The fast rising Nigerian superstar has decided to bless his fans with a new song titled Body. He’s putting this out to world just few months after he released his sought after EP “Pearls Rhythm”. “Body” is a mid tempo song that gives a sexy and flirty kind of vibe and also paints the picture of a beautiful African lady with hot curves. The song induces a playful romantic attraction with it’s seductive and steamy lyrics.

You can stream the song “here”

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2. Won Yabo – Rexxie ft Lil Frosh

3. 2AM In Da Club – Clemzy ft Ajebo Hustlers

4. Na We We – White Money ft Zoro

5. Who U – Magnito ft Phyno

6. Vibes – Waje ft Falz

7. One Time – Dadju ft Rema

8. Jo – Young L ft. Mr. Vegas

9. Overdose – Mavins ft Crayon, Ayra Starr, Ladipoe

10. Palazzo – Dj Spinall ft Asake

Top 10 Trending Songs
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2. Last Last – Burna Boy

3. Loving You – Zinoleesky

4. Buga – Kizz Daniel and Tekno

5. Overloading – Mavins, Crayon & Ayra Starr

6. Stand Strong – Davido ft Sunday Service Choir

7. Sugarcane – Camidoh, Darkoo and Mayorkun

8. Dada (Remix) – Young John ft Davido

9. Sungba (Remix) – Asake ft Burna Boy

10. Kolomental – Victony

The music industry is ever-changing, especially in this Digital Age where we have social media and various forms of communication. Before you must be signed to a record label that will handle your marketing and promotion but that is no longer the case with the growing number of independent artists and also independent music promotion is now fast-growing. For you to become an A list artist, you must have a robust and effective promotion strategy, which involves the making of the music, making of the music video, launch and also keep in mind that the digital music promotion is fast-changing, you must look at what is happening in your environment and what people are interested in at the moment.

One of the most important things in getting to the top is music promotion – Following the creation of your music and its distribution on streaming platforms, Music promotion begins when your track/EP/album is complete and your release strategy is in place. Music promotion links you to your fans. Music promotion allows an artist to connect to his fans, and music listeners, resulting in more streams, likes, views, shares, and sales, propelling your music career forward. With the kind of competition going on in the music industry you can’t be at the top if you don’t promote your music.

Things to consider BEFORE promoting your music –

a. Your Fans and your Audience – Your fan base matters a lot, your audience and your fans are your main group of people that potentially enjoy your music, depending on the genre of music you are creating, you will have to define a specific target, create a fan base, know what they want and give them what they want.

b. Your music – Depending on the genre of music you are creating, you will have to define a specific genre of music. You can’t be a HipHop Musician today and tomorrow you are singing R&B.

c. Know and study your competitors – Always study your competitors with the aame type of music as you, what makes you different from them, what are the trend they are following that you need to jump on, and what excites their fans.

d. Have a budget – Before you start promoting your songs plan yourself very well, so that you won’t overspend, have a robust and also cost-effective budget, plan yourself, it will be best to contact a music promoter to help you with your budgeting and to make it cost-effective.

e. Have DJs. Bloggers, OAPs, and Influencers around to promote your song – Connect with those who are in the business of music promotion, this might cost you some money but it will definitely be worth it in the end.

f. Consistency – This is very important, you just have to be persistent in what you do, don’t just drop one track and go away for months. You must also not give up if you promote a song and it doesn’t get high download as expected change platforms and promoters to find what best work for you.

Before you start promoting your song you have to first analyze your market to define your audience, establish your goals, set a budget for your music promotion, and determine your promotion strategies.

Music promotion strategies you should try after the release of your song:

a. Share your music on streaming platforms like Spotify, iTunes, Soundcloud, Audiomack, Distrokid, Boomplay, and other platforms, you will need to pay so that the song will get noticed.

b. Promote your music on social media – Leverage on Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, and even WhatsApp to share and distribute your music.

c. Contact music influencers – For your song to go more viral you will definitely need the services of music influencers on Tikitok and Instagram who can add creativity to your craft and make it more appealing for you to gain more fans at the same time.

d. Notify your friends, relations, and contact list of your new song by sending a broadcast message – It’s important to know that your friends, and relations are your first fans, never underestimate their capability in your journey to the top, notify them of your new track and you can also tell them to share on their status or social media platform.

e. Use paid advertising to promote your music – Your journey to become an A list might never become a reality if you are not ready to spend, the more you spend on promotion, the more your reach and engagement.

f. Optimize your presence on all social media platforms for more visibility – Create an appealing social page, post consistently and also respond to comments when necessary.

g. Collaborate with other artist musicians to increase your reach – Feature other artists, this is one of the best ways to climb the career ladder in the music industry, start by featuring your fellow upcoming artist before featuring bigger artists you can afford.

h. Reach out to music bloggers to be featured on their blogs – As it has been said in things to consider when trying to become an A list artist, you must be pay top blogs like Naijaloaded and Tooxclusive to promote your song, leverage on their promotion packages and check out for the one you can afford.

i. Personal Branding – This is very important, you must be able to brand yourself distinctly, don’t try to copy another artist’s character or change your character too often, and try as much as possible to be original while also making sure you are branded in a way that your fans will like.

In conclusion, the business of music is a very serious business that’s why it requires a lot of strategies to get to the top, it might not be easy at the beginning but you have to be consistent while still making sure you are always in touch with your fans.

Sean “Diddy” Combs served as the host and executive producer of the show MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

The show included performances from, Travis Scott, Bryson Tiller, Jack Harlow, Christian Combs, Teyana Taylor, Becky G, Burna Boy, Dan + Shay, Ed Sheeran, Elle King and Miranda Lambert, Florence + the Machine, Latto, Maxwell, Rauw Alejandro, and Silk Sonic among many others.

During the broadcast, Doja Cat was named top R&B artist and later won the best R&B album for Planet Her. Megan Thee Stallion was named top female rap artist. Glass Animals was named top rock artist, and also was honored with the Pepsi Mic Drop Moment for “Heat Waves.”

Below, see the full list of winners…

ARTIST AWARDS

Top Artist
Doja Cat
Drake (WINNER)
Olivia Rodrigo
Taylor Swift
The Weeknd

Top New Artist
Giv?on
Masked Wolf
Olivia Rodrigo (WINNER)
Pooh Shiesty
The Kid Laroi

Top Male Artist
Drake (WINNER)
Ed Sheeran
Justin Bieber
Lil Nas X
The Weeknd

Top Female Artist
Adele
Doja Cat
Dua Lipa
Olivia Rodrigo (WINNER)
Taylor Swift

Top Duo/Group
BTS (WINNER)
Glass Animals
Imagine Dragons
Migos
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak)

Top Billboard 200 Artist
Adele
Drake
Juice WRLD
Morgan Wallen
Taylor Swift (WINNER)

Top Hot 100 Artist
Doja Cat
Drake
Justin Bieber
Olivia Rodrigo (WINNER)
The Weeknd

Top Streaming Songs Artist
Doja Cat
Drake
Lil Nas X
Olivia Rodrigo (WINNER)
The Weeknd

Top Song Sales Artist
Adele
BTS (WINNER)
Dua Lipa
Ed Sheeran
Walker Hayes

Top Radio Songs Artist
Doja Cat
Ed Sheeran
Justin Bieber
Olivia Rodrigo (WINNER)
The Weeknd

Top Billboard Global 200 Artist
Doja Cat
Ed Sheeran
Justin Bieber
Olivia Rodrigo (WINNER)
The Weeknd

Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.) Artist 
BTS
Dua Lipa
Ed Sheeran (WINNER)
Olivia Rodrigo
The Weeknd

Top Tour
Eagles (Hotel California Tour)
Genesis (The Last Domino? Tour)
Green Day, Fall Out Boy & Weezer (The Hella Mega Tour)
Harry Styles (Love on Tour)
The Rolling Stones (No Filter Tour) (WINNER)

Top R&B Artist
Doja Cat (WINNER)
Giv?on
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak)
Summer Walker
The Weeknd

Top R&B Male Artist
Giv?on
Khalid
The Weeknd (WINNER)

Top R&B Female Artist
Doja Cat (WINNER)
Summer Walker
SZA

Top R&B Tour
Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars at Park MGM) (WINNER)
Omarion & Bow Wow (The Millennium Tour 2021)
Usher (The Vegas Residency)

Top Rap Artist
Drake (WINNER)
Juice WRLD
Lil Baby
Moneybagg Yo
Polo G

Top Rap Male Artist
Drake (WINNER)
Juice WRLD
Polo G

Top Rap Female Artist
Cardi B
Latto
Megan Thee Stallion (WINNER)

Top Rap Tour
J. Cole (The Off-Season Tour)
Lil Baby (The Back Outside Tour)
Omarion & Bow Wow (The Millennium Tour 2021) (WINNER)

Top Country Artist
Chris Stapleton
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen
Taylor Swift (WINNER)
Walker Hayes

Top Country Male Artist
Chris Stapleton
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen (WINNER)

Top Country Female Artist
Carrie Underwood
Miranda Lambert
Taylor Swift (WINNER)

Top Country Duo/Group
Dan + Shay (WINNER)
Florida Georgia Line
Zac Brown Band

Top Country Tour
Luke Bryan (Proud to Be Right Here Tour)
Eric Church (Gather Again Tour) (WINNER)
Chris Stapleton (All-American Road Show Tour)

Top Rock Artist
Glass Animals (WINNER)
Imagine Dragons
Machine Gun Kelly
Måneskin
Twenty One Pilots

Top Rock Tour
Genesis (The Last Domino? Tour)
Green Day, Fall Out Boy & Weezer (The Hella Mega Tour)
The Rolling Stones (No Filter Tour) (WINNER)

Top Latin Artist
Bad Bunny (WINNER)
Farruko
Kali Uchis
Karol G
Rauw Alejandro

Top Latin Male Artist
Bad Bunny (WINNER)
Farruko
Rauw Alejandro

Top Latin Female Artist
Kali Uchis (WINNER)
Karol G
Rosalía

Top Latin Duo/Group
Calibre 50
Eslabon Armado (WINNER)
Grupo Firme

Top Latin Tour
Bad Bunny (El Último Tour Del Mundo)
Enrique Iglesias & Ricky Martin (Live in Concert)
Los Bukis (Una Historia Cantada Tour) (WINNER)

Top Dance/Electronic Artist
Calvin Harris
David Guetta
Lady Gaga (WINNER)
Marshmello
Tiësto

Top Christian Artist
Carrie Underwood
Elevation Worship
for King & Country
Lauren Daigle
Ye (WINNER)

Top Gospel Artist
CeCe Winans
Elevation Worship
Kirk Franklin
Maverick City Music
Ye (WINNER)

ALBUM AWARDS

Top Billboard 200 Album
Adele, “30”
Doja Cat, “Planet Her”
Drake, “Certified Lover Boy”
Morgan Wallen, “Dangerous: The Double Album”
Olivia Rodrigo, “SOUR” (WINNER)

Top Soundtrack
“Arcane League of Legends”
“Encanto” (WINNER)
“In the Heights”
“Sing 2”
“Tick, Tick… Boom!”

Top R&B Album
Doja Cat, “Planet Her” (WINNER)
Giv?on, “When It’s All Said and Done… Take Time”
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak), “An Evening With Silk Sonic”
Summer Walker, “Still Over It”
The Weeknd, “Dawn FM”

Top Rap Album
Drake, “Certified Lover Boy” (WINNER)
Moneybagg Yo, “A Gangsta’s Pain”
Rod Wave, “SoulFly”
The Kid Laroi, “F*ck Love”
Ye, “Donda”

Top Country Album
Florida Georgia Line, “Life Rolls On”
Lee Brice, “Hey World”
Taylor Swift, “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)”
Taylor Swift, “Red (Taylor’s Version)” (WINNER)
Walker Hayes, “Country Stuff: The Album”

Top Rock Album
AJR, “OK Orchestra”
Coldplay, “Music of the Spheres”
Imagine Dragons, “Mercury – Act 1”
John Mayer, “Sob Rock”
Twenty One Pilots, “Scaled and Icy” (WINNER)

Top Latin Album
Eslabon Armado, “Corta Venas”
J Balvin, “Jose”
Kali Uchis, :Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) ∞”
Karol G, “KG0516” (WINNER)
Rauw Alejandro, “Vice Versa”

Top Dance/Electronic Album
C418, “Minecraft – Volume Alpha”
FKA Twigs, “Caprisongs”
Illenium, “Fallen Embers” (WINNER)
Porter Robinson, “Nurture”
Rüfüs Du Sol, “Surrender”

Top Christian Album
Carrie Underwood, “My Savior”
CeCe Winans, “Believe for It”
Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music, “Old Church Basement”
Phil Wickham, “Hymn of Heaven”
Ye, “Donda” (WINNER)

Top Gospel Album
CeCe Winans, “Believe for It”
Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music, “Old Church Basement”
Maverick City Music, “Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition”
Maverick City Music & Upperroom, “Move Your Heart”
Ye, “Donda” (WINNER)

SONG AWARDS

Top Hot 100 Song
Doja Cat ft. SZA, “Kiss Me More”
Dua Lipa, “Levitating”
Olivia Rodrigo, “good 4 u”
The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber, “Stay” (WINNER)
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande, “Save Your Tears”

Top Streaming Song
Dua Lipa, “Levitating”
Glass Animals, “Heat Waves”
Olivia Rodrigo, “good 4 u”
The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber, “Stay” (WINNER)
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande, “Save Your Tears”

Top Selling Song
BTS, “Butter” (WINNER)
BTS, “Permission to Dance”
Dua Lipa, “Levitating”
Ed Sheeran, “Bad Habits”
Walker Hayes, “Fancy Like”

Top Radio Song
Dua Lipa, “Levitating” (WINNER)
Ed Sheeran, “Bad Habits”
Olivia Rodrigo, “good 4 u”
The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber, “Stay”
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande, “Save Your Tears”

Top Collaboration
Doja Cat ft. SZA, “Kiss Me More”
Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar & GIV?ON, “Peaches”
Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby”
The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber, “Stay” (WINNER)
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande, “Save Your Tears”

Top Billboard Global 200 Song
Dua Lipa, “Levitating”
Ed Sheeran, “Bad Habits”
Olivia Rodrigo, “good 4 u”
The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber, “Stay” (WINNER)
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande, “Save Your Tears”

Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.) Song 
BTS, “Butter”
Ed Sheeran, “Bad Habits”
Lil Nas X, “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)”
The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber, “Stay” (WINNER)
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande, “Save Your Tears”

Top Viral Song
Doja Cat ft. SZA, “Kiss Me More” (WINNER)
Gayle, “Abcdefu”
Glass Animals, “Heat Waves”
Masked Wolf, “Astronaut In The Ocean”
Walker Hayes, “Fancy Like”

Top R&B Song
Doja Cat & The Weeknd, “You Right”
Giv?on, “Heartbreak Anniversary”
Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar & Giv?on, “Peaches”
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak), “Leave the Door Open” (WINNER)
WizKid ft. Justin Bieber & Tems, “Essence”

Top Rap Song
Drake ft. 21 Savage, Project Pat, “Knife Talk”
Drake ft. Future & Young Thug, “Way 2 Sexy”
Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby” (WINNER)
Masked Wolf, “Astronaut In The Ocean”
Polo G, “Rapstar”

Top Country Song
Chris Stapleton, “You Should Probably Leave”
Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood, “If I Didn’t Love You”
Jordan Davis ft. Luke Bryan, “Buy Dirt”
Luke Combs, “Forever After All”
Walker Hayes, “Fancy Like” (WINNER)

Top Rock Song
Coldplay X BTS, “My Universe”
Elle King & Miranda Lambert, “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)”
Imagine Dragons, “Follow You”
Måneskin, “Beggin’” (WINNER) 
The Anxiety: Willow & Tyler Cole, “Meet Me at Our Spot”

Top Latin Song
Aventura x Bad Bunny, “Volví”
Bad Bunny, “Yonaguni”
Farruko, “Pepas”
Kali Uchis, “Telepatía” (WINNER)
Rauw Alejandro, “Todo De Ti”

Top Dance/Electronic Song
Elton John & Dua Lipa, “Cold Heart – PNAU Remix” (WINNER)
Farruko, “Pepas”
Regard x Troye Sivan x Tate McRae, “You”
Tiësto, “The Business”
Travis Scott & HVME, “Goosebumps”

Top Christian Song
Anne Wilson, “My Jesus”
Ye, “Hurricane” (WINNER)
Ye, “Moon”
Ye, “Off The Grid”
Ye, “Praise God”

Top Gospel Song
Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music ft. Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine, “Jireh”
Ye, “Hurricane” (WINNER)
Ye, “Moon”
Ye, “Off the Grid”
Ye, “Praise God”