Connect with us

celebrity radar - gossips

Taylor Swift Wins Big at MTV’s Video Music Awards

Published

on

Taylor Swift Wins Big at MTV's Video Music Awards

Taylor Swift Wins Big at MTV’s Video Music Awards

 

 

Pop superstar Taylor Swift dominated MTV’s annual Video Music Awards on Tuesday, adding nine trophies to her collection as she claimed the top prize for her smash hit song “Anti-Hero”.

MTV VMAs 2023: See the full list of winners

The first single from Swift’s 2022 “Midnights” album, “Anti-Hero” depicts a litany of insecurities with a chorus declaring: “It’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me.”

“This is unbelievable,” the singer, on a break from her record-setting Eras Tour, said on stage as she held the Moon Person statuette for video of the year. “The fact this is a fan-voted award means so much to me.

Taylor Swift Wins Big at MTV's Video Music Awards

It was the second straight win for Swift in the video of the year category. Last year, she won the prize for her 10-minute version of the breakup song “All Too Well”.

Swift’s nine awards on Tuesday tied the record for the biggest VMA haul in one night, MTV said. Her accolades included song, artist and album of the year, bringing her lifetime VMA total to 23, second only to Beyonce.

At the start of Tuesday night’s show at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, the 33-year-old Swift gushed as she received the pop video award from members of 1990s boy band NSYNC, the group that won the same honor 20 years ago.

“I had your dolls!” Swift said to band members including Lance Bass and Justin Timberlake. “You are pop personified. So to receive this from your golden pop hands, it’s too much.”

Among other winners, rapper Ice Spice was named best new artist. Stray Kids, a band put together through a reality show, won the best K-pop award, and SZA scored best R&B video for “Shirt”.

Rema and Selena Gomez won the first VMA for Afrobeats music for their collaboration “Calm Down”.

Performers at the ceremony included Demi Lovato, Lil Wayne, Olivia Rodrigo, host Nicki Minaj and rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs, who received the Global Icon award.

Minaj, who won the best hip hop video trophy, also joined Grandmaster Flash, LL Cool J and other rap luminaries for a multi-song celebration of the 50th anniversary of hip hop that concluded with Run DMC’s “Walk This Way”.

Colombian pop singer Shakira was honored with the Video Vanguard Award for her 20-year career. After performing a bilingual medley of her hits including “Hips Don’t Lie” and “Whenever, Wherever,” the singer saluted her fans.

“Thank you so much for being my army and helping me fight all my battles,” she said.

Later, she and fellow Colombian singer Karol G won best collaboration for “TQG”.

celebrity radar - gossips

Real Reasons Glo Unveiled Kizz Daniel, Asake, And Chike As Brand Ambassadors

Published

on

Real Reasons Glo Unveiled Kizz Daniel, Asake, And Chike As Brand Ambassadors

 

Real Reasons Glo Unveiled Kizz Daniel, Asake, And Chike As Brand Ambassadors

 

 

Three Nigerian music acts, described by Globacom as “role models who have gone through the grind to stand on the highest pedestal of their dreams”, signed an agreement as Glo brand ambassadors at a colourful ceremony at the company’s corporate headquarters in Lagos.

 

 

 

 

They include Ahmed Ololade, globally known by his brand name, Asake, is a graduate of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, while Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe, the Buga exponent, generally known as Kizz Daniel, has a degree in Water Engineering from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State.

 

 

Real Reasons Glo Unveiled Kizz Daniel, Asake, And Chike As Brand Ambassadors

 

The third new Glo ambassador, Chike as he is called by his fans, was born as Chike Ezekpeazu Osebuka.

He is a graduate of Computer Engineering, from Covenant University, Ogun State.

 

 

The company, which marked its 20th anniversary in August stated that it “is celebrating this with the endorsement of these new ambassadors to project the power of youth and enterprise and how much they can achieve with the right focus, passion and dedication that can come from seeing others who have succeeded. This is very much part of our tradition as we believe the strength of a nation lies in the ability and potentials of its youth”.

 

 

 

It explained that the engagement of the new brand icons “is meant to project the best Nigerians as models for younger people who are tirelessly aspiring to succeed. This is more important in an era where positive heroes and mentors are scarce and hard to come by. The intention is not just to promote the growth of music, Nollywood and sports where we have been very prominent, but also to encourage our teeming youths to aspire toward realizing their dreams by looking up to these ambassadors as mentors”.

 

 

Globacom, which since inception has always sponsored major events and supported talented as well as enterprising young Nigerians by making them Glo ambassadors, explained that this innovation has become a practice for which Globacom has always led the way in Nigeria.

Congratulating them, Glo which stated that “having these stars as ambassadors of is our way of inspiring a whole generation of young people with vision who can do better and achieve more without losing hope along the way, even when confronted with challenges,” pledged to continue to promote the sector as it held great prospects to promote Nigeria to the world and also transforming lives.

On their part, the new ambassadors promised to represent the Glo brand by projecting the ideals of the company at all times.

They thanked the founder and Chairman of Globacom, Dr Mike Adenuga Jr., for considering them worthy of being appointed as the company’s brand ambassadors.

Continue Reading

Sports

Serie A: Oliseh advises Osimhen to quit Napoli over TikTok video

Published

on

Serie A: Oliseh advises Osimhen to quit Napoli over TikTok video

Serie A: Oliseh advises Osimhen to quit Napoli over TikTok video

 

 

Former Super Eagles head coach Sunday Oliseh has advised Victor Osimhen to leave Serie A champions Napoli.

 

 

 

Napoli mocked Osimhen in a TikTok video posted earlier this week after he missed a penalty in the 0-0 draw at Bologna.

 

 

 Serie A: Oliseh advises Osimhen to quit Napoli over TikTok video

The forward reacted by deleting all of Napoli’s pictures and videos from his social media handles, with his agent threatening to take legal action against the club.

 

 

 

The 24-year-old snubbed a number of his teammates on his arrival at the team hotel ahead of Napoli’s Serie A clash with Udinese on Wednesday.

 

 

 

 

Commenting on the issue, Oliseh wrote on his X handle:” Forever proud to be Nigerian; One must show personality, work hard & refuse to be intimidated. let Racists and ingrates talk! That’s why they are eternal losers who secretly wish they were created like you! Osimhen needs to leave Napoli as soon as yesterday!!.“

 

 

 

 

 

The forward has scored four goals in six league appearances for Rudi Garcia’s side this season.

Continue Reading

celebrity radar - gossips

Top Gospel Singer, Mama Soni Set To Release Super Single, Sowaji

Published

on

Top Gospel Singer, Mama Soni Set To Release Super Single, Sowaji

Top Gospel Singer, Mama Soni Set To Release Super Single, Sowaji

 

 

kemi Adeniyi-Babalola (KAB), popularly known as “Mama Sioni” or Segan mi D’ogo was born into the family of Elder and Deaconess Augustine and Lucia Adeniyi at Lawanson, Surulere – Lagos on May 1st, 1967.

 

 

 

 

As a Lagos-born Nigerian Soul, Highlife Gospel Singer, and Song Writer, she attended Municipal Primary School, Obele-Odan, Surulere, Doherty Memorial Grammar School, Ijero Ekiti, Lagos State Polytechnic, and University of Lagos respectively.

 

 

 

 

Her first debut DANSAKI RE, IN 1990 was a Hit, which got her signed into a EMI Record aka Ivory Music and Remdel Music for Ten Years, where she released DANSAKI RE, I HAVE JOY(another super hit), ROSE OF SHARON AND SHOUT IT LOUD. Shortly after completing her 10-year contract, she released another Great Hit titled Segan mi D’ogo which earned her that stage name. Another album followed in 2006 Sioni Npe Mi which was yet another super hit that changed her stage name once again to Mama Sioni.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Her other Albums include Ilekun Ayo, Eri Nla, Iwe Orin I & ll, Dara Funmi, My Halleluyah, and Sowaji ( heartbeat and Prayer for our dear Motherland).

 

 

 

KAB worked at different corporate offices before resigning to Music., but aside from music, she is an Evangelist of the Word and Marriage Counsellor.

 

 

 

She is happily married to Engr and Pastor Adeolu Babalola. She has three lovely children: Oluwanifemi, Oluwadabira, and ObabiOlorunkosi! (In case you find the names tongue-twisting, simply call them Precious, Promise & Praise😇)

 

Top Gospel Singer, Mama Soni Set To Release Super Single, Sowaji

 

 

KAB is a spirit-filled Gospel Maestro dedicated to song evangelism and pure Gospel music.

 

Top Gospel Singer, Mama Soni Set To Release Super Single, Sowaji

 

Kemi Adeniyi Babalola is set to release a single on the 1st of October 2023, Titled SOWAJI on Audiomac, Spotify, Boomplay and Youtube

Continue Reading

Cover Of The Week

Advertisement

Trending