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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] |
Emma Nyra
Emma Chukwugoziam Obi was born in July 18, 1988. She is professionally known by her stage name as Emma Nyra. She is an American-born Nigerian singer, song writer, an actress, and a model. Emma Nyra is a mother of two. Her associate acts include Iyanya, Selebobo, Davido, Cynthia Morgan, Victoria Kimani, and Patoranking. Early life Emma Nyra was born and raised in Tyler, Texas, where she had her early education. She is an Igbo descent from Delta State, Nigeria. In 2012, she left for Nigeria to pursue a career in music and modelling. Education She is an alumna of Texas Southern University, where she graduated with a degree in Health Care Administration. Career Music Emma Nyra released her debut singles titled "Do It" and "Everything I Do" in 2011 while in the U.S. Upon her return to Nigeria in 2012, she started working with D'Tunes and Iyanya who she had met in 2010 while in the U.S. In March 2012, she signed a recording contract with Made Men Music Group before she went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Record Label Compilation Albums
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2014 Compilation Albums
Fourteen or 14 may refer to: * 14 (number), the natural number following 13 and preceding 15 * one of the years 14 BC, AD 14, 1914, 2014 Music * 14th (band), a British electronic music duo * ''14'' (David Garrett album), 2013 *''14'', an unreleased album by Charli XCX * "14" (song), 2007, from ''Courage'' by Paula Cole Other uses * ''Fourteen'' (film), a 2019 American film directed by Dan Sallitt * ''Fourteen'' (play), a 1919 play by Alice Gerstenberg * ''Fourteen'' (manga), a 1990 manga series by Kazuo Umezu * ''14'' (novel), a 2013 science fiction novel by Peter Clines * ''The 14'', a 1973 British drama film directed by David Hemmings * Fourteen, West Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community * Lot Fourteen, redevelopment site in Adelaide, South Australia, previously occupied by the Royal Adelaide Hospital * "The Fourteen", a nickname for NASA Astronaut Group 3 * Fourteen Words, a phrase used by white supremacists and Nazis See also * 1/4 (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Download
A music download (commonly referred to as a digital 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. 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. 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. Online music store Paid downloads are sometimes encoded with d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, including Kiss Daniel, Iyanya, Yemi Alade, Tekno Miles, Patoranking, Seyi Shay, among others. Early life and career Born on November 4, 1989, he began his interest in music at the age of 7. He is a graduate of Physics with Electronics from Veritas University in Abuja, Nigeria. DJ Coublon began his music career in Onitsha, Anambra State, Southeastern Nigeria. In 2013 he moved to Lagos where he met other artists like Iyanya and Kiss Daniel Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe, (born 1 May 1994) better known by his stage name Kizz Daniel, is a Yoruba singer and songwriter. He is best known for his singles " Woju" and "Yeba". He went by the stage name Kiss Daniel prior to changing it in May .... He was signed onto Made Men Music Group between Sept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tekno Miles
Augustine Miles Kelechi Okechukwu (born 17 December 1992), popularly known as Tekno, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. Background and early life Kelechi is from Ivo Local Government Area, Ebonyi State,Nigeria. He was born in Bauchi State into a family of six — five boys and one girl. He was raised in several parts of the country including Nassarawa, Kaduna and Abuja due to the fact that his father was a member of the Nigerian Army. At the age of 8, Tekno Miles was enrolled in a music school where he learned and mastered the rudiments of playing the piano and guitar. He is the elder brother to another Nigerian musical act, ''Spotless''. Musical career Tekno Miles was first signed under K-Money Entertainment. His breakout single titled "Holiday", was released under the imprint. With featured vocals from Davido, "Holiday" was positively accepted and gained massive airplay. In 2012, Tekno Miles was spotted by renowned Nigerian comedian Julius Agwu at an event in Abuja, af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tekno (musician)
Augustine Miles Kelechi Okechukwu (born 17 December 1992), popularly known as Tekno, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. Background and early life Kelechi is from Ivo Local Government Area, Ebonyi State,Nigeria. He was born in Bauchi State into a family of six — five boys and one girl. He was raised in several parts of the country including Nassarawa, Kaduna and Abuja due to the fact that his father was a member of the Nigerian Army. At the age of 8, Tekno Miles was enrolled in a music school where he learned and mastered the rudiments of playing the piano and guitar. He is the elder brother to another Nigerian musical act, ''Spotless''. Musical career Tekno Miles was first signed under K-Money Entertainment. His breakout single titled "Holiday", was released under the imprint. With featured vocals from Davido, "Holiday" was positively accepted and gained massive airplay. In 2012, Tekno Miles was spotted by renowned Nigerian comedian Julius Agwu at an event in Abuja, 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] |
Ubi Franklin
Ubi Franklin, born Ubi Ekapong Ofem, is a Nigerian music artist manager, politician, entrepreneur, TV show host and the founder of record label Made Men Music Group (Triple MG) and Instant Apartment. Franklin is the current Special Adviser to Cross River State Governor Benedict Ayade on Tourism. Early and personal life Ubi Franklin was born in Cross River State, Nigeria on 2 February 1986. He is the 11th of 15 children. He had his primary and secondary education in Calabar, after which he studied law at the University Madonna Nigeria. On 1 November 2015, Ubi Franklin married Nigerian actress Lilian Esoro. Their son Jayden, was born on 17 July 2016. Presently, he has four children, two daughters (Zaneta and Ariella) and two sons (Jayden and Shiloh). Franklin admitted that from July 2016 to March 2017, he struggled to overcome bouts of depression which almost led him to commit suicide. He was almost killed by a man at a furniture store in Lagos, but by the quick intervention of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
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, including Kiss Daniel, Iyanya, Yemi Alade, Tekno Miles, Patoranking, Seyi Shay, among others. Early life and career Born on November 4, 1989, he began his interest in music at the age of 7. He is a graduate of Physics with Electronics from Veritas University in Abuja, Nigeria. DJ Coublon began his music career in Onitsha, Anambra State, Southeastern Nigeria. In 2013 he moved to Lagos where he met other artists like Iyanya and Kiss Daniel Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe, (born 1 May 1994) better known by his stage name Kizz Daniel, is a Yoruba singer and songwriter. He is best known for his singles " Woju" and "Yeba". He went by the stage name Kiss Daniel prior to changing it in May .... He was signed onto Made Men Music Group between Sept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
