Oh, this is sounding good.’ ”
“‘Commas’ is about how God has blessed me and I’m really grateful for where I am in life and where I’m about to go. I’m grateful for just even being present in this moment and being alive. I feel like that’s what has brought me here, my gratitude and the continuous hard work I will keep putting into this job. God is good.”
“‘Woman Commando’ is such an Afrobeats/amapiano banger in a way, because of the log drums, and I wanted different perspectives. I’ve been watching Coco Jones since I was 12 on Disney’s Let It Shine. I sent her a different song, which she loved, but she was like, ‘Ayra, I want to be on your Afrobeats vibe’, and I was like, ‘Say less.’ Anitta is such an amazing musician and I really just knew that I wanted to go for that Latin element. Her verse is perfect.”
“Is relinquishing control the same as submission? It depends on how the listener and the audience want to take it. The lyric goes: ‘I’m lit tonight/You know my lips lie.’ I want you to take control. I want you to be the man. Do your thing. It’s not really about submission, it’s more like I’m giving you hints—take control.”
“‘Lagos Love Story’ is about being in a very happy state of mind. We have that moment where we are so happy, [that] it starts to feel wrong. It starts to feel like, ‘I feel guilty for being this happy’. You kind of feel relieved when something bad happens, because you’re not used to that amount of happiness. That’s what the song is about being in a very high state of happiness.”
“When I released ‘Rhythm & Blues’ [in 2023], I didn’t know if it was the right time. The headspace I was in was a lot of work. I remember recording this song for the first time and how beautiful it was. Also, there is a lyric that goes, ‘My Jigga, my muse’, which I wrote because you don’t expect girl singers to refer to a male love interest as a muse.”
“The first demo of ’21’ was a 21st birthday gift from a friend. Writing it, I was kind of stuck because I didn’t really know how to write about myself. I’m really good at writing about other people and the TV shows I watch and movies I watch, but never myself. So this album was the first time I actually put myself out there and learned how to write by myself.”
“GIVĒON’s verse made me cry the first time I heard it; I was so happy. I’ve always wanted to see what we would sound like together because we both have a really low range. GIVĒON came with the most perfect perspective, because anybody that has been in an argument with a man, or any man that’s been arguing with a girl, would know [that] ‘Last Heartbreak Song’ is literally the dynamic.”
“Translating Yoruba to English is so annoying sometimes because it doesn’t just hit the same in English. In the hook, the lyric in Yoruba means ‘Don’t poke me in my eye or don‘t hit me in my eye. I don’t break. I’m good.’ It’s an idiom, right? For the guest feature, I wanted a perspective from somebody who would understand what I was trying to do with the song. I felt like that with Seyi Vibez, we sound amazing together.”
“‘Orun’ is a highlife song and a juxtaposition of a puzzle of life. Highlife songs are usually known for being joyful and you want to dance to it. But with ‘Orun’, it’s kind of different because I’m talking about mental health and depression.”
“I’ve been wanting to sample a Don Jazzy production [Wande Coal’s 2009 single ‘You Bad’ (feat. D’banj)] for so long and I’m glad I did. The title ‘Jazzy’s Song’ shows my respect for him and how much I admire him as a person, as an artist, and as a musician.”
“This song is introspective and so vulnerable. I’ve been working for so long, and for the first time in my life, I took a vacation on my birthday. I remember being in the pool with a bottle of 1942 tequila, and I was like, ‘Wow, this moment makes everything all worth it.’ After all the time we’ve put into this job, all the hard work, everything I’ve done, that moment of relaxing in that villa, overlooking the ocean, made everything worth it.”
“Turning 21 is a big [moment] and you start to notice things—like certain behavioural patterns are reflections of certain childhood trauma, or things that you’ve gone through in the past. I noticed that I had not really mourned the death and the loss of my father, and it was something I was holding at the back of my head.”
“I’ve been a big fan of Rvssian for so long, and we’ve been wanting to work [together] for so long. I recorded the verse and was made to sing in Spanish, literally. It’s so crazy that, once it drops, it becomes this global song, and I’m so happy.”
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Being referred to as an African artist has come a long way. Once upon a time, we were considered underlings on the global stage, but in the past decade, we’ve broken that barrier. Artists like D’Banj, PSquare, Wizkid, and Davido fought for global dominance.
On streaming, Wizkid’s ‘More Love, Less Ego’ proved to Nigerians that our music can break the language barrier with 1.21 million streams on the first day. This year, Shalipoppi’s ‘Shakespopi’ earned over 1.5 million streams on Spotify, making it the biggest first-day stream of the year, followed by Mavin’s queen, Ayra Starr (1.27 million).
Here’s a full list of the biggest first-day stream on Spotify:
1. Davido – “Timeless” (4.91M)
2. Burna Boy – “I Told Them” (2.93M)
3. Asake – “Work Of Art” (2.27M)
4. Wizkid – “S2” EP (2.08M)
5. Olamide – “Unruly” (1.81M)
6. Shallipopi – “Shakespopi” (1.59M)
7. Burna Boy – “Love, Damini” (1.36M)
8. Ayra Starr – “The Year I Turned 21” (1.27M)
9. Wizkid – “More Love, Less Ego” (1.21M)
10. BNXN – “Sincerely, Benson” (1.17M)
KANTE is the name of the 10th track on Davido’s fourth studio album, Timeless.
The album was released in March 2023, and the video for the track was released on May 8, 2024.
Davido demonstrated alongside Fave, showcasing their musical talents.
See the video:
See Lyrics:
Hey, the way you hold my waist
I like as e dey go (big dutty girl)
Can’t dance to save myself but see as I dey roll, oh-na
Guilty pleasures, I take part in those (I take part in those)
Disconnect the internet, ’cause I’m (’cause I’m)
Feeling intellectual, hm
And I can tell you’re feeling the pressure (I can tell you’re feeling the pressure)
And I can tell you’re feeling the tension (I can tell you’re feeling the tension)
You move your lеgs like this and that
It can drive away depression (can drive away depression)
Like Kante, your skill is precious (like Kante, your skill is precious)
You can change the whole direction (you can change the whole direction)
You move your legs like this and that
It can drive away depression
Hold my waist
Hold my waist
Hold my waist
I like as e dey go
Baby, I like as e dey go, ay
Hold my waist
Hold my waist
Hold my waist
I like as e dey go
Baby, I like as e dey go, ay
Make your body come gum my body, make I cool my tension (tension)
Omoge, me, I no fit lie, your body dey call my attention
Big waist, fine face, I no go lie for you
I don gbess for you, omoge, I don gbess for you (I don gbess for you)
Follow me, make we chop life for Dubai
Anything you want, girl, I go buy
You dey put me for high tension, omo
This one na my confession, omo
We go do holiday for Mumbai (ayy-ayy)
Anything you want, girl, I go buy
You dey put me for high tension, omo
This one na my confession, omo
Omo, you gat me like, high up in the cloud
I wanna love you for life
I no go like to say good bye
Na you dey ease my disease
When the tention’s way too high
You know the buttons to press to ease up my stress (stress)
I cannot compare you
(I no fit compare you)
And I can tell you’re feeling the pressure (I can tell you’re feeling the pressure)
And I can tell you’re feeling the tension (I can tell you’re feeling the tension)
You move your lеgs like this and that
It can drive away depression (can drive away depression)
Like Kante, your skill is precious (like Kante, your skill is precious)
You can change the whole direction (you can change the whole direction)
You move your legs like this and that
It can drive away depression
Hold my waist
Hold my waist
Hold my waist
I like as e dey go
Baby, I like as e dey go, ay
Hold my waist
Hold my waist
Hold my waist
I like as e dey go
Baby, I like as e dey go, ay
Source: Musixmatch
Reflecting on her success Dua Lipa told The Guardian the day she felt humiliated.
The pop singer recalled a viral meme from 2018 that became a turning point in her life.
Six years ago, Dua Lipa performed at the BRIT Awards, but it was evident she looked less energetic, resulting in a meme.
Watch the performance below:
The meme “go girl, give us nothing” became an awakening for Dua Lipa’s pop culture evolution.
The 28-year-old singer, who has just released her third studio album, Radical Optimism, says she’s still embarrassed by that chapter of her narrative.
See the meme below:
She told The Guardian the humiliation lasted “two years”and ended when she finished writing Future Nostalgia (2020) and completed her first performance of “Don’t Start Now” at the MTV Europe Music Awards.
“It never was like I couldn’t get out of bed because of what I thought people thought of me. I didn’t care to that degree. But that’s when it was most heightened for me,” she said.
After the performance, she felt she had proved her haters wrong; “It was November 2019 when ‘Don’t Start Now’ came out, and it dawned on me that I’m finally going to get up and dance in front of people after what they have thought about me for so long...And I went back, did that performance, and everyone was like, ‘Oh, we were wrong.’ I got a real kick out of that.”
Chlöe Bailey one of the sister musical duo ‘Chloe x Halle‘ has announced her sophomore album, ‘Trouble In Paradise.’
She announced this during her performance at Weekend One of Coachella 2024, on April 19th.
3 years ago, Chlöe released her debut solo song, Have Mercy and a year ago she released her debut solo album, In Piece. One year later, she’s ready to bless her fans with a second solo album.
“I’m so happy up here guys.
So, I have an album coming out soon. I can’t tell yoy guys the date just yet. But…I can tell you the title of the album is called ‘Trouble in Paradise.’ Because I am trouble in paradise.”
On her journey to a desert performance, the singer paused to capture some snapshots for Instagram. She donned a bra top adorned with transparent crystals, crafted to mimic the appearance of multi-carat diamonds. She wore a low waist black cargo trousers and a crystal belt, exposing her tummy.
She wore matching earrings and styled her hair into a ponytail captioning the picture “trouble in paradise 🌊”
Dimimu, an inspiring and audacious gospel artist, reached out to me to discuss his new single, which at the time was few hours away from publishing. Why would I say no? I have heard his discography, and his last song, Ogo Re Gbe Mi Sare ft. BOA is just a masterpiece for a gospel artist.
“I’ve written ‘Áwí má yẹ hùn’ on my notepad for more than two years,” he said in an exclusive interview with me. The song written in less that 6 hours was inspired by “by deep thoughts of how mysterious that personality, which is the personality of the one true and only supreme God who never goes back on His words.“
Áwí má yẹ hùn’ is a Yoruba word which means someone who doesn’t go back on their words and that’s Dimimu prayer to his listeners, “I hope listeners will understand that Our Father will never go back on his words therefore His promises still stands.”
For Christians, Faith is powerful and Dimimu wants everyone listening to have faith and remember that God never fails.
What’s next? Blessings and Glory—a worship medley Dimimu exclusively told us.
Faith isn’t separate from his creativity, in fact it is “intertwined” with it. Dimimu advice to other upcoming gospel artists is for them not to chase what’s trending but what’s in their hearts and make “God their source of inspiration.”
To enjoy Dimimu latest track, click this link.
On Thursday, April 18, 2024, Davido announced the news for his new record label, Nine+ Records.
Nine+ is a new record label formed by Davido and Steve Stoute‘s UnitedMasters. The new record label will be a 2.0 version of Davido Music Worldwide Records (DWM) as of April 17.
Steve Stoute and Davido connected last year at the SelectCon event by UnitedMasters, and from the event they have been talking business. Steve Stoute visited Lagos, Nigeria, where they solidified their plan and partnership, leading to Nine+.
The name Nine+ is coined from Davido’s lyrics, “OBO elemi nine plus,” from his song Stand Strong, which means “OBO has more than nine lives,” according to Davido’s PR team member, David Adeyemi.
Last December, UnitedMasters partnered with the NBA to forge a new deal that allowed their artists to showcase their work on NBA Africa’s social media channels showcasing their artists to African audiences via technology. The initiative is based at the NBA Africa office in Lagos, Nigeria. This partnership marks another step for United Masters in Africa, following their collaboration with Sarz Academy in 2023.
According to his manager and lawyer Bobo F. Ajuda, “Davido will collaborate with Steve Stoute to identify and develop talent. Their respective teams from Nine+ Records and UnitedMasters will work together to support these artists. This includes everything from artist development and branding to securing market opportunities.”
Davido continues to uphold his responsibilities at Nine+ same as DMW but including a collaborative approach in his capacity as a music executive. This collaboration will play a role in identifying and fostering talent, providing them opportunities for strategic brand alliances and synchronization.”
“I am thrilled to announce the launch of a new joint venture between my label, Nine Plus, and UnitedMasters, founded by my good friend, Steve Stoute. This collaboration marks a pivotal moment in our journey, as we aim to empower artists globally by leveraging UnitedMasters’ revolutionary music distribution platform and Nine Plus’ innovative vision and eye for talent. Together, we are set to redefine the music landscape both African and global, providing artists with unprecedented tools and opportunities to amplify their voices and craft. Excited to witness the creativity and growth ahead. This partnership signifies a significant step in music history, encompassing both Africa and the world,” Davido, Founder/CEO of Nine Plus.
This announcement comes after Davido’s sold-out performance at Madison Square Garden in New York City, where he made history by bringing Afrobeats to one of the world’s most iconic venues. A moment after his performance he visited Tunde Onakoya who was attempting to break the world record for the longest chess marathon.
UnitedMasters has been making waves with recent company announcements, including partnerships with SymphonyOS and Groover.
Davido expressed his enthusiasm in a statement, saying, “I am thrilled to announce the launch of a new joint venture between my label, Nine Plus, and UnitedMasters, founded by my good friend, Steve Stoute This collaboration marks a pivotal moment in our journey, as we aim to empower artists globally by leveraging UnitedMasters’ revolutionary music distribution platform and Nine Plus’ innovative vision and eye for talent. Together, we are set to redefine the music landscape both African and global, providing artists with unprecedented tools and opportunities to amplify their voices and craft. Excited to witness the creativity and growth ahead. This partnership signifies a significant step in music history, encompassing both Africa and the world.”
Davido’s first move is to move DMW Record artist to Nine+.
