Another surprise for the week was Charlie Puth who is the highest new entry on Top artists Nigeria at #127. The music streaming platform released its weekly charts which include the top artists, top albums, and top songs.įor the top artists' category for the week was Teni who moved up 104 spots to #89 on the top artists' list. Some of the biggest highlights were Teni climbing 104 spots at #89 on the top artists' list, Omo ope by Asake and Made in Lagos, Deluxe edition by Wizkid retaining a position in the top songs and top albums category respectively for 20 weeks straight. Not surprisingly, those comments were unpopular in certain corners of the music world.Leading global music streaming service provider, Spotify released its weekly charts about Nigeria’s music scene between June 24 and 30.
“I feel, really, that the ones that aren’t doing well in streaming are predominantly people who want to release music the way it used to be released,” he concluded. It is about putting the work in, about the storytelling around the album, and about keeping a continuous dialogue with your fans.” He cited Taylor Swift’s engagement with her fans as a strong example.
“The artists today that are making it realize that it’s about creating a continuous engagement with their fans. “There is a narrative fallacy here, combined with the fact that, obviously, some artists that used to do well in the past may not do well in this future landscape, where you can’t record music once every three to four years and think that’s going to be enough,” he said. While he was speaking about the frequent, and not unjustified, complaints that artists make about the low royalties they receive from streaming - which, to be fair, are often the doing of their record labels rather than the streaming services - Ek essentially said that many of those artists are clinging to the album-every-three-years-or-so model, which is fading in the streaming age.
The focus on albums is intriguing in light of some uncharacteristically pointed comments that Spotify cofounder and CEO Daniel Ek made to Music Ally over the summer regarding album cycles. “Artists pour their energy and creativity into their work so it was important for us to recognize it in all the ways they intended the fans to listen.” “We are excited to launch our charts as a new way for us to take a moment and celebrate artist success - both for individual tracks and for albums as whole - in the fastest and most accurate way ever.” said Jeremy Erlich, Spotfy’s co-head of Music.
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