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Spotify Wrapped Nigeria 2025
Spotify Nigeria Wrapped 2025: Year-End Listening Data

Spotify released its Wrapped 2025 summaries on December 3, covering global and country-specific trends. For…

Burna Boy Covers Funeral Costs After Stockton Birthday Shooting Tragedy
Burna Boy Covers Funeral Costs After Stockton Birthday Shooting Tragedy

On November 29, 2025, a shooting at a 2-year-old’s birthday party in Stockton, California, killed…

Nigeria Apple Music Replay 2025 Year-End Charts
Nigeria Apple Music Replay 2025 Year-End Charts

Apple Music released its 2025 year-end data for Nigeria on December 2, 2025, covering the…

Billboard Names Mavo African Rookie of the Month
Billboard Names Mavo African Rookie of the Month

Billboard has officially named Nigerian rising star Mavo its African Rookie of the Month for…

Tems’ San Diego FC Continue Their Remarkable Debut Season, Advance to Western Conference Finals
Tems’ San Diego FC Continue Their Remarkable Debut Season, Advance to Western Conference Finals

Tems’ part-owned club, San Diego FC, has pushed their record-breaking debut MLS season even further,…

Wizkid’s HBO Documentary “Long Live Lagos” Is Set to Make a Powerful Global Debut on December 11
Wizkid’s HBO Documentary “Long Live Lagos” Is Set to Make a Powerful Global Debut on December 11

HBO is premiering a highly anticipated documentary that spotlights the meteoric rise of Nigerian superstar…

Young Jonn Postpones 'Blue Disco' Album Amid Nigeria's Security Crisis
Young Jonn Postpones ‘Blue Disco’ Album Amid Nigeria’s Security Crisis

Nigerian Afrobeats sensation Young Jonn has indefinitely postponed the release of his sophomore album, ‘Blue…

Victony announces new EP 'Very Stubborn' set for November 21 release
Victony announces new EP ‘Very Stubborn’ set for November 21 release

Just over a year after his critically acclaimed, chart-topping debut album, ‘Stubborn’, the 24-year-old Afropop…

Tyla makes history as the first African artist to sell out Tokyo’s 15,000-capacity Ariake Arena
Tyla makes history as the first African artist to sell out Tokyo’s 15,000-capacity Ariake Arena

In the neon-lit sprawl of Tokyo, where J-pop reigns supreme and K-pop crossovers spark frenzied…

Tems Delivers Soul-Stirring Set as Headliner at AFROPUNK Brasil 2025
Tems Delivers Soul-Stirring Set as Headliner at AFROPUNK Brasil 2025

In a performance that fused the raw pulse of Afrobeats with the festival’s unyielding spirit…