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MTN Project Fame West Africa Season III winner, Chidinma Ekile
simply known as Chidinma has released two new singles. According to a press
release from her management company, The Goretti Company, the two singles,
‘Jankoliko’ and ‘Carry You Go’ are written and produced by Oscar Heman Ackah.
“Sound Sultan heard
‘Jankoliko’ and fell totally in love with the message, and this superb
collaboration was conceived,” the press release reads about the collaboration
with the Naija Ninja’s front man.
The Goretti Company also revealed that the singer has begun work
on her debut album, “Since she won the competition, she’s been in the studio
recording her debut album in line with her contract with MTN/Ultima Studios.
She is also working with a crack team of producers and songwriters including
Cobhams Asuquo, Tee Y Mix, Jay Martins, Tha Suspect, eLdee the Don, Omolara
Ayodele and of course Oscar Heman Ackah,” her management company confirmed.
***Wizkid’s gives credit
to OJB
Empire Mate singer, Ayo Balogun better known as Wizkid, revealed
that he owes some of his singing and good music making abilities to
apprenticing under, producer cum performing artist OJB. In an exclusive
interview with the London based Nigerian celebrity blog,
Factory78.blogspot.com, he made known that, hanging with OJB handed him the
privilege of watching multiple awards winner, Tuface and acclaimed singer Sound
Sultan record their LPs, ‘Grace to Grace’ and ‘Jagbajantis’ respectively which
in turn influenced his music. “I met OJB and he allowed me hang around his
studio a lot. I watched a lot of them record most of their biggest hits. But in
all of these, I never recorded one song,” the ‘Holla at your Boy’ singer said.
He further stressed how watching these veterans record has made
him a better artist.
***Lady Gaga breaks
iTunes records
Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ has become the fastest-selling
single ever on Apple’s iTunes store worldwide, racking up more than one million
downloads in five days, Apple said on Friday.
Apple said the song — a Madonna-influenced dance track that the
24 year-old singer performed after “hatching” from a giant egg at the Grammy
Awards — had hit the No. 1 spot on iTunes in 23 countries.
‘Born This Way’, the title track of a new album to be released
in May, also went straight to the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles
charts earlier this week.
The flamboyant performance artist also revealed her secret for
staying so thin, and how she gets her creative juices flowing.
“I am on the drunk diet,” she told Sirius XM radio on Friday.
“I live my life as I want to, creatively. I like to drink
whiskey and stuff while I am working. But the deal is I’ve got to work out
every day, and I work out hung over if I am hung over. And it’s about the
cross-training and keeping yourself inspired. I have to say, I do a ton of
yoga,” she added. The singer said in a television interview last weekend that
she also smoked marijuana while writing her songs.
***Dead baby found at
Oprah’s school
The body of a newborn baby was found in a plastic bag at the
Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa, police have
confirmed.
According to reports, a 17-year-old gave birth to the baby
Wednesday. There is no word whether the baby was murdered or died of natural
causes. A case of concealment of death is being investigated. The girl, who was
a pupil at the school, is being treated at a nearby hospital.
Since opening in 2007, the $40 million school has come under
scrutiny. Shortly after the academy opened, a female school staff was accused
of physically and sexually abusing students.
