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Tiwa Savage’s New Album, Celia Makes History
Nigerian super star, Tiwa Savage, has made history by becoming the first African music artiste to have two bill boards in the iconic Times Square, New York, on the release day of her new album titled Celia.
The singer and songwriter who released her fourth studio album Celia is featured on spotify’s new music Friday digital billboard which stands tall right in the centre of the famous square in the heart of New York City.
She also appears on the giant Amazon billboard wrapped around the prestigious American Eagle building on the 46th and Broadway. The installations mark the strong support the MTV European music award winner is receiving from digital service providers (DSPs) across the US to support and promote Tiwa’s new album.
In addition, Celia also received 120 US programmed playlists across all the DSPs and secured placements from Apple Music,YouTube,Music Pandora, Spotify, Amazon Music, Tidal, Deezer, Boom Play, Audio Mark and Uduk.
In Nigeria,Celia debuted at N0 2 on the Apple music album charts with all 13 tracks on the record hitting the Apple music Top 100 chart. The album was streamed over six million times on music platform Audio Mark within 24hours of release. Boom Play has made Tiwa the face of Top New Music, the biggest playlist of its platform
Celia is a 13 track album named after a strong woman, Tiwa’s mother.The album features collaborations from multiple Grammy awards winner, Sam Smith, Davido, Naira Marley, Stefflon Don Hamza and Dice Ailes.
Producer credits stem from London cracker,Mallo,P2J, Sak Passe, Pheelz, Black Zarzee, Speroach Beats and more.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.