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Cupid Stories
''Cupid Stories'' is the third studio album by Nigerian contemporary highlife music duo Bracket. It was released on 26 September 2011 through Ape Planet and features guest appearances from Wizkid, M.I, 2Face Idibia, Banky W. and Flavour. Production was handled by Fliptyce, Masterkraft, Dekumzy, Mecca E and Phyno. ''Cupid Stories'' was preceded by the singles "Remember (Yori Yori Remix)", "Muah Muah", "Me & You", and "Girl". It serves as a follow-up to ''Least Expected'' (2009). Background Bracket originally announced the release of ''Cupid Stories'' for 5 September 2011, but it was eventually pushed back to the 26th. Explaining the album's title, ''Cupid Stories'', Vast, a member of Bracket, revealed it was chosen because the album contains "many melodious love songs in it". Singles The first single "Remember (Yori Yori Remix)" features 2Face Idibia and was released on 10 June 2010. Produced by Dekumzy, it was originally titled "Remember" and not "Remember (Yori Yori Remix) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bracket (music Group)
Bracket are a Nigerian afropop and R&B music duo composed of Obumneme Ali a.k.a. "Smash" and Nwachukwu Ozioko a.k.a. "Vast". Bracket started as a three-man music group before a member called Bistop dropped out. The duo are currently signed to Bracket Records and are best known for releasing hit singles like "Happy Day", "Me & U", "Yori-Yori" and "Ada Owerri" "Mama Africa" "Panya" which received several positive reviews and airplay. Their albums include of ''Least Expected'', ''Cupid Stories'', ''Alive'', and ''Love Letters''. Background Vast and Smash grew up in Nsukka town, Enugu State, southeastern Nigeria, where they used to attend campus shows while growing up. Discography Studio albums * ''Happy Day'' (2006) * ''Least Expected'' (2009) * ''Cupid Stories'' (2011) * ''Alive'' (2015) * ''Love Letters'' (2022) Awards and nominations In 2012, Bracket received an honorary award from the city of Philadelphia Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NotJustOk
NotjustOk is an African media and entertainment company, known for housing an online music and entertainment website ''NotJustOk'', a music streaming service Mino Music (previously known as MyNotjustOk), and a music distribution and publishing service NotjustOk Distribution, with its media house located in Lagos, Nigeria, and Atlanta, Georgia. There are two different feeds of NotJustOk website; for West Africa, and East Africa]. The company and its divisions are led by its Founder and chief executive officer. History Coined from Seth Godin's book '' Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable'', ''NotJustOk'' was started as a personal blog by Ademola Ogundele in 2006, with over 1.2 million viewers per month, from 183 countries, it is one of the most visited websites in Nigeria. It evolved into a music website after Ademola posted a clip of 9ice's performance at Nelson Mandela's 90th anniversary concert, which rapidly increased the traffic of the website. Currently with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albums Produced By Masterkraft (producer)
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records (78s) collected in a bound book resembling a photo album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl long-playing (LP) records played at rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the ''album era''. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983, being gradually supplanted by the cassette tape throughout the 1970s and early 1980s; the popularity of the cassette reached its peak during the late 1980s before sharply declini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highlife Albums By Nigerian Artists
Highlife is a Ghanaian music genre that originated along the coastal cities of present-day Ghana in the 19th century, during its history as a colony of the British and through its trade routes in coastal areas. It encompasses multiple local fusions of African metre and western jazz melodies. It uses the melodic and main rhythmic structures of traditional African music, but is typically played with Western instruments. Highlife is characterized by jazzy horns and guitars which lead the band and its use of the two-finger plucking guitar style that is typical of African music. Recently it has acquired an uptempo, synth-driven sound. Highlife gained popularity and the genre spread throughout West African regions. Pioneers like Cardinal Rex Lawson, E.T. Mensah, Victor Uwaifo, all perfected this sound by infusing traditional Africa drums and western "Native Blues". After the Second World War, its popularity came within the Igbo people of Nigeria, as they got influenced to form Igbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igbo-language Albums
Igbo ( , ; Standard Igbo: ''Ásụ̀sụ́ Ìgbò'' ) is the principal native language cluster of the Igbo people, an ethnicity in the Southeastern part of Nigeria. Igbo languages are spoken by a total of 31 million people. The number of Igboid languages depends on how one classifies a language versus a dialect, so there could be around 35 different Igbo languages. The core Igbo cluster, or Igbo proper, is generally thought to be one language but there is limited mutual intelligibility between the different groupings (north, west, south and east). A standard literary language termed 'Igbo izugbe' (meaning "general igbo") was generically developed and later adopted around 1972, with its core foundation based on the Orlu ( Isu dialects), Anambra (Awka dialects) and Umuahia (Ohuhu dialects), omitting the nasalization and aspiration of those varieties. History The first book to publish Igbo terms was ''History of the Mission of the Evangelical Brothers in the Caribbean'' (), p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Albums
The following is a list of albums, Extended play, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2011. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and Compilation album, compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) WP:MUS, notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject. For additional information for deaths of musicians and for links to other music lists, see 2011 in music. First quarter January February March Second quarter April May June Third quarter July August September Fourth quarter October November December References {{DEFAULTSORT:2011 albums 2011 albums, 2011-related lists, Albums Lists of albums by release date, 2011 ... [...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] |
2Baba
Innocent Ujah Idibia MON (; born 18 September 1975), known by his stage name 2Baba and formerly as 2Face Idibia, is a Nigerian singer-songwriter, record producer and philanthropist known for his solo debut album, '' Face 2 Face''. He is regarded as one of the "most influential" and greatest Afrobeats artists of all time following his contributions to Nigerian pop music in the 2000s. 2Baba won the MTV Europe Music Award for Best African Act in 2005. In 2019, he collaborated with Cobhams Asuquo and Timi Dakolo to release a song, which raised awareness for Child's right. Early life and education 2Baba was born on 18 September 1975, in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, from Idoma descent from Benue State in central Nigeria. He studied at Mount Saint Gabriel Secondary School in Makurdi before pursuing Business Administration at the Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu (IMT), located in Enugu State. Following his growing interest in the music industry, 2Baba discontinued h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YNaija
''YNaija'' is a Nigerian online content publishing platform, founded by Chude Jideonwo and Adebola Williams of RED Africa media group. ''YNaija'' launched in May 2010 with columnists and various news sources. It offers news, original content and covers politics, business, entertainment, environment, technology, popular media, lifestyle, culture, comedy and healthy living. In July 2012, ''YNaija'' was ranked #5 top blog in the country, by CPAfrica."Top Nigerian Bloggers 2012" CP Africa. Y! The Y! brand also includes a television show, a radio show and a print magazine. The magazine, ''Y!'', is a 100–150-page monthly publication that initially began as a quarterly. It has organised events including the #Hashtag Party in July 2011, the ''YNaija'' Black Ball, and others. < ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Nigeria Entertainment Awards
The 2012 Nigeria Entertainment Awards was the 7th edition of the ceremony. The event was held on September 2, 2012 at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York City. The event was hosted by Funke Akindele and Ayo Makun. Winners included Wizkid, Davido, Don Jazzy and Tineh Tempah. Awards Music categories ; Best Album of the Year * '' Soul is Heavy'' - Nneka * ''ELI'' - Ice Prince * ''Superstar'' - Wizkid * ''The Dreamer'' - SDC * ''Beautiful Noise'' - Timi Dakolo * ''Super Sun'' - Bez ; Hottest Single of the Year * "Ara" - Brymo * "Oliver Twist" - D'banj * "Pakurumo" - Wizkid * "Dami Duro" - Davido * " Chop My Money" - P-Square * "Roll" - Rayce ; Best New Act of the Year * Tiwa Savage * Brymo * Davido * Bez * May D * Chidinma ; Gospel Artist/Group of the Year * Sugun Obe * Tim Godfrey * Eben * Kore * Lara George * Vivien Stephen ; Best Pop/R&B Artist of the Year *Chidinma *Omawumi * Waje * Tiwa Savage * Wizkid * Capital Femi ; Best Rap Act of the Year * Sauce Kid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigerian Entertainment Today
The Netng (Nigerian Entertainment Today) also known as ''NET'' is an online entertainment news organisation based in Lagos Lagos ( ; ), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, the most populous urban area on the African continent, and on ..., Nigeria. It is a leading source of African entertainment, fashion and lifestyle news. Netng formed part of NET Newspaper Limited (NNL) until 2019 when it was acquired by ID Africa. Netng is the organiser of NECLive (Nigerian Entertainment Conference) and the NET Honours. History Nigerian Entertainment Today (NET) was established on November 23, 2009, by Ayeni Adekunle. NET also ran as a print media and its printed copies circulated in about 37 major Nigerian cities and sold 10,000 copies weekly. In 2016, NET gradually phased out its print version as many of its readers moved online in search of entertainmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanguard (Nigeria)
''Vanguard'' is a Nigerian daily published by Vanguard Media, headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. Vanguard Media was established in 1984 by journalist Sam Amuka-Pemu and three friends. The paper currently has an online edition. In June 1990, the paper's publication was briefly suspended by Col. Raji Rasaki, the Military Governor of Lagos State Lagos State (, ) is a States of Nigeria, state in South West, Nigeria. Of the 36 States of Nigeria, Nigerian states, Lagos is the second List of Nigerian states by population, most populous state but the List of Nigerian states by area, smallest .... In December 2008, "current affairs resource" website ''Point Blank News'' published a story that alleged the wife of the publisher of Vanguard Newspapers was involved in a ritual killing. ''The Vanguard'' took the reporter to court, claiming he was attempting extortion. In December 2009, a Niger Delta peace activist commended Vanguard Newspaper for its reporting on the government's in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
