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Turntable top 50: Omah Lay climbs to the top of the charts

Turntable top 50: Omah Lay climbs to the top of the charts

Omah Lay's "Godly" is the 4th song to reach #1 without an official video to add TV airplay

Where were you: Burna Boy’s futuristic live show at the O2 Brixton Academy

Where were you: Burna Boy’s futuristic live show at the O2 Brixton Academy

Burna Boy hosts his first live performance of Twice As

Burna Boy & Rema nominated for Best International Act at MOBO Awards 2020

Burna Boy & Rema nominated for Best International Act at MOBO Awards 2020

After a 3-year hiatus, the MOBO Awards is back to celebrate the best of Black culture in Music and

This is what we’re expecting the 2021 Grammy nominations to look like

This is what we’re expecting the 2021 Grammy nominations to look like

Here are our predictions for the 63rd Grammy

Wizkid & Burna Boy’s “Ginger” makes history as the first No. 1 song on TurnTable Top 50 chart

Wizkid & Burna Boy’s “Ginger” makes history as the first No. 1 song on TurnTable Top 50 chart

All 14 songs on 'Made In Lagos' make this week's edition of the newly inaugurated chart

The Grammys rename ‘Best World Music Album’ category

The Grammys rename ‘Best World Music Album’ category

“A departure from the connotations of colonialism, folk and ‘non-American’ that the former term

Best New Music: Burna Boy’s “20 10 20” is a stunning tribute

Best New Music: Burna Boy’s “20 10 20” is a stunning tribute

We will never forget 20 10

A 1-listen review of Wizkid’s ‘Made In Lagos’

A 1-listen review of Wizkid’s ‘Made In Lagos’

The return of one of the most effortlessly skilled artists contemporary afropop has ever

Burna Boy dedicates BET hip-hop awards performance to the victims of police brutality

Burna Boy dedicates BET hip-hop awards performance to the victims of police brutality

A resounding reminder of the urgency behind the clamour to #EndSARS and reform the

The soundtrack of Nigeria’s reality has not changed for years

The soundtrack of Nigeria’s reality has not changed for years

Music has been documenting our collective pain for decades

How Davido’s FEM became the sounds of the #EndSARS revolution

How Davido’s FEM became the sounds of the #EndSARS revolution

A true protest time

Musicians cannot lead the #EndSars movement, they can join

Musicians cannot lead the #EndSars movement, they can join

Examining the role celebrities play in our

How fashion could greater influence the music industry in Nigeria

How fashion could greater influence the music industry in Nigeria

What artist merchandise tells us about the links between music and

Why Nigeria can’t & shouldn’t be aiming to ‘own’ Amapiano

Why Nigeria can’t & shouldn’t be aiming to ‘own’ Amapiano

The Mzansi-originated style of dance music is more than sound, it's a movement, a culture and a lifestyle; it should be respected as...

Burna Boy shares short film for Stormzy-assisted “Real Life”

Burna Boy shares short film for Stormzy-assisted “Real Life”

“Real life is for living, use this life that you're living, be

The life & times of Nigerian dance royalty, Zanku

The life & times of Nigerian dance royalty, Zanku

How the Zanku survived a dominant 2-year run

Hot Takes: Love Island NG, Wizkid, Davido & Burna, FemmeMag & more

Hot Takes: Love Island NG, Wizkid, Davido & Burna, FemmeMag & more

All the hot topics from the past week

Why the energy behind Davido’s “FEM” seems so familiar

Why the energy behind Davido’s “FEM” seems so familiar

Davido has always been confrontational, but this time around he's downright

12 Nigerian Artists As Your Favourite Superheroes

12 Nigerian Artists As Your Favourite Superheroes

Fela Kuti, Wizkid and Tiwa Savage as the leading members of the Justice

We are the ‘Monsters You Made’

We are the ‘Monsters You Made’

#EldoradoPark #JusticeForNathanielJulius

LeriQ, Telz, Skread & Rexxie talk ‘Twice As Tall’

LeriQ, Telz, Skread & Rexxie talk ‘Twice As Tall’

The album's producers share their experiences of working with the African