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Boy Alone
''Boy Alone'' is the debut studio album by Nigerian singer Omah Lay. It was released on 14 July 2022, by Keyqaad and Sire Records, while its deluxe edition was released on 15 June 2023. The standard edition features guest appearances from Tay Iwar and Justin Bieber, while the deluxe edition features guest appearances from Ozuna and Aitch. Production was handled by Niphkeys, Tempoe, Semzi, Orlandoh, P.Priime, P2J, Tunesfactory, Harv, Sammy SoSo, BGRZ, Debox and Avedon. The album serves as a follow-up to his second EP, ''What Have We Done'' (2020). Background In an interview about the deluxe edition of the album with OkayAfrica, Omah Lay stated that he began recording ''Boy Alone'' in 2021, during a period of emotional turmoil, which marked a shift from the carefree energy of his earlier projects. "I was in a new place when I made Boy Alone. I was in a dark place," he explained, using the album as a way to express his mental struggles. The album’s core tracks, "I’m a Mes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omah Lay
Stanley Omah Didia (born 18 May 1997), known professionally as Omah Lay, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer. Omah Lay came into limelight and gained international recognition with his singles "Godly,” Understand," "Attention (Omah Lay and Justin Bieber song), Attention," and "Soso (Omah Lay song), Soso". He has won numerous awards including The Headies 2020, Headies in 2020 and 2023. Omah Lay released his debut studio album ''Boy Alone'' in 2022, followed by a deluxe in 2023. The album received critical acclaim. Early life Omah Lay was born 19 May 1997 and raised in city of Port Harcourt Igwuruta, Rivers state in Nigeria. He attended Comprehensive High School in Rivers State before proceeding to the University of Port Harcourt. Lay comes from a musical family. His grandfather played instruments for the singer Celestine Ukwu before he died in 1977. Lay's father played the drums. Career Early career: ''Get Layd'' and ''What Have We Done'' Omah Lay began h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motolani Alake
Motolani Olusegun Alake is a Nigerian lawyer, music executive, entrepreneur, public speaker, podcast host, and TV host, who has also been a pop culture commentator, and journalist. He was the Editor-In-Chief at Pulse Nigeria from March 2022 to December 2022. He currently serves as the chart manager for Nigeria's TurnTable Top Afro-Pop Songs chart. Alake was recruited by the African Union to join All Africa Music Awards as one of its juries for West Africa in 2022. Early life and career Motolani Olusegun Alake was born in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, and raised in Akure, Ondo State, where he had his primary and secondary education. He graduated with an LL.B. in law from Ekiti State University before enrolling at the Nigerian Law School in Lagos. In 2016, he went for his National Youth Service Corps in Eket, Akwa Ibom. Before venturing into the multimedia field, Alake practiced law and worked for humanitarian aid and corporate finance organizations. He currently serves as a pop culture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrobeats Albums
Afrobeats, not to be confused with Afrobeat or Afroswing, is an umbrella term to describe popular music from West Africa and the diaspora that initially developed in Ghana, Nigeria, and the UK in the 2000s and 2010s. Afrobeats is less of a style per se, and more of a descriptor for the fusion of sounds flowing out of Ghana and Nigeria. Genres such as hiplife, jùjú music, highlife, azonto music, and naija beats, among others, were amalgamated under the "Afrobeats" umbrella. Afrobeats is primarily produced in Accra, Lagos, and London. Historian and cultural critic Paul Gilroy reflects on the changing London music scene as a result of shifting demographics: We are moving towards an African majority which is diverse both in its cultural habits and in its relationship to colonial and postcolonial governance, so the shift away from Caribbean dominance needs to be placed in that setting. Most of the grime folks are African kids, either the children of migrants or migrants themselve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Download
A music download is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer, portable media player, MP3 player or smartphone. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyrighted material without permission or legal payment. Music downloads are typically encoded with modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) audio data compression, particularly the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) format used by iTunes as well as the MP3 audio coding format. According to a Nielsen report, downloadable music accounted for 55.9 percent of all music sales in the US in 2012."All music sales" refers to albums plus track equivalent albums. A track equivalent album equates to 10 tracks. By the beginning of 2011, Apple's iTunes Store alone made 1.1 billion of revenue in the first quarter of its fiscal year. According to the RIAA, music downloads peaked at 43% of industry revenue in the US in 2012, and has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streaming Media
Streaming media refers to multimedia delivered through a Computer network, network for playback using a Media player (other), media player. Media is transferred in a ''stream'' of Network packet, packets from a Server (computing), server to a client-server model, client and is rendered in real-time; this contrasts with file downloading, a process in which the end-user obtains an entire media file before consuming the content. Streaming is more commonly used for video on demand, streaming television, and music streaming services over the Internet. While streaming is most commonly associated with multimedia from a remote server over the Internet, it also includes offline multimedia between devices on a local area network. For example, using DLNA and a home server, or in a personal area network between two devices using Bluetooth (which uses radio waves rather than Internet Protocol, IP). Online streaming was initially popularized by RealNetworks and Microsoft in the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized in letter case, lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events and styles related to the music industry. Its Billboard charts, music charts include the Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100, the Billboard 200, 200, and the Billboard Global 200, Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in various music genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm and operates several television shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Albums
The ''Billboard'' charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere. The results are published in ''Billboard'' magazine. ''Billboard'' biz, the online extension of the ''Billboard'' charts, provides additional weekly charts, as well as year-end charts. The three most important charts are the ''Billboard'' Global 200 for songs globally, the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for songs in the United States of America and the ''Billboard'' 200 for albums in the United States of America, and other charts may be dedicated to a specific genre such as R&B, country, or rock, or they may cover all genres. The charts can be ranked according to sales, streams, or airplay, and for main song charts such as the Hot 100 or Global 200 (though the latter globally) song chart, all three data are used to compile the charts. For the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart, streams and track sales are included in addition to album sales. The weekly sales and streams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TurnTable Charts
''TurnTable'' charts is a catalog of relative weekly, and yearly popular songs in Nigeria. The results are published in ''TurnTable'' magazine. ''TurnTable'' provides additional weekly charts, as well as the End of the Year Top 50. The charts can be ranked according to airplay, and digital streaming. For main song charts such as the ''TurnTable'' Top 100, all three data are used to compile the charts. For End of the Year Top 50, streams and airplay from ''TurnTable'' Top 100 are included. History On 3 July 2020, ''TurnTable'' magazine launched the ''TurnTable'' Chart, with its weekly official chart ''TurnTable'' Top 50, first led by Wizkid "Ginger" featuring Burna Boy, on the number one spot. The chart combines radio airplay, and online streaming activity (including data from YouTube, Boomplay Music, Audiomack, Apple Music, Deezer and Spotify). In March 2021, ''TurnTable'' announce its partnership with City FM 105.1, for the syndication of ''TurnTable'' Top 50. As the we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TurnTable Top 50
The TurnTable Top 100 Albums (also known as Nigeria Official Top 100 Albums) is the official album streaming chart in Nigeria. It is compiled every Tuesday by a Nigeria-based music digital streaming tracking company and published every Tuesday by TurnTable magazine. The list shows the 50 top-streaming music albums of the moment in Nigeria. The first issue of the Nigeria Top 50, was launched on Tuesday, 8 November 2022, and the first number-one album was '' Mr. Money with the Vibe'' by Asake. In 2024, the chart ranking was later expanded from 50 to 100. The first issue of the Top 100, was launched on Monday, 29 January 2024, and was led by Seyi Vibez's ''NAHAMciaga'' extended play album. History On 31 March 2022, TurnTable announced the expansion of the TurnTable Top 50 songs chart, into Top 100. According to the co-founder, and editor-in-chief of the magazine, Ayomide Oriowo, "The chart expansion will be supported by TurnTable Top 200, as the official album-based chart". On 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SNEP
SNEP (, in English National Syndicate of Phonographic Publishing) is the inter-professional organisation that protects the interests of the French record industry. Originally known under the acronym SNICOP, the organisation was established in 1922 and has 48 member companies. SNEP's responsibilities include collecting and distributing royalty payments for broadcast and performance, preventing copyright infringement of its members' works (including music piracy), and sales certification of silver, gold, platinum and diamond records and videos. SNEP also compiles weekly official charts of France's top-selling music, including singles and albums. Official charts History The first attempt at a French national chart of best-selling records originated from a request by the American music industry magazine '' Billboard''. The magazine's French correspondent, Eddie Adamis, compiled a top 10 list of the country's preferred format, the extended play (EP), for ''Billboard''s "Hits of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherish (group)
Cherish is an American R&B music group consisting of sisters Fallon, Felisha, Farrah, and Neosha King. Originating from Atlanta, both of their parents are musicians, their father having been in the band Professions of Sounds, who frequently toured with acts such as the Emotions and Earth, Wind & Fire. The group was signed to Capitol Records and Sho'nuff Records. They experienced chart success with the hit song " Do It to It". The group first rose to fame when they were featured on the single " In Love wit Chu", by Da Brat. They quickly followed up with their official debut single, " Miss P.", which had minor success on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in the US. After the failure of the single, their initial debut album was cancelled. However, they continued recording music, and lent their vocals to a soundtrack for '' The Powerpuff Girls''. In 2006, they released their second official single, " Do It to It". The single was met with critical and commercial success, and was follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
