The 2011 Channel O Music Video Awards held recently in Johannesburg, South Africa will remain a ‘Nigerian Nite’ as the country’s stars gleaned six awards from the annual show.

Nigerian singer-songwriter and harmonica player D’Banj brings out Kanye West for a surprise performance in London’s Hammersmith Apollo last August.

THEY are women with substance, with something to offer their generation in terms of music. Closing the gulf that existed between the male and female artistes in the industry, they proved pundits wrong that what their male folks could do, they could equally do, if not even better.

Every artiste has a defining song.For Nigeria’s hip-pop king Tuface whose real name is Innocent Idibia,global recognition and artistic success came by the way of African Queen,a love song in praise of the beauty of the African woman.

International music producer and Mo’Hits Record president Don Jazzy has overtaken his colleagues by many kilometers. Having taken his expertise double steps higher, with world acclaimed super stars (Kanye West, Jay Z…) topping his friend’s list; homeboy has landed himself a name and flying the Nigerian flag in the highly competitive American music industry.

Grammy award winning singer, songwriter and actress, Brandy Norwood , popular American R&B singer, Joe and Nigerian multi-talented pop star, D’banj set the stage alight with electrifying performances at the MTN Project Fame West Africa season 4 opening gala held last Sunday,October 2, at Eko Hotel, Lagos.

A video directed by Bobby Hai for Sauti Cinemaz

MTV  during the week announced the nominees for the “2011 MTV EMA” with Lady Gaga leading the pack with six nominations and Katy Perry and Bruno Mars following closely behind with four nominations.

Nigerian music and movies are not new to the world, but the spate of collaborations between the entertainmnet industry with their counterparts all over Africa and beyond has created more appeal, acceptance and publicity for Nigerian-made content. Anthony Ada Abraham looks at the evolving nature of Nigerian music.