Entertainment – Rema Scores Most Streamed Nigerian Album in History on Spotify & Youtube
Rema Most Streamed Album: The release of “Rave & Roses” Ultra (Deluxe Edition) propels Rema to unprecedented streaming heights, scoring the most streamed Nigerian album ever on Spotify and Youtube and the only Nigerian project with over a billion streams on both platforms. Thanks to the album’s biggest hits; “Soundgasm,” “Calm Down” and its remix with pop culture icon, Selena Gomez. In a groundbreaking achievement that has sent shockwaves throughout the music industry, Rema’s highly anticipated album “Rave & Roses Ultra” has made history by becoming the most streamed Nigerian album ever on both Spotify and YouTube, amassing over 1.2 billion and 1.4 billion streams respectively. The record-breaking feat follows the release of the album’s deluxe edition (ultra), which sent the fans to total exhilaration yesterday. Since its initial release, “Rave & Roses” has garnered global attention for its infectious melodies, impressive lyrics, and Rema’s unique blend of Afrobeats, pop, and contemporary R&B. The album’s outstanding production quality and Rema’s undeniable talent have resonated deeply with fans, propelling it to unprecedented levels of success globally. With the release of the deluxe (ultra) edition, Rema has further elevated “Rave & Roses” by offering a collection of captivating new tracks and enhanced musical experiences. This expansion of the album’s original vision showcases Rema’s artistic growth and commitment to pushing creative boundaries. The revitalized version of the album did not only feature the previously released /transformative remix of “Calm Down” with Selena Gomez, Holiday, and Reason You, but it also introduced the new tracks, namely “Charm,” “Hov,” and “Dunno Me.”
What Is a Digital Service Provider (DSP) ?
A Digital Service Provider (DSP) is an online store (iTunes, Amazon Music) or streaming service (Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, YouTube Music) that features digital albums and singles. A Digital Service Provider (“DSP”) is an entity that provides digital music services (whether streaming, downloads, or both), via computer or phone networks. DSPs tend to focus on driving almost all interactions online and across devices. In today’s industry, DSPs are the marketplaces in which most music is consumed, due to the rise of both paid and ad-supported subscription-based streaming services, like Spotify and Apple Music. DSPs have become an essential part of earning money via songwriting since they are considered both a public broadcast and a reproduction of the song, which qualifies the songwriter to earn both of the major types of publishing royalties: performance and mechanical. Types Of DSPs – Interactive Streaming are platforms Listeners select the songs that are played they are also known as On-demand streaming Examples: Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, Deezer Publishing Royalties Generated: Performance royalties and mechanical royalties – Non-Interactive Streaming are platforms Listeners play music without the ability to choose the next song they are also known as Internet radio Examples: Pandora, iHeartRadio, Slacker, TuneIn Publishing Royalties Generated: Performance royalties only (similar to broadcast radio). Africa’s DSP market is younger than the rest and largely untapped for a number of reasons. A common major limitation parts of Africa access to data plan is still quite restricted or prohibitively expensive in this part . Spotify and Apple Music have only recently begun to move into Africa. This left the opportunities open for fledgling services like Boomplay Music, which had up to a 50% share of the African phone market as recently as 2019. For independent musicians, getting music onto most of these DSPs. Nowadays is as simple as signing up with a digital distributor who will deliver their works and take care of any potential issues. For the songwriter or Artist for an upfront fee, a commission on earnings, or a combination of both. In cases where the creator or artist want s to upload their content themselves. DSPs like Audiomack, Soundcloud and Hafrikplay (newly launched African based) can be used for both upload and streaming without the involvement of any digital distributor. Get Hafrikplay App On Google Play
News – 10 Most Streamed Nigerian Artists On Spotify
The popular music streaming site, Spotify has released a list of their most-streamed afrobeats artists after the just concluded 64th Grammy Award. The list is specifically for their Top 10 most streamed artist and also for artists who have surpassed a billion streams on Spotify. Wizkid topped the chart and knocked off other artists with a total of 4.4 billion streams. Burna Boy followed next with 2.7 billion streams. Mr. Eazi found himself in the third spot with 1.3 billion streams and the Love Nwanatiti crooner, Ckay has 1 billion streams. Davido found him on the 5th spot with 909 million streams, Maleek Berry is chilling with his 516 million streams. Essence co-star, Tems is number 7 with 412 million streams. Rema overtakes Fireboy with his 356 million streams while Fireboy DML occupies number 9th position with 300 million streams. African bad gal, Tiwa Savage rounded up the Top10 list with 270 million streams.