The announcement of Spotify launching in 85 new markets including Ghana has got a lot of people in the Ghanaian music industry really excited.

What is Spotify and why should Ghanaians revel in their arrival in Ghana?

Spotify is a Swedish audio streaming and media services provider, launched in October 2008. Spotify offers digital copyright restricted recorded music and podcasts, including more than 70 million songs, from record labels and media companies

According to Nana Yaw Wiredu of OnePlayAfrica, a content creator and music business expert, Ghanaians should be enthused about the launch of Spotify in Ghana because it is the world’s biggest music service and they have bigger numbers in terms of listeners and subscribers (paid) so if they come Ghana music gets introduced to a bigger market.

He also told ghanaweekend.com that “Spotify helps in regulating our music system- so you see how we looking for login system and all, Spotify already has a mechanism they used to calculate plays and tell which song has the biggest plays so they bring some sort of structure in our music system.”

Again, Nana Yaw noted that the royalties payment system of Spotify is not the biggest but it is good. Our Ghanaian artists get to enjoy good revenue since Spotify is the best and biggest music streaming globally.

He, however, advised that they must do more education on their platform for the mass audience to understand how their platform works.

Another Ghanaian content creator and publicist, Jonilar also told ghanaweekend.com that he is happy the streaming service is coming to Ghana because it pays better than most of the streaming platforms, they are content-centered and also take issues of piracy seriously.

Jonilar added that Spotify’s transparency with stats will now get to know how much exactly they pay for their streams.

Spotify’s announcement comes at a time when creatives have been banned from hosting live shows due to the coronavirus outbreak. The major means of income for creatives has been through digital marketing.

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By: ghanaweekend.com

Ghanaian hiplife artiste, Guru has finally explained why he dropped a diss song for Kuami Eugene. 

Speaking on phone with Sammy Flex on Zylofon FM, the “Lapaz Yoyota” hitmaker explained why he released “Who Born Dog”. According to him, Kuami Eugene did not show respect to him and his label due to the fact that whiles he was on United TV with host Nana Ama MacBrown squashing issues with Kuami Eugene’s label boss, Richie Mensah, he went on instagram live to make mockery of him. 

He also added that, he gave them time to apologize for what Kuami Eugene did whiles he was settling issues with his boss. “I was not happy to release the song because l don’t want my children to grow up asking why you made a diss song to this artiste “, he said. Due to that, he did not release the song on the set date. 

The Gbee Nabu hitmaker, Ponobiom after Shatta Wale turned down his request for a shake, has double dared Shatta Wale on Twitter.

This post from Ponobiom seems to confirm the fact that the artist is really ready to hit the Dancehall king, Shatta Wale, boot for boot if he tries as he did some time back.

However, Shatta Wale, even though has clearly expressed his take on Ponobiom request in a since deleted tweet hasn’t been responding to Ponobiom’s dare which is why the artist tweeted: 1 tweet p3,,

Stream Shatta Wale’s lastest song to the VGMA Lift:

Ghanaian Rapper, Edem, has tweeted a forgiveness message to Ghanaian Rapper Sarkodie for not making the video shoot of Favour which also featured Efya.

The song which was released officially on the Friday 19th of February 2021 was accompanied with beautifully shot video by APAG studio. But what was not hard to miss was Sarkodie’s absence in the video.

The rapper has on his official twitter handle tweeted to Sarkodie that:

Yo @sarkodie I know you feel bad for not showing up for #Favour video..Team even loose money for that..But I forgive you my g..No hard feelings ..Call me when you need me,I go dey for you https://youtu.be/MOK9fZuCWpo#Favour#Gbevunation

hopefully, just as the artist has clearly stated this does not start up any bad blood and bad feelings between the two rappers in future.

Stream Favour Below:

Don Jazzy who is regarded as one of the kingpins in the African Music sphere has tipped Fireboy Dml’s Apollo Album for the Grammy.

The album which won album of the year at the just ended Headies awards has clearly caught the attention of many music lovers around the world. The Mavins record boss, Don Jazzy who has been the backbone for talents like Tiwa Savage, Cored Bello, Remarriages, to mention a few believes the Apollo Album deserves all the applauds it gets including a possible Grammy nomination.

check out other awards won by the young musician on the night of the Headies.

Stream the album below:

https://l.instagram.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmusic.empi.re%2Fapollo&e=ATOZjYq9IJMGwZpBuyAaCeH9dsiZn6h63tcc-kxcVTBNgglaSwCn061b1E_S00jsL0lEpRhcIyfr3GHP-3MfS8c&s=1

The Grind Day hitmaker, Kwesi Arthur’s latest single released the 14th of December 2020 ft Joeboy makes tops Apple Music 100 songs, Ghana.

The song towers over Omah Lay’s Ungodly, Davido’s Jowo for its current position on the chart.

Though known as a rapper, Kwesi Arthur’s singing on the Baajo song with accompanied instrumentation seem to be loved by even his hardcore rap lovers as well as fans of some singers in Ghana.

hopefully the song retains its position on the chart for as long as it can for the artist to make some more money off the streams.

Stream Baajo here:

The young sensational Ghanaian musician, Gyakie, with her Forever single has not only hit and won hearts of Ghanaians but ears and hearts around the world.

The song which has appears on the Apple Music 100 songs, Ghana, peaked at number three, dropped to number 4 and has been on there for 82 days.

This is a huge milestone for the young musician considering the fact that she only went fully professional with music not long ago. Forever is one of the major singles off her debut EP, Seed EP with songs like Sor Mi Mu, the Journey.

Stream Forever here:

Shatta Wale has released a new song after initially trending with his ‘Lift’ song.

Shatta Wale is out with another hit song produced by YGF Records dubbed “Dem Dead” which is hot and full of fireworks. 

Please stream the song below: 

http://audiomack.com/shattawalenima…

Shatta Wale is out with another banger title “Lift”. 

“Lift” by Shatta Wale is a song produced by Beatz Vampire. Kindly check this out below and have a copy.

This new awesome single “Lift” serves a follow up to his trending song “Benz”.

https://t.co/ZsM0Af2E1q

Ohemaa Mercy is out with a new gospel song “Ote Me Mu” featuring MOG.

“Ote Me Mu” is a beautiful gospel song which you need to add to your playlist. Please stream the song below.