Ghanaian Afrobeats singer Olivetheboy has inked a profitable new cope with Sony’s Columbia Data by means of subsidiary, Bu Imaginative and prescient Ent.

He joins a powerful record of African icons to have signed to Sony Music, together with D’Banj, Davido, Wizkid, and the adorned legend Angelique Kidjo.

Led by Bu Imaginative and prescient founder and Columbia’s Government Vice President Bu Thiam, with Olivetheboy’s administration, Loop Music/FulLCircL Administration Ltd, the monumental partnership was signed over the weekend however will probably be made official throughout a particular unveiling occasion for the rising star on Friday, August 24, 2023.

Olivetheboy first got here to the eye of Sony/Columbia Data by means of Bu Imaginative and prescient in Could 2023 following the discharge of his worldwide hit single, Goodsin.

The tune was deemed probably the most streamed Ghanaian single of 2023, incomes the younger virtuoso recognition as Ghana’s hottest artiste of 2023 thus far, based on a midyear report by Chartmetrics.

Columbia EVP Bu Thiam personally flew all the way down to Ghana in June, earlier than lastly sealing the game-changing deal final weekend after three months of talks.

And now, Bu Imaginative and prescient will oversee the crooner’s A&R whereas all licensing, promotion and distribution of artistic works will probably be managed by Sony/Columbia Data.

The partnership means that Loop Music/FulLCircL Administration Ltd will doubtless retain possession of his recordings, as has been executed thus far.

Olivetheboy’s cope with Sony/Columbia, the second main music label on the earth, is really revolutionary. It’s only the second time the label has poached from the Ghanaian market, having first signed Gyakie in 2021.

Other than cementing Olivetheboy as considered one of Africa’s foremost skills, the feat continues Ghana’s fast upward trajectory on the worldwide music map.

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