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Mr Oreo
"Mr Oreo" (also titled "Mr Orio") is a song recorded by Nigerian singer Iyanya. It was released on 4 June 2014, as the second single from Made Men Music Group's compilation album '' The Evolution'' (2014). The song later appeared on Iyanya's third studio album, ''Applaudise'' (2015). The song was produced by Selebobo. Background and release On 29 May 2014, Iyanya's record label Made Men Music Group released the compilation album '' The Evolution'', which also included this track titled as "Mr Orio". On 4 June 2014, the song was released commercially on iTunes as the album's second single (the first single, "Say Yeah", was released in April 2014). "Mr Oreo" also appeared on Iyanya's third studio album, ''Applaudise'', which was released in September 2015. Music video The music video for "Mr Oreo" was directed by Mega Boi and filmed in Brooklyn, New York City. While talking about the filming in an interview with OkayAfrica, Iyanya said; "I was on tour and found that everyone start ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iyanya
Iyanya Onoyom Mbuk (born 31 October 1986), known by his stage name Iyanya, is a Nigerian Afropop recording artist. Career He rose to fame after winning the first season of ''Project Fame West Africa'' and is best known for his hit single "Kukere". He co-founded the record label Made Men Music Group with Ubi Franklin in 2011. He released his debut studio album ''My Story'' in 2011. It was supported by the singles "No Time" and "Love Truly". ''Desire'', his second studio album, contained five singles: "Kukere", "Ur Waist", " Flavour", " Sexy Mama", and " Jombolo". He won the Artist of the Year award at The Headies 2013. In October 2016, Iyanya announced on Instagram that he signed a record deal with Mavin Records. Few months prior, he signed a management deal with Temple Management Company. He first announced his intentions to leave Made Men Music Group in July 2016. Early life and education Iyanya was born on Palm Street in Calabar, Cross River State. His mother was a head mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Evolution (Made Men Music Group Album)
''The Evolution'' is a compilation album by musicians of Nigerian record label Made Men Music Group. It was released on 29 May 2014. The album's production was primarily handled by Selebobo along with additional production from Tekno and DJ Coublon. Moreover, Selebobo mixed and mastered the album. The title of the album references evolution within the Nigerian Music Industry. Track listing Personnel * Ubi Franklin – executive producer * Iyanya Onoyom Mbuk – executive producer, primary artist * Emma Nyra – primary artist *Selebobo – primary artist, record * Tekno – primary artist, record producer *Dj Coublon Akwuba Charles Ugochukwu (born November 4, 1989), professionally known as DJ Coublon, is a Nigerian record producer and sound engineer. He is best known for producing hit songs with several prominent artists in the Nigerian music industry, includ ... - Record Producer *Baci – primary artist *Abinibi – album art *Paul Ukonu – photography Release history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Popular Music
African popular music (also styled Afropop, Afro-pop or Afro pop), like African traditional music, is vast and varied. Most contemporary genres of African popular music build on cross-pollination with western popular music. Many genres of popular music like blues, jazz, afrobeats, salsa, zouk, and rumba derive to varying degrees on musical traditions from Africa, taken to the Americas by enslaved Africans. These rhythms and sounds have subsequently been adapted by newer genres like rock, and rhythm and blues. Likewise, African popular music has adopted elements, particularly the musical instruments and recording studio techniques of western music. The term does not refer to a specific style or sound but is used as a general term for African popular music. Influence of Afro-Cuban music Cuban music has been popular in Sub-Saharan Africa since the mid-twentieth century. It was Cuban music, more than any other, that provided the initial template for Afropop. To the Africans, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jombolo
"Jombolo" is a song by Nigerian singer Iyanya. It was released as the sixth single from his second studio album, ''Desire'' (2013). The song debuted at number one on 360nobs' Top 10 Most Downloaded Songs chart from 21 to 27 July 2013. It was produced by GospelOnDeBeatz and features vocals from Nigerian singer Flavour N'abania. Music video The music video for "Jombolo" was directed by Sesan Ogunro Sesan Ogunro (born 11 January 1983) is a Nigerian music video director based in the United Kingdom, often credited for his work as Sesan. He has directed music videos for Afrobeats genre artists such as D'Banj, Wizkid, Tiwa Savage and Davido. .... It features numerous waist movement and beautiful women. Accolades The music video for "Jombolo" was nominated for Best High Life Video and "est Use of Choreography at the 2013 Nigeria Music Video Awards (NMVA). The video was also nominated for Most Gifted Afro Pop at the 2014 Channel O Music Video Awards. Track listing ; Digital sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selebobo
Udoka Chigozie Oku, also known by his stage name Selebobo, is a Nigerian singer and a songwriter. Formerly signed to Made Men Music Group. Selebobo is most known for his singles, "Yoyo', "Selfie", and "Waka Waka". He has also collaborated with Flavour N'abania, Yemi Alade, Tekno Miles, Emma Nyra, and Iyanya. He was also a nominee of the Producer of the Year category at 2018 The Headies. Early life Udoka Chigozie Oku was born on July 29, 1992, to parents of Igbo descent in Enugu State, Nigeria. He is the eleventh out of the twelve in his family, with one of his brothers, Okechukwu Oku, being a popular director. His father, Goddy Oku, was a guitarist and musician who played during local shows throughout the 1970s. As a result, he was taught many instruments, including the guitar, and was enriched in music. By the time he was twelve, he started to produce music on his keyboard. Education Oku attended primary and secondary school in Enugu State, but later went on to the Nnamdi A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compilation Album
A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several Performing arts#Performers, performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If from several performers, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology. Content and scope Songs included on a compilation album may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITunes
iTunes () is a software program that acts as a media player, media library, mobile device management utility, and the client app for the iTunes Store. Developed by Apple Inc., it is used to purchase, play, download, and organize digital multimedia, on personal computers running the macOS and Windows operating systems, and can be used to rip songs from CDs, as well as play content with the use of dynamic, smart playlists. Options for sound optimizations exist, as well as ways to wirelessly share the iTunes library. Originally announced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs on January 9, 2001, iTunes' original and main focus was music, with a library offering organization and storage of Mac users' music collections. With the 2003 addition of the iTunes Store for purchasing and downloading digital music, and a version of the program for Windows, it became a ubiquitous tool for managing music and configuring other features on Apple's line of iPod media players, which extended to the iPh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, behind New York County (Manhattan). Brooklyn is also New York City's most populous borough,2010 Gazetteer for New York State . Retrieved September 18, 2016. with 2,736,074 residents in 2020. Named after the Dutch village of Breukelen, Brooklyn is located on the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BellaNaija
''BellaNaija'' is a lifestyle, entertainment and fashion website in Africa. headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. History BellaNaija was founded by Uche Eze in 2006 as a media startup which later metamorphosed into BellaNaija.com while studying for her undergraduate degree at the Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario (UWO), also known as Western University or Western, is a Public university, public research university in London, Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by resident ..., Canada. BellaNaija in its early form featured scanned magazine articles, pictures and interviews of Nigerian fashion personalities. Achievements In 2013, ''BellaNaija'' was ranked 4th in ''AfricaRankings "Top 10 African Entertainment Websites". Uche Pedro & BellaNaija was mentioned in the SME 100 List of 100 most innovative female-owned businesses in Nigeria, completed Stanford Seed programme and BBN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OkayAfrica
OkayAfrica (stylized as okayafrica) is a digital media platform dedicated to African culture, music and politics. Founded in 2011 by Vanessa Wruble and Ginny Suss as a sister site to The Roots frontman Questlove's Okayplayer, the site has become a popular destination for Africans on the continent and in the diaspora. Today, OkayAfrica is the largest US-based website focusing on new and progressive music, art, politics, and culture from the African continent. History In an interview with '' The One Magazine'', ''OkayAfrica'''s Vice President Ginny Suss, stated,We realized that there is no place on the web that acted as a hub for all the new fricanmusic, culture, art and politics and the amazing culture that was being generated on the continent that was really relevant to youth culture today. We came up with the concept of creating a one-stop shop, interactive community where our main focus is new progressive African music and also feature culture, film, art and lifestyle.Okay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vevo
Vevo ( , an abbreviation for "Video Evolution", stylized as VEVO until 2013) is an American multinational video hosting service, best known for providing music videos to YouTube. The service is also available as an app on selected smart TVs, digital video recorders, digital media players and streaming television services. The service once offered a consumer mobile and tablet app, however this was shut down in May 2018 to allow the service to focus on its other platforms. The service was concluded after negotiations on June 16, 2009, as a joint venture among three major record companies: Universal Music Group (UMG), Sony Music Entertainment (SME) and shortly before its launch by EMI. In August 2016, Warner Music Group (WMG), the world's third-largest record company, agreed to license premium videos from its artists to Vevo. Initially, the service hosted only music videos from Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, syndicated on YouTube and its app, and the adverti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Songs
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