Audiomack has announced Ahmed Ololade, the Nigerian singer better known as Asake, as its ‘Artiste of the Year.’
In a statement, the youth-driven, artist-first music streaming platform, said the music star earned the title because he “redefined what it means to be a breakout artist.”
Commenting further on the YBNL signee, Audiomack noted: “Amidst an explosion of amapiano, and West African music’s continued global rise, Asake has conquered cross-cultural fusion like no one else, to the point of putting South African music heavyweights on notice.
“Asake’s blend of fuji music, Afrobeats, and amapiano combined with his anthemic choral vocals speaks to the global need for triumph and reflects his worldwide takeover.
“Hearing his music at the clubs and kickbacks, and seeing him in major magazines, it’s easy to think Asake’s lightning ascent is at least partly staged. More truthfully, the artist seized a Promethean fire, arriving right as the world was ready to open itself up to dance.”
The music streaming platform said ‘Mr Money With The Vibe’, Asake’s debut album, which was released in September, has over 330 million streams on the platform, describing it as a “30-minute bombardment of party-starters.”
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