COSON GM, CHINEDU CHUKWUJI ADVOCATES BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE COPYRIGHT SYSTEM IN NIGERIA AT #SMWLAGOS 2017

COSON General Manager/C.E.O Mr Chinedu Chukwuji was a panelist at the Beat FM Music Conference, held at the Landmark Event Centre, Oniru, Lagos.

Mr Chinedu Chukwuji while speaking noted that for money to be made from the music industry in Nigeria, music stakeholders have to understand what right they own by law. He further went on to explain the various revenue streams available to independent artistes, endorsement opportunities and the subject of public performance.

The General manager also took time to explain the duties of Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) while encouraging Nigerian artistes to join the collective management organisation to earn royalties from the exploitation of their works.

The music conference which was part of the activities lined up for the #socialmediaweeklagos2017 saw several other personalities who were on the panel, such as Lanre Masha, Creative Manager, Trace Urban; Ibukun Abidoye, General Manager, Choc City Group; and Michael Ugwu, General Manager, Sony Music West Africa speak on the theme 'Digital Distribution: Beats to bucks - making money with your music'.

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WAJE RELEASES VISUAL FOR 'MOUNTAIN' FEATURING SOUTH AFRICA'S MZ LIRA

Award winning music star and COSON member, Aituaje Iruobe, known majorly by the acronym 'WAJE' has released the visual to her latest single off her forthcoming album, titled 'MOUNTAIN' featuring South Africa's award winning music star, Mz Lira.

The Clarence Peters shot video simply passes a message of hope, unity and determination to overcome challenges life may pose.

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KOREDE BELLO SHARES THROWBACK VIDEO OF HIMSELF APPRECIATING HIS 20K FOLLOWERS IN 2014

MAVIN Records superstar and COSON member, Korede Bello, took to social networking site, Instagram to share a throwback video of 2014 in which he is seen performing with the guitar while also appreciating his fans.

The 'Mr Romantic' star shared the video with this caption:

''Dearly Belloved, 

When I posted this back in 2014 I was celebrating my first 20k followers #Bellovers20k

Fast forward almost 3years later and there're over 2million of you guys now #Godwin 

I scrolled down my page to read some of your comments and I realize how blessed I am to have you guys.

I'm still the boy you fell in love with , still your #Belloved . And I need you now , I need that energy we started with , so that my ALBUM market can selelelele lol

This is my debut album and I decided to name it after you guys for all the LOVE you've shown through the years ❤️

As you're Liking , commenting, following, watching , and buying all my songs , 

GOD BLESS YOU 

#BellovedTheAlbum March 11 . ''

Korede Bello is set to drop his debut album titled 'Belloved' on Saturday, March 11, 2017.

STAR BOY WIZKID APPRECIATES THE 'SWEET LOVE' SHOWN TO HIM IN NEW VIDEO

Star Boy Worldwide C.E.O and multi award winning music star, Ayodeji Balogun, known majorly as 'Wizkid' has shown the mega love he receives all across Africa and the world in his latest video titled 'Sweet Love'.

The video which was released on Wednesday, March 1st 2017 has already gathered over 250,000 views on his Vevo channel. The video tells a tale of the immense love shown to him across several countries and ends with a wave to the crowd - a sign of profound appreciation.

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