WHAT DOES MUSIC PUBLISHING MEAN IN NIGERIA?
Music publishing in Nigeria is a barren landscape. However, there are now green shoots of growth dotted around the terrain. These isolated…
Music publishing in Nigeria is a barren landscape. However, there are now green shoots of growth dotted around the terrain. These isolated successes, like ripples in water, will hopefully spread and eventually connect to create a viable foundational sub-sector within the Nigerian recorded music industry.
The growth in popularity of Afrobeats music over the past 18 months have shown why it has never been a more important time for the Nigerian music publishing sector to get its act in order and ensure the material benefits our intellectual property generate are enjoyed by its local creators.
In the UK Afrobeats/Afroswing is mainstream pop music meaning songs in these genres have enjoyed hundreds of thousands of radio spins, hundreds of millions of streams, and a lot of (user generated/premium) synchronizations. All of which mean that a lot of money has already been generated and has accrued from Nigerian music in the UK. The question becomes whether the N…