Yewande Coker Mdundo Sold 2,402 Creator Promotions Orders in Q1 FY2026/27, Payable Out of Artists’ Royalty Balances October 23, 2026
Yewande Coker Larry Gaaga Has Run gamma.’s Africa Division Since 2023. His Own Catalogue Still Credits Ziiki Media, With One Exception. October 23, 2026
Yewande Coker Johnny Clegg’s Songwriting Catalogue Went to Sheer Publishing for Global Administration on 22 November 2021. The Family Kept the Copyrights, and the Administrator Is Now Owned by Universal. October 23, 2026
Yewande Coker 9ice’s Bashorun Gaa Has Two Live Apple Music Credits for the Same 12 December 2011 Release. One Says Tjoe Records, the Other Says AAR October 23, 2026
Yewande Coker Three Different Companies Are Named Owner of the Masters of 2Baba’s Face 2 Face. The One on the Edition Selling Today Was Unveiled as His Management Company in July 2025 October 23, 2026
Kwame Mensah Hipgnosis Bought RedOne’s Catalogue in 2020. A Blackstone Takeover and an Unpriced Sony Deal Later, It Is Named Only Through ‘Bad Romance’ October 23, 2026
Yewande Coker M.I Abaga Said He Left Chocolate City in 2020. The Phonogram Credits Said Chocolate City Still Held a Licence Until 2022. October 22, 2026
Yewande Coker AfroForce1 Records Signs Vanessa Mdee in 2018. Universal’s Own Catalogue Shows Two Singles, Then Nothing. October 22, 2026
Yewande Coker Innoss’B’s Masters Did Not Move. Two New Names Just Appeared Next To Them. October 22, 2026
Yewande Coker Sony Music Publishing Nigeria Signed LADIPOE to a Worldwide Publishing Deal on 22 October 2026. His Masters Have Carried Mavin’s Name for Nine Years, and the Announcement Does Not Mention Them October 22, 2026
Yewande Coker Yaw Tog Signed His Publishing to West Night Publishing for Administration in September 2025. Six Weeks Later His Masters Appeared Under Exclusive Licence to Cee The Panther Ltd, Which Appears in No Register This Desk Could Search October 22, 2026
Yewande Coker Sampa the Great Owns the Masters of Nu Zamrock Through Her Own Melbourne Company. Loma Vista Holds Only an Exclusive Licence, and the Company Was Registered Four Years and Eight Months Before It First Appeared on a Credit October 21, 2026
Yewande Coker Fuse ODG Has Released Records Under Six Different Ownership Credits Since 2012. On Four of Them 3 Beat Owns the Master Outright, and No Company Named Off Da Ground Has Ever Existed on the UK Register October 18, 2026
Amaka Nwosu MTN Said Next Afrobeats Star Contestants Left Owning Their Intellectual Property. Eleven Releases Name the Competition, Then Ultima’s In-House Label, as Owner of the Masters, Under Exclusive Licence to ONErpm October 18, 2026
Yewande Coker Kelele Digital Is Named Distributor on 165 Ugandan Releases. Its Own Website Calls It an Imprint of Swangz Avenue, the Label That Owns 129 of Them October 18, 2026
Yewande Coker Promiseland Estate Put ₦1 Billion Into a New Record Label in February 2026. Eight Months Later, No Release Anywhere Carries Its Name October 17, 2026
Yewande Coker Zimbabwe’s Justice Ministry Dissolved ZIMURA’s Board. The High Court Put Three Members Back. Neither Order Touches the 64 Per Cent of Royalties Classified as Administration October 17, 2026
Yewande Coker Fatoumata Diawara Owns the Masters of Massa Through Her Own Paris Company. Nø Førmat! Holds Only an Exclusive Licence October 17, 2026
Yewande Coker Premier Music Publishing Signed Its Vintage Catalogue to Sony Music Publishing Nigeria for Administration in October 2026. Bright Chimezie’s Name Is on Both This Deal and a Separate Sony Agreement From June 2025, and Neither Mentions the Other October 17, 2026
Yewande Coker Gyakie and FlipTheMusic Sign a Distribution Deal With Warner Music Africa. Her New Single’s Copyright Line Still Says FlipTheMusic Alone October 16, 2026
Yewande Coker Naira Marley’s own masters have carried three different label credits since 2017, and the one he has used longest has no registered company behind it October 16, 2026
Yewande Coker Mbosso Left WCB Wasafi Free in February 2025. The Rights Registry Shows His Recordings Moving to Ziiki Media, Not to the Label He Told Press He Had Started October 16, 2026
Yewande Coker Quality Control Music Put Its Own Phonogram Credit on Bien’s First Post-Signing Release. The Album Credit Six Weeks Later Adds a Second Company That No Source Explains. October 16, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Electromode (Pty) Ltd Still Names Itself Owner of South African Masters in 2026, Trading as Virgin Music Group. Universal’s Chain Bought the Johannesburg Distributor in January 2021 and Never Disclosed a Price. October 16, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Trade Press Said Camidoh Signed to EMPIRE in June 2024. The Phonogram Credit on That Release, and Every One Since, Names Grind Dont Stop Records Instead. October 15, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Kuami Eugene’s 2018 Debut Album Carries Two Label Credits for the Same UPC October 15, 2026
Yewande Coker Angélique Kidjo’s new album carries a Warner credit; her last two carried Universal’s, and no signing was ever announced October 12, 2026
Yewande Coker Balloranking Re-Signed With Dapper Music & Entertainment in May 2026. The Phonographic Credit on His Catalogue Was Unchanged Six Days Before and Three Months After, and the Same Credit Predates the Company’s 2023 Incorporation. October 12, 2026
Yewande Coker Banku Music Granted an Exclusive Licence Over Its Masters to emPawa Africa Limited in July 2019. The Licensee Has Not Carried That Name Since 10 November 2021, and the Credit Still Says It Does. October 12, 2026
