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Davido, Wizkid In Battle Of Supremacy
Every major music award organiser in Nigeria agreed on one thing in 2016, Wizkid deserved the a ward for the artiste of the year. It was quite easy to figure out that it was on the basis of his collaboration with Drake that they reached this conclusion.
According to a recent report in the social media, the song on which the two collaborated, ‘One Dance, was a major hit home and abroad. It even made Drake’s ‘views’ album one of the most circulated albums around the world, for last year. The success of the song broke through the glass ceiling as far as the Nigerian music was concerned. It was no ordinary feat for a Nigerian artiste.
In the world music clan, ‘One Dance’ was perhaps the biggest 2016 song involving a Nigerian artiste. But within the borders of the Nigerian music industry, another song was number one. Tekno’s ‘Pana’ by any account was the biggest song in Nigeria for 2016. Some said it was the national anthem of the year.
Tekno recorded an unprecedented success with the song yet he did not stop there, he went further releasing hit to more hits, two of his songs Pana and Diana could have made the list for song of the year if possible. All these summed up to make Tekno a faviourite for the artiste of the year award. The award for the artiste of the year has always been conferred on the artiste with the biggest songs in the year and technically Tekno was the man for the award in 2016.
However, something adventurous happened, the industry experienced a new orientation. Nigerian music grew its audience to accommodate the world. While this is pleasing, it comes with a dilemma of how we would judge our artistes, would it mean that the exploits of artistes on the international stage would be the yard stick for awarding them?
The quiz is becoming more pressing with the activities of Wizkid and Davido Wizkid is climbing higher in the international stage with ‘Daddy Yo’, ‘Come Closer”. African Bad Girl’ and his featured appearenace, but in Nigeria, Davido’s ‘If’ and now ‘Fall’ are the leading songs.
If the race continues like this, there would be enough songs to go around, enough money would be made as well, fans might even struggle to choose a favourite song, at the close of the year, but in the end, the headache would be for the award organisers to make the right arguments on their powerful table and hopefully in the end they would settle for the deserving choice of artiste of the year which already looks to be one of Wizkid or Davido.
Popular businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, aka Cubana Chief Priest, has said that his relationship with singer Davido is beyond money and gossip.
He stated this in a recent interview with BBC Igbo.
“Davido is my friend. He is my in-law; he married Chioma who is from Imo State where I hail from.
“So the relationship I have with Davido is beyond money and gossip,” he said.
DAILY POST reports that Chief Priest disclosed via his Instagram page that his outfit for the wedding of the singer, Davido and his wife, Chioma, in Lagos on Tuesday cost seven million Naira.
The socialite recently appreciated Davido for not “discarding” Chioma.
He stated that the DMW boss has made Imo State proud by choosing to marry from the state.
Nigerian singer Simisola Kosoko, popularly known as Simi, has lent her voice to the ongoing anti-tax hike protests in Kenya.
The Tide’s source reports that Kenyan youths are marching against tax hike in widespread demonstrations tagged ‘RejectFinanceBill2024.’
Five people were shot dead and dozens wounded after police clashed with protesters who stormed the parliament building in Nairobi on Tuesday, according to Amnesty Kenya.
Reacting via her X handle on Tuesday night, Simi declared her support for the demonstrators.
She stated that “it is both powerful and heartbreaking for a people to have to fight and die for freedoms and rights.”
The singer wrote, “I stand with the people of Kenya. It is both powerful and heartbreaking for a people to have to fight and die for freedoms and rights. Godspeed and Strength. [Hash tag] RejectFinanceBill2024.”
In a series of other posts, she wrote: “Wow. When you’ve had enough, the fight is almost inevitable.
“African leaders- have not you done enough?
“I can’t wait for the day Africa is not a weapon fashioned against Africans. All of this amazing Black power and human resource, but the majority are not likely to thrive unless they run.”
Famous Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Davido was spotted among other top artistes at Asake’s ‘Lungu Boy’ tour concert in Atlanta, Georgia.
Asake’s performance at his sold-out show at the 17,000-capacity State Farm Arena in Atlanta began on August 16, 2024, and is set to run for 10 days.
In a trending video on social media, Davido appeared backstage with American rapper Quavo to support Asake during the live performance.
Other musicians in attendance included Nigerian hitmaker Zlatan and American rapper Russ Millions.
The Tide’s source reports that Asake’s ‘Lungu Boy’ tour is set to cover six U.S. cities, where he will headline notable venues including Madison Square Garden in New York, the Toyota Center in Houston, and the State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
Asake’s tour comes just days after the release of his latest hit, ‘Lungu Boy,’ which features several superstars, including Wizkid, British rappers Central Cee and Stormzy, Travis Scott and Brazilian singer Ludmilla.
‘Lungu Boy’ set a new record for the biggest opening week on Spotify Nigeria, garnering 18.9 million streams in its opening week and breaking the previous record of 14.4 million streams held by Davido’s ‘Timeless.’