Spotify wrapped up the 12 months in Nigeria with its largest occasion On Thursday, ninth December 2022.
The get together was in celebration of Wrapped, the streaming platform’s annual take a look at the songs, playlists, artists and albums that outlined the 12 months in music. For one night time solely on the Corridor in Victoria Island, Spotify introduced collectively the cream of Nigerian media, influencers, music trade practitioners, artists and followers, to rejoice the various wins and milestones that took Afrobeats to the world this 12 months.
The night time’s host was the masterful MC & media character, Sheye Banks, who broke the ice and saved visitors engaged, hyping up the group and placing down his greatest dance strikes. The night time featured a seemingly limitless slew of revolving dance classes, with visitors taking the stage to point out off their strikes and dance to the 12 months’s largest songs. Crammed cups and glasses offered gasoline for the night time, courtesy of Bombay Sapphire.
Enioluwa, the Gen Z darling and social media influencer, bought followers on the purple carpet speaking about their 2022 Wrapped insights, uncovering many attention-grabbing tales that confirmed Nigerians’ love for his or her native sounds and artists. Friends additionally had the chance to freeze the night time in time, creating visible moments within the inventive photograph cubicles on the venue.
Music on the night time was kicked off by DJ Tohbadt who took visitors on a visit from Lagos to Jo’burg and again, with a mixture of Afrobeats and Amapiano tunes. The night then took on extra life when multi-hyphenate DJ Spinall delivered a tremendous set, constructed round his hit collaborations, together with Palazzo, one of the vital streamed songs in Nigeria in 2022, in accordance with Spotify’s Wrapped information. Nigerian artists, Skales and Reekado Banks additionally made appearances on the night time, a lot to the thrill of their followers.
Closing out the occasion, Spotify’s Head of PR & Communications for Sub-Saharan Africa, Michelle Atagana stated, “Wrapped is our largest fan second of the 12 months. We wished to rejoice the Afrobeats journey, the massive wins of the previous 12 months and we’re glad to proceed to raise the expertise for artists and followers alike.”
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