- Some popular music projects were recently removed from Boomplay
- Their removal was alleged to be a result of unpaid royalties since 2023
- From Wizkid’s Made in Lagos to Tems’ Born in The Wild, check out 16 music projects that left Boomplay
Notable albums and Extended Plays (EP) by Nigerian singers have been taken off Boomplay Music, an Africa-focused music streaming platform.
The removal of these albums reportedly came after Afrobeats star Ayodeji Balogun had alleged that his royalties had been unpaid since 2023.
There are also reports that projects under Sony and The Orchard Music were specifically removed from the streaming platform Boomplay Music.
Album Talks shared a list of all 16 music projects that were removed from Boomplay via an X (formerly Twitter) post on December 8.
“Popular projects now taken off,” it captioned.
16 Nigerian music projects removed from Boomplay Music
- For Broken Ears — Tems
- Made in Lagos — Wizkid
- Timeless — Davido
- Qing Madi EP — Qing Madi
- More Love Less Ego — Wizkid
- A Better Time — Davido
- Pandemic EP — Ruger
- LV N ATTN — Lojay and Sarz
- Born in the Wild — Tems
- S2 — Wizkid
- Ayo — Wizkid
- Sounds from the Other Side — Wizkid
- A Good Time — Davido
- Light EP — Mohbad
- If Orange was a Place — Tems
- Gangster Romantic — Lojay
Mixed reactions trail removal of projects from Boomplay
TheRadar curated some below:
@Zza_Aless said, “Boomplay needs to improve its brand. They are actually reliable, especially when it comes to African music. Boomplay is the only DSP with Naeto C’s 10/who album,”
@kingojem said, “Boomplay hasn’t reported royalties since April 2023. A good % of distributors have reported to be boycotting the platform. only a handful (int’l) distributors are still sending catalogs to Boomplay currently,”
@o_t_f_30 said, “Who still day use that site play music before,”
@BrandTino01 said, “And na TIMELESS make me subscribe for premium oh .. Wetin come happen?”
@evollasia said, “Even Nicki Minaj's latest Album, the one that featured Davido and Guetta isn't on boomplay!”
@ArawoleJ asked, “for ur mind "A better Time" na popular project?”
@Feranmi_cfr asked, “RCA and Sony what's happening?”
@Ancientofdayz1 said, “All burna album go still dey there baba just care about numbers,”
Global Impact List: Ayra Starr, Tems emerge as Spotify’s most streamed artistes
Meanwhile, earlier, TheRadar reported that Nigerian Afrobeats artistes Tems and Ayra Starr emerged at the top of the Global Impact List, unveiled by popular streaming platform Spotify for the first half of 2024.
These artistes were recognised by the streaming platform through their songs. According to Spotify, their songs had the most listens from outside Nigeria between January 1 and June 30.
Ayra Starr secured the first and second spots with her songs Santa featuring Rauw Alejandro and hit single Commas. On the other hand, Tems took third spot with Love Me Jeje.
